Can you back out of a bid when you are winning on ebay?

Question

Can you back out of a bid when you are winning on ebay?

Answer 1

Here's the ebay policy.  If you don't meet the requirements of the policy, then no, you're stuck with your bid.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/questions...

Answer 2

When you are the winning bidder, you are obligated to pay the high-bid price for the item. As a rule, retracting bids is not allowed on eBay.

Remember that all bids on eBay are binding, except:

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      Sales of real estate or businesses (see the Non-Binding Bid Policy)

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      Sales of items that are prohibited by law or by eBay's User Agreement

Exceptional Circumstances Only

There are, however, a few exceptional circumstances (described in the User Agreement) under which you may retract a bid. These are if:

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      You made a typographical error and accidentally entered the wrong bid amount. (Changing your mind is not considered a typographical error.) For instance, you bid $99.50 instead of $9.95. If this occurs, re-enter the correct bid amount immediately after you retract your bid. If you do not place another bid, the retraction will be in violation of eBay's policy and could result in your suspension. Please review the retraction guidelines if you need to retract your bid.

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      The description of an item you have bid on has changed significantly.

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      You can't reach the seller. This means that you tried calling the seller but the seller's phone number doesn't work, or you have tried emailing a message to the seller and it comes back undeliverable.

Timing Matters

There are special rules about retracting bids, depending on when you originally placed the bid.

If you place a bid before the last 12-hours of the listing: You may retract that bid before the last 12-hours, if your situation meets the above description of exceptional circumstances. You will not be allowed to retract that bid during the last 12-hours of the listing.

When you retract a bid before the last 12 hours of a listing: You will eliminate all bids you have placed on that item. If you are correcting a bidding error, you will have to bid again.

If you place a bid during the last 12-hours of the listing: You may retract the bid only within one hour after placing the bid (and if your situation meets eBay's exceptional circumstances description).

When you retract a bid within the last 12 hours of the listing: You will eliminate only the most recent bid you placed. Bids you placed prior to the last 12 hours will not be retracted.

If you are not allowed to retract your bid during the last 12-hours of the listing, you may contact the seller to request that your bid be canceled. The seller will have the discretion whether to cancel your bid.

Accountability

Your total number of bid retractions in the past twelve months is displayed in your Feedback Profile.

eBay will thoroughly investigate bid retractions. Abuse of this feature may result in the suspension of your account. Bids retracted within the last 24 hours of a listing can be viewed as bid shielding, which is a serious violation of our policy.

How To Retract a Bid

To retract a bid, use the Bid Retraction form.

Note: There is no equivalent for bid retraction in Buy It Now listings. Once you've confirmed your purchase, you are obligated to pay the seller.

Answer 3

YUP... If you won just don't pay for it... [=

Answer 4

You can do a bid retraction. I don't know all the details, though. You could also kindly email the seller and explain why you've decided to back out and they might be willing to cancel your bid. :) Good Luck.

Answer 5

yes you can. the only way to do it tho, is to contact the seller and tell him you are very sorry but if you happen to win the bid you wont be able to pay due to a problem with paypal. just be very nice and tell him how sorry you are, I have been in this situation like 4 times and it always works, havent got a strike yet.

good luck.

Answer 6

no sorry, but you can try to contact the person you buy it from, and tell them u dont want it anymore. This person can contact the second place person, and sell it to them.

Try it.

Answer 7

Don't bid on things you don't want, that is kinda the point =/

Answer 8

go to help and then retract bid... it gives you a few options your suppose to fall into to get out.. but you have to do it within so many hours of the auction ending and I want to say 12 but not for sure.

It does leave a retraction on your profile for 6 months.. it is also frustring for the sellers.

Answer 9

I've seen it done before, you just can't do it all the time.

By "seen it done before" I mean I was the one out-bidded and I ended up winning anyway because the high bidder retracted his bid. You get only so many chances to retract a bid.

Answer 10

you can try emailing the person and explaining why you have to back out  

Answer 11

NOPE ITS YOUR BUDDY  

Answer 12

Nope.

D; sorry