# E-bay discrepancy- Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 7, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510 "2004-11-07T17:55:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ExoticMango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@ExoticMango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExoticMango)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/1 "2004-11-07T17:55:08Z")
What the heck happened? Well, I’m fairly new to e-bay, and it’s the first time I listed something for auction. Anyhow, the days went by and I had a couple of bids, and now it’s over. I didn’t receive an e-mail, nor did it state “Item sold” in MyEbay details. What gives? Does this mean it didn’t sell? Aren’t bidders supposed to pay for something once they’ve bid on it? I’m so upset. What am I supposed to do at this point? ---
**Author:** ![MrPeabody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MrPeabody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPeabody)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/2 "2004-11-07T18:01:22Z")
If you post the item number we can look at the auction and try to help you. ---
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/3 "2004-11-07T18:16:02Z")
maybe it got removed. was it illegal/against ebay policy? ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/4 "2004-11-07T20:22:39Z")
Did you set a reserve price which the bids fell short of? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/5 "2004-11-07T20:37:00Z")
Did you contact the high bidder? You need to send them an email, not just wait for the money to roll in. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/6 "2004-11-07T20:46:05Z")
> [@ExoticMango](#): > > What the heck happened? > > Well, I’m fairly new to e-bay, and it’s the first time I listed something for auction. > Anyhow, the days went by and I had a couple of bids, and now it’s over. > I didn’t receive an e-mail, nor did it state “Item sold” in MyEbay details. > What gives? > > Does this mean it didn’t sell? Aren’t bidders supposed to pay for something once they’ve bid on it? > > I’m so upset. > > What am I supposed to do at this point? You need to go to “My Ebay” section of the site for current auction status details. The notification emails are often hours behind the auction results. ---
**Author:** ![ExoticMango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@ExoticMango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExoticMango)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-bay-discrepancy-help/273510/7 "2004-11-08T03:20:27Z")
Thanks astro. You were right; it took a couple of hours, but it turned out okay. I guess I’m an eager beaver :rolleyes: