>You are totaly wrong. An item on auction is not
>sold until the action actualy closed. If the
>seller consider that an item reached a buyout
>price than there is no reason why he shouldn't
>stop it earlier. Same for a trade : it just mean
>that in the seller's eyes, the trade is worth 
>more 
>than your bid.

Ok, I agree with that. I should of made it a 
little more clear with what I ment really.
But auctions have been closed early without the 
buyout price, the high bidder was actually the 
person who did make a good offer higher than it 
ended with on eBay.

>In fact, in many regular auctions, a seller may 
>simply decided to cancel the auction if he 
>consider that the price isn't high enough. (and 
>I 
>am not speaking of a reserve price).

Yes, that's true and I would probably do the same.

>When a shop confirms a sale to a buyer, the item 
>is sold (pending of paiement). It normaly can't
>be canceled without a very good reason. 
>Canceling 
>a sale because another customer offer more is 
>not 
>ethical and may even be illegal.

Ok, now on this we do NOT know if the shop 
confirmed it or not. That's in the open right 
now, kenshinlvr did not mention anything of 
confirmed or not, if the shop did confirm that 
would not right, but if the shop did NOT confirm 
at the time is that actually not right if the 
shop decides to sell it for more?
I would like to know that.

Cheers,
Christina