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Cancelling an item on eBay.

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ThisLittleKitty · 13/01/2018 19:06

Prepared to get flamed for this! But would you consider cancelling an item you sold on eBay if an identical item sold one hour after it for double the price your one sold for?! And we are not talking a few pounds either!... Wibu?? (It's not been paid for yet if that makes a difference)

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Hotpinkangel19 · 13/01/2018 19:10

Yes I would!

HoHoHoHo · 13/01/2018 19:11

No. If you wanted more for it you should have started the bidding higher

TheVanguardSix · 13/01/2018 19:12

That would be unethical, however the decision is yours.

WhyFy · 13/01/2018 19:12

Nope. I'd chalk it up to experience and know better for next time. You'll get a bad feedback if you do and this will put off future bidders.

Didn't you research the typical selling price before listing your item? I always search for the item on EBay and filter results so I see the latest sold ones. Then I get am idea of what people are willing to pay. I then start my auctions at the minimum price id be happy to accept for it.

ScreamingValenta · 13/01/2018 19:14

Only if you're prepared for your buyer to trash your feedback and report you as a non-performing seller.

There's no guarantee if you relist it that it will go for the same as the other one.

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ThisLittleKitty · 13/01/2018 19:16

The weird thing is mine is the price they normally go for so I can't understand why the other got double the price. (I just set it for the recommended starting bid by eBay.) there's was actually less than mine yesterday but both ended today with their one ending double.

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ScreamingValenta · 13/01/2018 19:20

Can you say what type of item it was, without being too revealing - tech; clothes; household?

StellaTins · 13/01/2018 19:21

Nope

NeedMoreSleepOrSugar · 13/01/2018 19:26

If yours sold around the usual selling price then even if you did cancel the sale (unethical and against rules), what makes you think you'd achieve the inflated price if you relisted?

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ThisLittleKitty · 13/01/2018 19:30

It's the fact it's double to price lol (we are talking £40 and £80) if it was a few pounds difference or even a tenner then I wouldn't be bothered. What I would do is just relist it at a higher price but a buy it now. Like £65 it's hard to say what it is without being identifiable but it's a baby item (not clothes)

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londonrach · 13/01/2018 19:33

Whens the item going to end. Dont think you can cancel if less than 24 hours. No idea why you get bad feedback if no one bought it. If its less than 24 hours or someone bought it yabu. (Never used ebay, just heard dh)

CoffeeAndCupcakes85 · 13/01/2018 19:46

It's already sold but hasn't been paid for.

Personally I think it's wrong and wouldn't do it. Yes, of course it's frustrating, but it would be really unfair for your buyer.

mummmy2017 · 13/01/2018 19:53

If you got a bargain and they cancelled it and resold it for more, how would you feel, be honest.

jelliebelly · 13/01/2018 19:54

Completely inappropriate and basically fraud

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ThisLittleKitty · 13/01/2018 19:57

Well I was annoyed when a bidder bidded on it then told me he wanted to cancel it because his wife had already bought one. I didn't demand he still bought it. It's no different from that surely?

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TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 13/01/2018 19:57

No. For all you know, the item which sold for more might end up with no payment. People get into a bidding frenzy on there at times and bid too much.

ShowOfHands · 13/01/2018 19:57

Somebody did it to me recently. I reported them as a non performing seller and left negative feedback. You can do it but I think it's a poor show.

44PumpLane · 13/01/2018 19:57

The buyer of the other item may not pay when they realise they are paying twice the usual price. It's not unusual to be screwed about by buyers on ebay.

Yours is sold, you've achieved the right price, I'd leave it st that.

Polarbear46 · 13/01/2018 19:58

nope, its a auction, shit like that happens. Thats eBay.

BattleCuntGalactica · 13/01/2018 19:58

Wow. That would be a really shit thing to do. If i were bidding on that item as a buyer, and I saw you pulling that I'd be talking to eBay customer service to call you out for manipulating a listing.

ShowOfHands · 13/01/2018 20:00

Doesn't matter what other people do. You don't have to filter your moral compass through the behaviours of other people. Either you want to be slightly greedy and slightly dishonest or you don't.

PinkChestnut · 13/01/2018 20:03

I wouldn't risk it. If the other one sold unusually high it's likely due to two people caught in the moment of bidding and no guarantee you'd get the same. Higher buy it now price might just mean it doesn't sell.

fairgame84 · 13/01/2018 20:03

Could it be that the other sold for more due to location if it's a collection item?
I wouldn't do it because it could backfire and you might end up with even less when it next sells.

halcyondays · 13/01/2018 20:04

No, definitely not. It's the chance you take when selling or buying on eBay. Do an advance search on almost anything and you'll probably see a wide variety of prices that the same item goes for.

Honkyzeke · 13/01/2018 20:07

No that's a really rubbish thing to do IMO, I'm rather fed up with eBay sellers at the moment the last 3 things I've purchased from eBay I've had issues with the sellers, good ones are few and far between. I'm a buyer and a seller on eBay and it's always sellers I have problems with genuine buyers are lovely, but if you're prepared to have your feedback trashed then go ahead.

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