Can you reject a bid on ebay

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Are you a buyer who needs to retract a bid? Read our article on retracting a bid you placed. Was this article helpful for you? If you have persistent non-payers who keep bidding on your listings and messing the auctions up, you can block them. It is a legitimate tool within eBay, and it can be useful in those rare occurrences when someone is just trying to cause trouble or lower your feedback score.

You can add up to 5, different user IDs to your blocked list at any given time. This tool can be exceptionally useful when you come up against competitors who play dirty or when someone just wants to mess around with you and cause trouble. When a buyer cancels a bid, eBay calls it retracting. Since eBay wants a fluid selling process that works for both parties, it discourages retractions as much as possible.

Keep in mind that you can't always retract a bid once it's made. Bids on items listed in Trading Cards categories, for example, can't be retracted.

If you're not able to retract your bid, you can also try contacting the seller to see if they'll cancel your bid for you. The decision to cancel is at the discretion of the seller. Any other bids can't be retracted, but you can still contact the seller to see if they'll agree to cancel a bid for you. Tip When bidding, always double-check that you've entered the correct amount — especially when making a last minute bid.

If someone makes a bid on an auction-style listing, and then retracts that bid, they could gain an unfair advantage — maybe by discovering a reserve price, or where another bidder's maximum bid stands.