Well, there could be several reasons, but what's happened to me is that on one auction I bid on, the seller recognized my name and ended the auction then at that price. It doesn't save the posting fee, but the selling fee doesn't apply if closed early (as I read it).
Roy "auctioning off some Nikon lenses now" Drinkwater Lititz "getting the bucks for a track bike", PA
John P asked:
>Twice now on Ebay in the past month I've bid on bikes only to have the
>auctions end without going to their "normal" conclusion. In other words the
>sellers have ended the auctions prematurely...What's up
>with these sellers pulling their items before the auctions are over ???