"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Dorothy Bradbury" wrote in message
news:k4b_b.18239$ft.17767@newsfe1-win...

When you posted notice of your auction in this group I added it to 'my
eBay'
and was watching it along with a number of other items - I saw that you
pretty soon got a reasonable bid from someone of £62. Not long afterwards
the auction was ended (no bother to me - anyone here will tell you I'm not
exactly a big buyer of CD equipment!) but it looked like it was still
available for the 'Buy It Now' price, which mystified me. I can see now
that
this simply remains on the auction page after the auction has ended (or
been
ended) for some odd reason.

I have to say (evil-minded sod that I am) that, for a moment, it looked
the
auction had been ended simply because the it looked like the bids wouldn't
reach the 'Buy It Now' price and that ending the auction was an easy way
to
ensure a certain minimum price for the item without running the risk of
incurring 'Reserve Not Met' fees???

What I would say is that if you advertise items on eBay that are also up
for
sale elsewhere without the phrase 'subject to availablity' or summat like
'only while stocks last' and simply yank an auction out from someone who
has
put a bid in, you run the risk of losing your credibility with ordinary
eBay
punters like me. If it had been my bid you pulled the auction on (for
whatever reason) I would be totally ignoring anything from 'jabf2000' from
now on...


Keith,
Ending an auction early is not unheard of and isn't necessarily something to
be
suspicious of, the advertiser might have an ad in a local paper, and pull
the auction
if it's sold, saves on all that bother with the Post Office etc.

There is no indication of a possible final price until about the last
minute/seconds
of an Ebay Auction so pulling because you think it might not reach price or
cost you fees is simply a waste of time for both sides.

I have dealt with Dorothy in the past, and she has gone beyond the call of
duty,
I have no hesitation in recommending dealing with her.

My Ebay ID is 56samba if you want to cross ref!

Damon.