Ebay Bid Block by Feedback NOT Username?
matteproof
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Ebay must figure out a way for Sellers to have the option of BLOCKING bidders by "feedback" rating rather than by User Name (as it currently can do). For example, if a Seller only wants bidders with 5 postive feedbacks or more to bid in their auctions, then the Seller should be able to set it that way. Any bidder with less feedback history would be automatically prevented from bidding in that auction.
ZERO and minus negative bidders with ill-intent can easily "snipe" an otherwise good auction with a preposterously high last second bid, never intending to honor the bid. After "winning," the "deadbeat" bidder then has the power to destroy an otherwise PERFECT feedback history of a good Seller. This DOES happen on Ebay - as absurd as it may sound. Ebay does little to remove ficticious negative feedback postings.
The Bidder Management tool does not work for this purpose as it only works AFTER the Seller knows the username/identity of the bidder (which the Seller would not know until it was too late if a deadbeat bidder entered a last second snipe bid). In other words, the Seller could NOT block such a bidder as the bidder's identity would be an unknown until AFTER the auction ended.
Very few TRULY new Ebay bidders know how to snipe. Snipe Bidding usually comes with Ebay experience and is not generally practiced by newbies. A successful snipe bid from an apparant Ebay "newbie" should not be a common event.
So, here is my question. Does anyone have any idea how the above scenario might be prevented short of a Seller ending his auctions early (thus knowing the feedback history of the last bidder). Thank you for your comments and suggestions.
matteproof
ZERO and minus negative bidders with ill-intent can easily "snipe" an otherwise good auction with a preposterously high last second bid, never intending to honor the bid. After "winning," the "deadbeat" bidder then has the power to destroy an otherwise PERFECT feedback history of a good Seller. This DOES happen on Ebay - as absurd as it may sound. Ebay does little to remove ficticious negative feedback postings.
The Bidder Management tool does not work for this purpose as it only works AFTER the Seller knows the username/identity of the bidder (which the Seller would not know until it was too late if a deadbeat bidder entered a last second snipe bid). In other words, the Seller could NOT block such a bidder as the bidder's identity would be an unknown until AFTER the auction ended.
Very few TRULY new Ebay bidders know how to snipe. Snipe Bidding usually comes with Ebay experience and is not generally practiced by newbies. A successful snipe bid from an apparant Ebay "newbie" should not be a common event.
So, here is my question. Does anyone have any idea how the above scenario might be prevented short of a Seller ending his auctions early (thus knowing the feedback history of the last bidder). Thank you for your comments and suggestions.
matteproof
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You must have pissed someone off - what you described does not happen very often.
<< <i>Very few TRULY new Ebay bidders know how to snipe. Snipe Bidding usually comes with Ebay experience and is not generally practiced by newbies. A successful snipe bid from an apparant Ebay "newbie" should not be a common event. >>
Well, people are familiar with auctions, then they are familiar with the last second bid. When I use to dial into the local BBS, they had monthly auctions that ended at midnight. I would log on at 11:45, see if there was anything I needed and then waited until the last possible moment to snipe the item. My computer clock was syncronized with their computer clock, so I could do it up until the final second.
What can be done? Specify in your auctions that you have the right to refuse any bidder with less than a "5" feedback rating. If they are below that amount, specify that if they want to bid on the item, they must email you to express their interests. .... or something similar to this.
-Dave
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