Gunbroker auction...frustrating

[coyote nose]

Arrgh!!! It happened again! FINALLY on gunbroker there are Hornady 200 GN flatpoints for the 33 Winchester. 3 boxes in fact. There is NO "But it now" posted, so I save the auction (it is a 14 day auction...I saw it with 13 1/2 days left). I check it 2 days later and it is listed as ended with 1 bidder at the starting price! How does this happen????? I would have paid more than what it went for, but the question remains...why did it end? It still had 12 days to go. Had this happen to me with an 1886 Winchester awhile back too. So frustrating. If there was a buy it now price I can understand it (and in fact I may have used that option) but there was not, yet someone won it with the starting bid. I dont get it.

[marlinman93]

Are you sure they won it, or did it get ended for some other reason? I'd go back to the auction and do a search for the seller's other auctions. Then you can see if he listed them again, or contact him through one of his other auctions and ask him the details of why it ended. If there's some hanky panky, let him know you didn't appreciate this way of running an auction.
On the other hand, this guy is selling gas checked 205's regularly for a BIN of $15, and they look pretty good.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =126635048

[RJM52]

I learned the hard way that if you want something and there is no BuyNow put in a bid...that locks the auction down so the Seller can not add or change anything. I do a lot of selling on GB and people email me all the time asking to put a BuyNow on so they don't have to wait... I always tell people no as it is not fair to others who may be looking and waiting to bid....

Bob

[Chuck 100 yd]

What marlinman93 said +1. Sometimes an item will be closed without a sale and re listed for whatever reason. You should have placed a bid just over starting ( if a no reserve auction)and have locked him into the sale or he would have to contact you to change anything.
I had that happen on a rifle once. the guy thought he had posted pictures of the wrong gun. He was an honest dealer and I ended up with it anyway after locating the new posting and contacting him.

[6pt-sika]

Coyote Nose , sent you a PM !

[awp101]

At least you aren't out any money. I'm still waiting on either the knife or a refund from an auction 4 weeks ago. After two weeks of no contact I called and the lady told me the seller died in Jan yet I see stuff still being listed AND SHIPPED after the auction I won.

At least I got one of the two knives I won from them a couple of days after I called.

[SmokeEater2]

awp101,I'm having just the opposite problem on GB, trying to get the flaky Kentucky gunshop that bought my ammo to pay for it.

[awp101]

awp101,I'm having just the opposite problem on GB, trying to get the flaky Kentucky gunshop that bought my ammo to pay for it.

Either way, we're stuck like Chuck aren't we...

[coyote nose]

6-pt, reply is sent, let me know if you dont receive it.
Good idea guys about posting a bid immediately...I will have to do that from now on...never thought about being locked in once you do that. However, there WAS 1 bid on the item when it was closed....

[71fan]

The single bidder may have offered a higher bid via email (maybe much higher) to get the item secured without having to wait or risk loosing it. I have had such offers in many instances. There is a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on, as you can imagine.

Anyway, better luck next time. But don't post about it here until it's over

[horsesoldier03]

I had an occasion where I bid on some bullets and was later told by the seller that he had mis-placed them and would contact me if he found them. Very frustrating but not much you can really do about it! I try to think everyone is honest and give the benefit of the doubt. Best thing you can do is move on and find another source.

[3855]

Found these in a box of junk at a Gun show last Friday. Offered 20 bucks. He took it. Every now and then you get lucky.

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[Mike D.]

I'm still sittin' on 12 boxes of those 3315s.

[6pt-sika]

I'm still sittin' on 12 boxes of those 3315s.

I "had" 4 boxes and just let Coyote Nose have them !

[JustaJeepGuy]

Found these in a box of junk at a Gun show last Friday. Offered 20 bucks. He took it.

Twenty bucks for the pair?

[t.r.]

Depends on how the auction is set up. He may have set it up so the item sold as soon as the reserve price was reached.

TR