Selling on Ebay

Yeah if it is less then 46 hours you can cancel it. I did it once because I entered to high of a price. I know after someone makes so many retractions you can somehow band them from biding from you. I'm nor sure how though.I'm not to happy with ebay myself right now.

I have seen stories on the news about the scams on eBay. This is a big trick. A friend of mine had it happen to her. I don't really know how anyone can stop these people from doing this.

I did sell over 200 items on eBay and it never did happen to me. Unless they changed the rules... in the past you had to give a very good excuse to eBay for retracting a bid... and you were only allowed to do it a few times. The only thing which has ever happened to me... was on one of my last items. Somebody won the bid for it and then claimed that he could not afford to pay for it. I reported him to eBay and he got ban from eBay. One factor you might have problems with... is that if you are new to eBay... people will be reluctant to buy from you until you establish a reputation via your feedback. Your feedback needs to be 100% positive in order to be successful. Selling stuff that people really want does also make it a lot easier. And you should always have a picture of the item that you are selling. With a complete written description. And always let them know what you will charge for postage.

no but I've listed some really nice stuff for super cheap and had no one bid at all... what is you ebay ID? maybe I'll check out your store... mine is callie_cardinal

Oh really? I haven't had much experience with ebay but I am researching on it and considering if I should sell some goodies there. I did try long time ago one time selling a top which was brand new but I didn't want it anymore. I got no bid and the item turned out wasn't sold. I was quite disappointed, to be honest. Therefore, if I try selling something there this time. I would have to have my lower down my expectation so that I won't experience too much disappointments.

This is very common on ebay . You may find many people bidding on your products but all of a sudden you just loose them half the way because you are not the only on ewho is seling the products thee are many, so first just check the prices of your competitor an dthen start playing the game which can help you much better. you will learn many such things but as time passes. All the best with your new BIZZ

No--- I wonder why they retracted- Unless they found what you had on e-bay cheaper than their bids- I think when people retract it looks badly on them as e-bay buyers- I also think that if they abuse that they can be banned from the site- not that that helps you-! Sucks!

yes, you can easily retract a bid. However, ebay tracks who does this. and if you do it too often, then you can get banned. My experience with ebay is never get excited until the last day. I do track watchers, though.Usually, if an item has a lot of watchers AND a lot of traffic, people will bid, and many times they do at the last minute. But with ebay, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. There are no guarantees. But my experience is that people will come in at the last minute. And if an item has little traffic and no watchers, I don't expect it to sell at all.

No i have never sold or bought from e-bay,however i do have an account and have thought i would.I have heard buying things from e-bay is sometimes good and sometimes bad.I watch those judge shows every day and a lot of people on e-bay are decent people and others are rip offs,so if i were to do anything i would sell like you do instead of buy anything.i am sorry this happened to you because the people that bid should not have backed out.I have heard from these judge shows that people coming to court have been ripped off.Thats the sad thing about e-bay ,you never know Who you are dealing with..Anyway maybe someone will bid and buy ,I do hope so for your sake ,maybe some honest person will actually bid..I know that it can be very disappointing for you.Best of luck to you.

once a person makes a bid, they have to keep it. You can give them a bad rating, for failing to follow through. Also contact Ebay, they need to know also. They usually will contact the person and let them know they are in violation. Once a person renigs, they are in violation.

I have only sold a few things on Ebay. I don't really know a lot about it. But I am like you, I didn't even know that you could retract a bid. I wonder if you are charged a fee for doing it. I hope so.

Dear wooitsmolly Don't worry it happens on ebay. From when did you started selling on ebay ?? I started on 4th October 2004. In earlier days this kind of thing happens but you should not loose heart. You will definitely see good results on ebay too. Also put your items in buy it now format so that anyone can buy it then and there without entering into auction. All the best to you with your selling on ebay. I would love to see your store .. if you want to share just tell me your user id on ebay or send me the shop link .. You can view my shop link here -- http://stores.ebay.in/touchnshine

wow. I didn't know you could retract a bid on ebay. That stinks. I have a few items on there now. Hope it doesn't happen to me!

i want to bid one item in e-bay.. can you suggest on how to place the bid?

I thought you ahd to have a legimit reason to withdraw a bid but maybe the rules have changed. I havent been on ebay in a long time. i will go there now though, I could use some comforting.shopping *lol*

Unfortunately, this can happen in Ebay. I have done a fair amount of trading on there both buying and selling and if anybody bids on something they have a certain amount of time to retract their bids. I hope your items creep back up again. :-)

No this has not happened to me. I have not sold anything on ebay. I did not think they could do that. Good luck with your selling.

Oh that must be so annoying for you! I have never had this happen to me, I also didnt think that you could even do this! I hope that you get a fair price for what you have listed, good luck with it

I gave up on E-bay. I was selling clothes and odds and ends around the house. I had many people win bids and then say they can't pay. The listing prices and paypal fees were too high and I wasn't making any money. The shipping costs where bigger than I thought too and people would e-mail me wanting them even lower. I do buy stuff from there and have never done any of these things to other people but I had many people to this to me. So I don't bother anymore at all. I do find that video games, systems and electronics sell the best there though.

I think it happens all the times.take it easy