Cancelled my bid and now relisted at a much higher price. Is this allowed?

[stein20070121]

Is a seller allowed to cancel your bid then relist the same item (different item number) at a much higher price? 

[rusticrye · Accepted solution]

Buyers should start their auctions at the minimum price they're happy to accept. Either the seller stupidly didn't consider the consequences of not doing so, or they entered the wrong starting price in error. Whatever, it's nothing Ebay can help you with - they can't force the seller to send it. You would have to sue the seller for breach of contract.

But if it makes you feel any better, the seller will have been charged a selling fee based on the highest bid at the time the listing ended or was ended - Ebay quite naurally does not like sellers who upset bidders and buyers.

Did you actually win the auction...? If so, leave appropriate negative feedback. If he continues upsetting buyers in this way, his account will soon be toast.

If you won the auction and paid, have you been refunded...? I assume so, or I imagine you'd have mentioned it.

@stein20070121 

[stein20070121 · Accepted solution]

The auction hadn’t finished and I received a message from Ebay saying the seller had cancelled my bid. I messaged the seller asking why but received no answer. On his shop he’s selling 5 of the same items at a much higher price. Its very annoying. Like you say he should have started the auction at a much higher price.