I can understand where you're coming from Harry and Rock, but I may not agree with your position (with the exception of the honest mistake you made Harry in listing something you didn't have).
If you end your auction early, without any bids in play, no problem! That's fair.
If you are concerned about what you may get in an auction, in this case a low price, then why not list your item as a
Reserve Auction? That way you can begin the buzz for the item and it won't sell until the lowest amount you are willing to take is reached by bidders. At least everyone going in know the rules for the auction and the item may not sell - bids or not. That's fair.
Rock, in the case you cite, that's great! AS LONG AS NO BIDS WERE ACTIVE AND ON THE TABLE. No bids, and seller and buyer make a deal, that's fine. That's fair (maybe not ethical per se as it cuts out Ebay - and I am no lover of their fees).
But that isn't what happened here (or with the other auction mentioned). It was a
regular auction, with plenty of pics of the model and its accessories. There were also active bids in play. If the seller, in this case, made a blunder in his auction type or was unhappy with the price he was getting that's just too bad. He had ample chances to review his listing and change things UNTIL he received his first bid. After that it becomes a hard lesson to be learned (and I have learned a few myself on Ebay as both buyer and seller). If he pulled a fast one with a "dog ate my homework" excuse (dog ate my model?) because he made a deal on the side while bids were in place then I have no patience with him.
It just has an oder about it (that isn't Skunky for a change) is all I am saying. He has other items listed and all are going well. I just find it odd the
one model he listed, which had the greatest potential to command a high price, was pulled for such a weird reason (which his pics and text didn't support). Could he have had a database error? That's always possible? Could something tragic have happened to the model? That's possible too, I suppose. Possible and very convenient.
But if he is a collector with rare models (as he states), it just stretches credulity that something would happen to this model, at this time.
My apologies, in advance, if I sound especially pi$$y to you Harry & Rock (or anyone else). No offense intended at all. I am just a wee bit crabby having been laid-up at home for the past week with flu, on my vacation, trapped in my
house.
