Originally Posted by
himespau
Oh, I see, so he probably tried to just cancel the auction, but, since there was only 4-5 hours left, it automatically said that I won it? Is it possible that he wouldn't have know that would happen? Just trying to figure out if it's worth giving negative feedback. I don't expect to be able to "force" him to sell it to me. I mean I would have liked to get the brakes for next to nothing, but whatever.
Sounds like he wanted to start the auction cheap to avoid listing fees but still have the option to walk away if the bidding didn't go as high as he wanted.
Sometimes what sellers will do is claim the item broke or had been lost, presumably as a way of avoiding letting you actually have it for a bid they considered unacceptably low. Ultimately you can complain to ebay (who probably won't do a whole lot), you may be able to leave negative feedback to warn others, but it seems to me you might as well put it down to experience.