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perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Curious what happened here. First off I have a Ebay feedback rating of a 21, I have 3 negative feedback items from late '04 which was my fault all the way, since then I have got A+ feedback and pay for items won as soon as the auction ends with Pay-Pal. About a week agao I spent a day watching a card I wanted. Well about 1 hour before the auction ended I attempted to put a bid on the auction and I was blocked from bidding, after several tries with the same result I attempted to place a bid with other items from this seller and the same thing. I ended up having my Girlfriend set up an account and bid for me, she won the auction and payed without any issues. I emailed the seller and was up front with him about the situation, he was fine with it and did not know why I was blocked, he thanked me for payment and said he would look into it. Has this happened to any of you guys? At first I thought it might have been a seller from the boards here that I dont get along with, but after researching I realized this was not the case. Any info?

Thanks

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  • thenarcissus01thenarcissus01 Posts: 344
    I think sellers can block bidders with X-number of negative feedback through their preferences. Sounds like what happened to me, but I could be wrong.
  • colebearcolebear Posts: 886 ✭✭
    I know that sellers are able to block buyers with unpaid strikes in the past 30 days, feedback below 0. I do not know of a way to block a certain percentage though. Maybe he was one of the sellers that you got neg'd from in 04 and he blocked you then. Other than that I do not know, it has never happened to me.image
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,228 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I know that sellers are able to block buyers with unpaid strikes in the past 30 days, feedback below 0. I do not know of a way to block a certain percentage though. Maybe he was one of the sellers that you got neg'd from in 04 and he blocked you then. Other than that I do not know, it has never happened to me.image >>




    No this was a seller that I never did bussiness with before, and the 3 neg's I have are from Dec. '04. The seller did email me and told me it was "all set" but offered no reasoning why I was blocked, I left it alone and figured you guys would know more.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One other thing to add here, not sure it would matter but I have NEVER left anyone negative feedback.
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    Sometimes on here somebody has a deal go bad and lists the name, and people block them. Maybe that happened somewhere when you got the negs way back when?
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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    were they unpaid item strikes? Seems like that might be a setting on the auction format.
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    Either the seller blocked you - and will not tell you - or, there
    was an EBAY glitch.

    Based on your scenario, there is no other explanation.

    As a seller, I have had folks work around my BBLs. When
    it has happened, I deny any knowledge of how the initial
    block was entered. I ship the item, hope for the best, and
    add a new block IF/After FB is left.

    3 old NEGs is bad, but not bad enough to cause me to cancel
    a bid. If someone emails and asks nicely to be removed from my
    BBLs, I remove them. My lists are so long that it is not possible
    for me to know/remember the source of the negative context.

    The instant seller's block likely came from an old report he got
    from some board back in 2004.

    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • PubliusPublius Posts: 1,306 ✭✭
    I have a FB of over 400 with 700 transactions, no negative feedback, Ive never left NF for anyone, but for some reason, 4SC has me blocked. Ive emailed them and asked why, but no one ever got back to me.

    I just set up another account 3 year ago that only buys from 4SC. I have a 6 feedback with 200 transactions. Kind of funny.

    joe
    My Steve Largent Master Set
  • cardbendercardbender Posts: 1,831 ✭✭


    << <i>Sometimes on here somebody has a deal go bad and lists the name, and people block them. Maybe that happened somewhere when you got the negs way back when? >>



    This is what might have happened. I know I've blocked at least 10 knunkleheads from bidding on my auctions after reading some posts on these message boards about a buyer being a pinhead.

    Like Storm said, it's hard to remember the reasons behind some of the block bidders after some time goes by.

    Sorry this happened to you.
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