When it got down to the deadline for officially retracting a bid, I still had not heard any reply from seller-so I did retract that bid. That same person also never responded to the thread's accusations, even though he was logging in each day. I sent the seller a question through ebay message system asking him, what would happen if I send the card I was bidding on to PSA and it gets rejected-would he honor a return/refund. He was selling the cards rejected by PSA already, but describing them in the auction as PSA worthy of grading. The thread was saying the seller had submitted these same cards already to PSA and they had been REJECTED and sent back. Within a day of my bid, a thread was started about the cards he was selling, including the one I had placed a bid on. I bid on an obscure baseball card-so happens the eBay seller was a board member here, too. And mine was completely legit-and it happened to be a 'cannot contact seller' reason. Even I have had to retract a bid during my 11 years on eBay. Overall, I hate 'bid' retractions, as many of them are abusing the system (like trying to find another bidders top bid, or a reserve price, and then retracting).īut there are legitimate reasons a bidder can retract, that's why eBay allows them. If you have heard nothing back from seller in the time frame you need an answer-then that is no communication from seller-and from the options eBay gives a potential buyer to retract an offer or a bid, 'cannot contact seller' is exactly what happened-especially in the case this thread is about. The excuse 'cannot contact seller' is also a lie. Submitting an offer, getting no reply, and therefore retracting it is completely ethical and used in all aspects of life-not just eBay. Submitting an offer and having it accepted-then sure, that is a commitment. I disagree, submitting an offer IS a commitment to buy.absolutely. By submitting a BO, you as the buyer have committed to buying it at that price unless you stipulate otherwise in the comment section. What I don't agree with is if the buyer makes a BO knowing that the seller has 48 hours to accept it or not, but then decides he does want to buy it. I totally agree with you Kb if the buyer stated that in the comment section of his offer which I have done myself before.

If the offer was accepted then the buyer would have bought the item. The opportunity for the seller to make a sale was up there for two hours and then it was removed. He had no idea if the offer was going to be replied to quickly, in a couple hours, or if the seller was going to reply at all.

This time of the year some people wait until the last minute for gifts and may need a decision quickly. If the seller doesn't reply in the time frame the buyer needs he remove the offer and shop elsewhere. The offer is only good for as long as the buyer chooses to have it on the table.

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