eBay Question

cosmicdebris

Can you block bidders with say less than 20 positive feedbacks from bidding on your aictions? If so how?

CoinHunter2003

Might be hurting yourself. As an Ebay coin buyer - I had to start at zero and now
have 386 succesful purchases. Careful cause these "new" buyers are paying
prices I sure won't. It's a gamble. Good luck.

ziggy29

<< <i>Can you block bidders with say less than 20 positive feedbacks from bidding on your aictions? If so how? >>

Not automatically, to my knowledge. The best you can do, I think, is announce your refusal to accept bids from bidders with a rating of less than 20 and then cancel bids and block bidders manually if they bid.

I think that's overkill, personally. I *have* blocked all bidders with -1 or worse from bidding. This policy would block a bidder with 19 positives and no negs while allowing a bidder with 22 positives and 2 seemingly legitimate negs? As others have said before, we were all at zero once.

Though having said that, I'm still waiting to collect nearly $400 from a one-feedback bidder who won one of my items on August 22...

cosmicdebris

It's not for me. It's for someone else who has had a bidder keep coming back under different IDs and screwing with him.

Proofquarter

I am new here and to ebay. I show 3 + on ebay but have bought and paid for 5 coins in the first month. I have been collecting coins for 30 years and a member of NGC Collectors Soc with one of the top 3 pfuc70 state quarter sets. I also have PCGC coins and buy on teletrade etc. When I went to the Long Beach show Thursday I was ignored as dealers were working with other dealers first. There are a lot of us out there with money to spend on coins but we don't have the time to stay on ebay should someone try to snipe us. I bought a 2004 kennedy pfuc 70 silver yesterday (with buy it now) and the seller was very happy. When I did real estate loans, telling a first time buyer that the loan was approved was worth more to me than the money I received. In real estate they say buyers are criers and sellers are liers. I have a higher chance of being cheated as a buyer than you do as a seller. Please keep a open mind in business. Thanks.

flaminio

<< <i>Can you block bidders with say less than 20 positive feedbacks from bidding on your aictions? If so how? >>

Why would one do such a stupid thing? Do you enjoy limiting your pool of buyers, and therefore your final values?

cosmicdebris

Proofquarter I realize there are a lot more people like you out than the bad guys. But my friend recently had his eBay account compromised along with his credit cards. He also has had several eBay members with 0 feedback stiff him and then neg him all a round the same time. I can't say that I don't blame him right now for wanting to block low feedback bidders.

Maybe he just needs to state in his auctions for low feedback bidders to email him first before bidding.

Iwog

Every simple question on this board turns into a debate.

No, you can't block people based on feedback. If it's too much of a problem, you can create a list of authorized bidders late in the auction and offer to "qualify" new bidders in the text of your ad. You should only have to do this a few times until the idiot stalker loses interest. Seller listing tools.

Proofquarter

Last year a large bank sent all of my personal info to a consultant and it was stolen along with many others. I still use banks. My friend who is in IS for a large company has security on his personal computer that takes 10 min to load. A seller can email the buyer and find out who they buy from for a start but it isn't foolproof. Other posts ask about being ripped by a powerseller. I am shure it could happen with a powerbuyer but anyone in business should do what they think is right for them. Thats half the fun of your own business.