Ebay ethical dilemma as seller - What Would You Do?

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Could you contact the bidder and explain the situation to see if he had a problem with you/him canceling his bid to sell it to the relative's-birthday-boy? That would be an undeniably straightforward, non-slimeball approach.

That would be my thought.

[Mark17]

Last week I listed a lot with a minimum bid of $5.00. I expected it might sell for around $30. An hour later I was offered $200 on it, and it was an easy decision since the guy making the offer was the only guy who'd bid. So I cancelled it, relisted as BIN, and he bought it. I'm sure he spotted something special in the lot, but that's fine; I exceeded my expectations, and the deal went smoothly.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Last week I listed a lot with a minimum bid of $5.00. I expected it might sell for around $30. An hour later I was offered $200 on it, and it was an easy decision since the guy making the offer was the only guy who'd bid. So I cancelled it, relisted as BIN, and he bought it. I'm sure he spotted something special in the lot, but that's fine; I exceeded my expectations, and the deal went smoothly.

Yeah, I think that's fine. If I had been able to get back to my guy and knew his intentions before somebody else had placed a bid, I would have probably done the same.