Trading Post® rules, policies and guidelines are designed to:

• protect buyers and sellers
• help maintain an online trading environment that is safe and fun for all members of the Trading Post community.

Rules for bidding on Auctions

• Placing bids
  Buyers are legally obligated to purchase any items they bid on if they are the winning bidder for an auction.
• Withdrawing bids
  Bids may be withdrawn only:
  • within 1 hour of a bid being placed
  • if a buyer has accidentally typed in an incorrect bid amount (e.g. $55.00 instead of $5.50)
    
  To withdraw a bid for any other reason, the buyer must contact the seller and ask the seller to cancel the bid. See withdrawing bids for details on how to withdraw your bid.
• Paying for the item
  The winning bidder is obliged to purchase the item at the final Auction bid.
• Shill (dummy) bidding
  Trading Post® prohibits sellers from using other usernames or asking other Trading Post members to make bids to artificially drive up the price of an Auction.
  
  Shill bidding is unfair to buyers. If you suspect shill bidding is taking place on an Auction, please report it.
• Payment & Delivery
  By bidding on an item, buyers accept the payment and delivery options and sale terms offered by the seller.
  
  Buyers may contact the seller to request additional information or alternative payment or delivery options. However, the seller is entitled to agree or decline the request.
• Bids can be made at any time until the Auction ends
  Bids are accepted at any time before the listing ends, regardless of how close to the end the bid is placed.
• Disclosing reserves
  Where a seller has included a reserve on their Auction, the reserve price is not visible to you. If a bid placed is under the reserve price, a message will display under the current bid stating the reserve has not been met.
  
  Sellers are under no obligation to reveal their reserve to buyers.

Breaching the rules

Bidding rules are part of the Trading Post® Terms of Use. Trading Post® will investigate breaches of its policies where a member has been reported as trading inappropriately or unfairly. Breaching the Terms of Use may result in your Trading Post® account being suspended, terminated or limited.

Reporting misuse and unfair trading

Noticed something not quite right on an Auction? Please report it to us!
Trading Post® takes illegal and unfair conduct on our site very seriously. We closely monitor trading activity to provide you with the safest environment possible for buying and selling online.
Your support will help us protect you and all Trading Post® members.

Terms of Use
Warnings & suspensions
How auctions work
Bidding on Auctions
Withdrawing bids