I've got a listing up that was doing really well, it had climbed up to about £27 with just under a day left before it was ending. I don't know if its worth mentioning but its a designer handbag which is always popular and sought after on eBay. I woke up this morning to see an ebay notification saying someone had retracted a bid which I thoguht was no problem, it would only drop a few quid. I have a look and the current highest bid is now down to £6.05?!
In my messages, the retracted bid user messaged me saying this: "Hi, I have accidentally placed a bid of £755.00 which was meant to be £7.55. Is it possible you could erase this bid please so that I can put in a £30 bid? Many thanks."
At first I didn't think it was that big of a deal, mistakes happen. Then it just dawned on me that this person couldn't have been able to bid £7.55 if the current highest bid was £27.00. I'm also concerned when they say they wanted to put a £30 bid on, surely that would just be a max bid which you might not even get up to as it's only got under a day left. It seemed like a way to get the item much cheaper, but as I can't see anything on the ebay bid history, I can't understand any of it. I cut my losses and ended the listing early as I felt utterly cheated and knew it probably wouldnt have time to climb back up to £30.
I've blocked the user who messaged me, because it seemed pretty fishy. Can anyone who knows a bit more about ebay explain it to me as I'm still totally confused how ebay even allowed this!! 😞
