Dear Chuck... I can't help with e-bay, but, all seriousness aside, Have you considered joining Binoculars Anonymous?.... Although we are all the beneficiaries of the marvelous reviews of every binocular ever available, I have to imagine them slowly stacking up in the corners, threatening to topple onto innocent passers-by.... A Friend :) Quoting Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com>:
Has this ever happened to you?
Last night, I was the high bidder on a Celestron 15x70mm binocular (same binocular as Barska, Oberwerk, Galileo, Brunton, Bear, etc.), at about $22 plus shipping, with several days yet to go on the auction.
This morning, there is no record of it in "My eBay". Not as a win, a loss, or even as watched. It has simply vanished. Searches do not turn it up again.
In the past, when a seller has ended an auction early, it still showed-up if I was watching or bidding on it; it just noted on the auction page itself that it ended early.
I've sent an enquiry to eBay, we'll see what their reply is.