Am I being a CF? Ebay

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My 3yo DD has been pleading for a barbie camper van for Christmas. I looked online and they're not cheap (not for my budget anyway) at £70-£100 brand new.

I checked ebay on the off chance and found one going for auction which ends in 6 days or so and can be posted. Bidding starts at £5.99 and I've placed an introductory bid of £15 (well aware the seller will want more than that and I'm going to increase, I just wanted to get ahead of any other interest)

On a whim I decided to message the seller and ask what ballpark figure she was looking for as I really, really want it for my DD and would gladly buy it right away if she'd consider selling it to me directly.

I very rarely use ebay and after sending the message thought shit, they'll think I'm being a CF.

So was this bad etiquette and unreasonable on my part or do you think it doesn't hurt to ask?

Look on vinted too, might even be able to just buy the missing pool/accessories

I think you can cancel your bid, it might be a process though

I've been outbid now, the price has gone up to £16.

PP's are right I shouldn't have bid so early as I've just driven the price up. I'll remember that if I bid on anything on there in the future.