Do'h! Just realized what I should have done.

[pendragon1998]

I had my first spouses relisted as BIN/OBO, when I sold them off the bay. I cancelled the listings. What I totally should have done was get my wife to use her account and make an offer of 1c, each. I could have had my relisting fees refunded instead of having to pay them.

 

Oh, well, live and learn. Maybe this will help someone else who's selling a coin.

[MunkyMan95]

I'm pretty sure that's against ebay policy.

[pendragon1998]

So's retracting your bid as the "wrong amount" and not rebidding, but should we get into that?

[just carl]

Happens all the time. However, most just have other relatives with different last names, friends or neighbors do just that. Similar to a buying frenzy. When others see the start of bidding, for some human nature reason, they think they too must bid. I know several people that do that all the time. If they win, they just put it back up at a later date but as a general rule, with millions of people out there, it ususally works.

[Conder101]

What I totally should have done was get my wife to use her account and make an offer of 1c, each. I could have had my relisting fees refunded instead of having to pay them

And if you both used the same computer and eBay noticed both of your accounts would be NARUed. Sometimes even going through the same ISP can result in temporary suspensions until you can convince eBay that the two accounts are unrelated. One guy got NARUed because someone else in his office building bid, unbeknown to him, on one of his auctions

[wayneherndon]

Wouldn't you be out the listing fees either way? What relisting fees would be refunded -- you sold the coins so can't relist them? Ethics aside, I don't understand how your proposed solution would achieve your goal.

 

WH

[pendragon1998]

Aw, never mind. That was really meant to be taken a little more tongue in cheek than I think it came off.

 

Sorry for the controversy.

[BankNote1]

You can get your fees back. Just have your friend or whatever send the coin back!!! Then you can resell it latter...