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An auction cancellation hunter (german: Abbruchjäger) is a person who uses German law to their advantage by participating in online auctions in Germany, only bidding minimal amounts and expecting the auctions to be cancelled. If an auction is cancelled by the seller, they will claim for damages in the amount of the difference between the maximum bid at the time of the auction cancellation and the price of a replacement purchase of the offered item in the auction. If an auction is described incorrectly, it does not attract enough bidders, which can be beneficial to auction cancellation hunters. In Germany, an auction cancellation hunter failed at the
Federal Court of Justice
The Federal Court of Justice (german: Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) is the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction (''ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit'') in Germany, founded in 1950. It has its seat in Karlsruhe with two panels being situat ...
with his claim for damages due to lack of interest in the object of the auction.(German „Abbruchjäger“ auf Ebay begehen Rechtsmissbrauch http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ebay-abbruchjaeger-begehen-laut-bgh-rechtsmissbrauch-a-1109240.html],
Der Spiegel
''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
Der Tagesspiegel
''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...