Thread: sniping article

That guy is taking a chance being kicked off Eboy. If enough people file a complaint and there is a pattern he will be history.

I am surely not going to complain

Not true. As a seller, you can end an auction at any time, provided you sell it to the high bidder.

Ie. You bought a razor for $10 and would like to get $30 on ebay. you list it and by the third day, the bids are up to $30. You can choose to end the auction and sell to that high bidder, regardless of the amount of time left in the auction. Check the rules. It's all legit. Not a bad idea to foil sniping, but the seller must be a man above men, as I don't know anyone who can't use a bit of "extra" cash.

here's the ebay page about this topic:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/end_early.html

While it's technically possible, the spirit of this feature is more to use it in some kind of emergency.
Also, ebay cannot be a big friend of this as it potentially reduces their final value fee, so use with caution...

It suprised wopman and me but I was very happy to get both razors for the prices we paid. I may add we were also the high bidders all 4 times.

I must add happily that it screwed any sniping possiblity.

Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle but your right!

I give him credit for controlling his greed. Well done snipe hunter

Originally Posted by shavethebadger

Not true. As a seller, you can end an auction at any time, provided you sell it to the high bidder.

This is not correct. You can only end fro specific reasons related to error or the item not being available. Because you feel like it is not one of them, and if you end early you would haveto lie and pick one of the allowed choices.