Death to eBay, Long Live StubHub

Did you know that eBay users can retract their bids? Yeah, it blew me away too except I found out the hard way. Recently I purchased season tickets to the Washington Capitals, and as a bonus, I was given the option to purchase additional reserved tickets to the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Hoping to make some money back from my $3000+ purchase, I put a set of such tickets on eBay. The auction received a handful of bids as the Capitals battled the Fliers in what would be a seven game series. The tickets listed were to a game late in the series, and at the time, things were looking bleak after the Caps returned home on a sad note after dropping a game in Phillthy. The auction ended the day before the game, but when I checked to see who had won, I noticed the number of bids had actually gone down. Read more