OT, Ebay fee for ending early

[Ladder7]

Be forewarned, There is a new fee this Fall. If you end an auction early that has bids, your account will be charged a FVF. Terms read, they'll allow one/year without penalty. ' Cuz they're nice people.

[drc]

It sounds like a not unreasonable idea to me. Get complains from bidders and no doubt eBay about people ending early. The only issue is would be when the seller makes an honest boo boo, or there is other seller as honest snafu, and ends it without selling it off ebay-- which may happen a fair amount. I've accidentally double re-listed a lot and had to remove one-- though no one had ever yet placed a bid.

[D. Bergin]

Yeah, I don't mind this at all in practice.

Problem, as DRC stated, every once in awhile auction software will erroneously double list an item, and I might even do it myself every once in awhile if I get distracted during my listing process and forget I hit the list button already.

If they kept it to items that already received bids, I think that would be the perfect scenario.

Edit - Just noticed the OP mentions it is for items that has bids.........then I agree.

[bobbyw8469]

Another reason not to sell items on Ebay.....they keep shooting themselves in the foot.

[thecatspajamas]

For once, eBay implements something that might actually have the intended effect (deterring ending an auction early to take an offer off-site) without severely hampering all other selling.

The only reason I can see that anyone would be against this is if they are in the habit of ending listings early, which either means they are already pissing off prospective bidders, or are habitually clumsy with their listings. I might fall into the latter category on occasion, but if it keeps items that I'm watching from suddently becoming unavailable, I'll take my occasional lump for the greater good.

[Texxxx]

The problem I see is that ending an auction early hurts bidders not eBay. Why should eBay gain on it. The fee should go to charity or something like that. Lol like that would ever happen.