I can see asking a seller if they had a price in mind before any bids were placed, I don’t have a problem with that (unless someone is knowingly lowlballing an unknowledgeable seller).
What I gotta take issue with is having a bid in on an item, getting notified the next day that my bid was cancelled and the auction ended, contacting the seller and asking why the auction ended, seller lying and making up a tale that their “nephew” decided he wanted it, said can then showing up in possession of person of interest in this thread and....wait for it....for sale.
Safe to say that day made the top 5 of my angriest moments in the hobby
