I’ve had enough of sellers ending auctions early

[dukatimonkey]

I'm so fed up of sellers ending auctions early So they can sell the item to someone who  has contacted them privately through messages

this is the third auction this week that I've been bidding on that's ended in this way

I've just literally had enough

why is this being allowed to continue there is no point bidding on anything anymore they might as well just have a buy it now price and that's it 

the auction and bidding process now on eBay is a complete sham 

they should at least give everyone the option to make an offer 

not do it behind other bidders backs

I've no faith left in trying to bid for anything anymore and eBay don't give a **bleep** 

[john1297576]

"So they can sell the item to someone who has contacted them privately through messages". To complete a sale contact details have to be exchanged, ebay monitor messages so that is a foolish risk to take.

How do you know this. If there are bidders it is very short sighted to sell outside ebay and still pay a selling fee and a possible defect. 

No one knows how much a winning bidder is prepared to bid, until other bids appear, so if an auction it should continue to get the best price, rather than risk ebay catch them selling outside ebay.