Originally Posted by himespau

How can you see the reason behind a bid withdrawal? I've had a couple of scares lately when I've been outbid on something with a couple of days to go so I go on and buy what I wanted from another source for the price I want and suddenly with an hour or so left I get an e-mail saying that the bid was withdrawn and I'm now the high bidder. Fortunately, in every case there's a bidding war with a couple of minutes left that wins it, but a lot of times it's something moderately expensive that I don't want two of. I know I shouldn't bid so early, but I figure that's the max I'll pay so whatever and then when I'm outbid, I figure it's a binding contract that the person can't get out of so I'm off the hook and should go buy what I want from another source. Sure there are good deals and hard to find things on e-bay, but I often find it's not worth the hassle and good deals are harder and harder to come by.