When to ban/block bidders on eBay

gtbeaker

Just curious as to when board members think it's OK to ban/block bidders from their eBay auctions. Should it be reserved for people with extreme negative feedback, those people you've had problem transaction with before, or just whomever you feel like banning? I understand eBay's policy allows for a seller to block anyone they choose from their auctions, but shouldn't there be some sort of rationale for doing so?

WinPitcher

When? When the ebay user is sabotaging your auctions/ feedback.

For being 0 feedback? No

For having excessive negs? Maybe

pandrews

i block anybody i want to.. if they seem shady to me at all, those mofos is blocked!

jrdolan

I don't believe in blocking people just because they're new. We'd all still be trying to buy our first card on eBay if that were a universal policy.

But it's a free market. You can refuse to sell to zero feedbacks, people named Elmer, and Yankees fans if you want to.

spacktrack

I block any non-paying bidders, any bidder with whom I have had a difficult experience, any bidder with excessive negatives or history of sabotage about whom I have been warned, or any bidder who sends me offensive 'Question from eBay Member' e-mails.

I do not block no or low feedback bidders but I do watch them when bidding on my auctions.

EagleEyeKid

I agree with Perry. I pretty much block anyone at will
if I think they're goofing around. I state this in all my auctions.
Private Feedback.....bid cancelled, then blocked.
Recent or excessive neg. feedback....bid cancelled, then blocked.
Non-paying bidders from past auctions....blocked.
0 feedback....this all depends. If they're new, I'll look to see what else they're bidding on. If they're not bidding on anything else, I
might cancel then block. Could be someone from my past trying to
screw with me. Also, 0 feedback that has been registered for more
than a year......always looks fishy, and I don't chance it.
30% of 0 feedback bidders I get don't pay.
Bryan

fsjeter

Only problem is, if your auction gets sniped by any of the type of bidders mentioned you risk gettin' negged if you refuse to sell, even if it states "No bidders with low or negative feedback." Seriously, if you put in your auction, "I reserve the right to refuse to sell to bidders with feedback below 10 or excessive negative feedback" can you really get away with it if you're sniped? You may be able to block them from future auctions but you're screwed on this one IMO.

Scott

Virtualizard

I have never banned/blocked a bidder and I never will. I have had great transactions with the following perceived "problem bidders":

•Zero Feedback - never a single problem with any of them, and I've had many.

•Low Feedback - only one problem ever - bidder was NARU'd within days, and I was reimbursed for my ebay fees. Again, I've had many.

•Private Feedback - I had a bidder once with private feedback - I was concerned and contacted him through ebay - he ended up winning the auction for 3X what I had expected, and paid immediately. I forget what his explanation was for the private feedback, but it made sense to me at the time.

•Negative Feedback - I don't even look at bidder's feedback. If you have that much time on your hands, you really need to get out more often!

I hope that helps.

minibeers

I bought a partial raw 1972 topps baseball set from dslsports advertised as NM. It came and was crap. EX with a few EX-MT in there. I cordially asked for my money back for the return. Sent the cards back and got my check. No problem, right?

Then, a few weeks later, I bid on one of their auctions and found out I had been blocked on all dslsports auctions. nice

for what it is worth, don't buy raw cards from dslsports. they tried to rip me off. I called them on it and they block me?

whatever

mb

dallasactuary

<< <i>•Zero Feedback - never a single problem with any of them, and I've had many.

•Low Feedback - only one problem ever - bidder was NARU'd within days, and I was reimbursed for my ebay fees. Again, I've had many. >>



Based on my own experience, you have been very, very lucky - or maybe I have just been snakebit. All, 100%, every single one of, my problems fall into one of these two groups. If ebay would let me block bidders with less than 20 feedback (which I know they will never do), I would do it in an instant.

ctsoxfan

<< <i>and Yankees fans if you want to. >>



Little extreme, don't you think?

gtbeaker

Guys- Thanks for the feedback. Just to give a little background on where this inquiry is coming from, I have recently been blocked from an eBay seller's auction, due to differences in opinions I had with this seller on these boards (those of you who followed the Bench Master Set weighting drama will know who I'm talking about). Over the past 6 years, I have received over 800 positive feedbacks remarks, from 477 unique individuals, and have received zero negatives. I have also done business with this seller within the past 6 months (with no issues). However, this seller has still decided to ban me from his auctions due to our differences on this board. He has offered 3 fairly rare Bench cards that I need for my Master Set over the past 2-3 weeks, and I have been unable to bid on any of those due to being blocked. But, those are eBay's rules, so it's not like I have any recourse in this matter. Sorry for venting!