Can you cancel an auction?


I was just wondering whether it is normal or allowed to cancel an auction before it is over. I don't want to do it myself, but I was recently following an item (hadn't actually bid on it, but was curious as to what it would fetch), and then it just up and disappeared several days prior to ending. I looked through the auction rules but didn't find any answers, and I don't have much auction experience on ebay or whatever. Any comments as to the rules or etiquette of doing this? I'm not upset at all, just curious.
karls

Showing 1 response by porschecab

Certainly.

I do not beleive Agon allows this, but EBAY does. There are prompt in EBAY that mention 'did you know most people wait to place a bid until the last day or hours of an auctio? You could be losing out in a sale'. EBAY also gives you options like, 'ended because of error in listing' and/or 'item is no longer available'.

Now, this has become more of an issue in EBAY recently, as many people find local buyers, and just end their auction.
I personally like that option because it puts someone in a situation of 'sh_t or get off the pot'. Now there are times, like you mentioned, where I like to see where it ends up, but is canceled for whatever reason. That can be frustrating!

By ending an auction early for a sale outside EBAY, they lose the final value fees! This has happened enough over the years that they have been increasing the insertion fee.
I like AGon, well, as far as I know, there is no final value fee for an auction. It is just the $2 to list it.
If I am wrong here, please clarify!

Dan