eBay gripe & question

[MosMom]

So, I leave today to run errands with 6 bids on my stuff. Come home and go to check my auctions and I have 5 bids. This woman retracted a bid.

Now, I'm listing a ton of Elliot's clothes from last year and had a 2 piece lot of Baby Gap rompers up. I had them at 9.99. She had bid on those and then retracted. I checked her other items she has bid on and she bid on a different set of rompers (one of them is exactly the same as one of mine) for 8.99. She put her reason for the retraction as "Entered Wrong Amount". She entered 9.99 and the starting bid was 9.99. I found an area where I can turn her in as this is clearly against eBay policy. My question is...

Does turning her in do anything? Should I even bother. She is also bidding on a halloween costume I have up. I was tempted to cancel that bid and block her from bidding on my auctions. She has 3 feedback, one states she didn't pay for 18 days. I have never had a bid retracted before and I'm a tad irked about it. What would you do?

 

[swilshire]

I wouldn't be so concerned about it. I've done it myself. You bid on something, then reread the listing and change your mind for some reason. Maybe the shipping was too high. Maybe you misread the size.

At any rate, eBay allows bid retractions under certain circumstances and doesn't really give you too many options on the reasons.

I would say forget it and move on. The buyer may be a good customer for your other auctions.

Sheila

 

[mel&me]

I would just let it go. Like swilshire said. You only have a few choices on what to put down as your reason for the retraction. Ebay does allow it and would more than likely do nothing unless this person has done it very frequently.

 

[floridagirrl2]

I would report it since she has already retracted on TWO of your auctions. Changing your mind on a bid is not a legitimate reason (according to Ebay) for retracting a bid. Ebay will most likely give her a warning. I would also consider canceling her current bid and block her from bidding on your auctions.

 

[ripleysmom]

"I was tempted to cancel that bid and block her from bidding on my auctions"

I would go that route. I'm thinking that if she loses the other romper she will come back and try to bid on it again.