LunaArt wrote:S.Wolfie wrote:Dragon_gal wrote: as in I won the auction and the seller told me it had been sold to someone that made him an offer. It sucks, but I learned from it.
Wait, the seller let the auction continue to the end and you were the winning bidder but he wouldn't sell to you?
Now THAT is wrong - no question. He should have ended the auction early and cancelled all bids when he accepted an offer.
I know that making/accepting offers to close an auction early isn't a squeaky clean practice, but what happened in your situation is *blatantly* unfair and cruel.
Oh man, I would be so pissed!!
If that ever happened to me, the first thing I would do is try to get eBay to come down hard on him/her and then I would march right over here a make a informative post on the Buyer Beware! section.
I totally agree. That is a VERY dodgy practice and not what I had in mind when I asked the question. If the auction ends with a winner, then the seller is ethically bound to sell the cel to that person. If they decide to end the auction early, they need to cancel all bids that are currently on the item.
Thanks for all your candid, thought-provoking responses everyone!
It's a grey area to be sure. But for me, I guess it all boils down to the reality that if the cel is special enough, I might just have to ignore the ethical considerations....
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
~Oscar Wilde
) I know that making/accepting offers to close an auction early isn't a squeaky clean practice, but what happened in your situation is *blatantly* unfair and cruel. 
