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| Thread ID: 73394 | 2006-10-17 21:58:00 | Novice Trade Me question | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 492278 | 2006-10-17 21:58:00 | Hi Team Playing around on Trade Me I have entered a bid on an item by mistake (hit the buy now button, thinking that it would open a further window for details etc) and I want to retract it. TM says that bids cannot be retracted once the auction has closed, which implies that they can be retracted before that, but I can't see how. I don't want to stuff the seller around so I guess I'll buy if I have to, but I actually wanted to make enquiries about the value of the item before bidding. Hopefully I'll now be out-bid! Cheers Billy 8-{) :blush: On reflection, this probably should have gone in the Chat section. Double D'oh day for me :( |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 492279 | 2006-10-17 22:10:00 | Post a comment to the seller, on realising that you had no intention to place a bid he/she will usually remove your bid for you. | muzzle (10342) | ||
| 492280 | 2006-10-17 22:51:00 | Doesnt BuyNow open a new page asking for confirmation? Anyway, some traders get very negative about someone buying and then pulling out of the agreement. This is usually reflected by a red angry smilie appearing in your feedback. I had this one time, rather impulsively bought something and saw the error of my purchase. Told the seller I didnt want it (with some b/s excuse) and next thing had a big red smilie in my feedback. Got lucky however, as I went through his feedback and noticed he had pulled out of one or two himself in the past. Advised him as such, questioned the highly negative feedback, admitted I was wrong for not completing the auction, feedback was changed (to a blue smilie). Send the buyer an email, if he wants to get upset, go through with it and count it as a lesson learned. If the buyer is understanding, you may be able to get out of it. |
Myth (110) | ||
| 492281 | 2006-10-17 22:56:00 | Hopefully I'll now be out-bid! You can't be outbid because the auction will have closed with your buy-now offer. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 492282 | 2006-10-17 23:14:00 | Well, the seller was offering good information in answer to previous questions, plus what virtually amounts to a money-back guarantee, and he has excellent feedback so I'm not going to upset him . If I can't retract the bid without reference to him, and I can understand why, it would open up the system to all sorts of abuse, I'll just suck it in and proceed with the purchase . He did nothing wrong, it was my stupidity and I do actually want the item (a musical instrument), I just would have preferred to pay a little less . Thanks for the advice, and a lesson has been learned! :blush: Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 492283 | 2006-10-18 04:55:00 | I purchased something a while back with a 'buy now' offer. I'm pretty sure that the next step was a page to confirm the bid... much like the normal bid page, however the item was only about $50 so didn't take much notice. Maybe you're like me Billy and are used to ignoring all those warning pop-ups that Windows etc give for anything you try to do?... Yes- let's blame M/Soft for it all :D I would be very surprised if the 'buy now' button worked with one click... click it and you've bid/won the auction in one step. One frowny face ain't the end of the world, just hit the seller up and throw yourself on your own sword (or musical instrument), worst scenerio he will have to relist the auction. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 492284 | 2006-10-18 05:03:00 | I purchased something a while back with a 'buy now' offer. I'm pretty sure that the next step was a page to confirm the bid... much like the normal bid page, however the item was only about $50 so didn't take much notice. The resident Trade Me expert here reckons that once you click the "Buy Now" button you are committed. No warnings, no "are you sure" or any such cop-outs so you gotta make sure you really are sure before clicking it. :p On another note, it's a pity you can't add half a dozen grouchy faces to someone's feedback as we would like to do to the moron who won an auction for $1000 and is now ignoring all attempts at contact to seal the deal. :mad: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 492285 | 2006-10-18 05:06:00 | I just tried it. When you click BuyNpw, it takes you to a confirm page... where if you click confirm, you have accepted the purchase | Myth (110) | ||
| 492286 | 2006-10-18 05:09:00 | I just tried it. When you click BuyNpw, it takes you to a confirm page... where if you click confirm, you have accepted the purchase The resident Trade Me expert will now be taken to task for misleading information... and will be demoted from his "expert" status. :xmouth: :groan: :rolleyes: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 492287 | 2006-10-18 07:11:00 | The resident Trade Me expert will now be taken to task for misleading information... and will be demoted from his "expert" status. :xmouth: :groan: :rolleyes: Sounds like you should sell the 'expert' on Trade Me with no reserve :) Having said that- I am quite concerned that I don't remember that 'confirm' screen last time I bought something. Altzheimers appears to be looming in the not too distant future.... if I was younger I'd have the comfort of blaming it on short term memory loss :p |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
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