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Bidders are angry about an auction, run by Graysonline, which was retracted due to a ‘technological difficulty’.

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Bidding reaches $1,125 for handset but sale breaks eBay rules.

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Coffs Harbour detectives in northern New South Wales have begun investigating reports of four incidents where eBay buyers in Australia had not received goods purchased on the online auction site after paying for them.