Ebay bidders with 0 or low feedback

JWMGT90

Do you let people that have new accounts or feedback scores of less than 3 bid on your items on ebay?

Is there a way to not allow this to happen?

pheh

There is no way to keep them from bidding apart from manually blocking them. I usually let them bid. I've been burned a few times and had to re-list. And invariably I will go on the warpath for a little while after that on zero feedback bidders, but it is probably more trouble than it is worth.

For what it is worth, I've had more success than failure with zero and low-feedback bidders than failures.

Wolf359

Doesn't everybody have to start somewhere? In a bad market, it's makes a lot of sense to welcome new customers, not diss them.

Bcsican

<< <i>Doesn't everybody have to start somewhere? In a bad market, it's makes a lot of sense to welcome new customers, not diss them >>



This should sum it up....

droopyd

all bidders are welcome as long as they pay.

doh

Looks like you can only block bidders if they a feedback score of -1 or lower. That can be done through the buyer requirements page under your account in My eBay. But, like others have said, there's no reason to block someone with a feedback score of 0 IMHO.

Smittys

I just had some with one feedback bid on my item, a little slow in the communication but now he has 2 feedback , and I feel soon will have 3

shottaker

In the bad old days bidders did not need a credit card to sign up and most low feedback bidders were bad.

Now that they need a credit card etc I find most if not all are ok to deal with. Sometimes theyre a little slow with things. Had one guy who thouroghly believed he would receive items before he paid for them since some mail order outfit did that for him.

derryb

a lot of the low feedback accounts are second and third accounts of old timers that want to take advantage of the five free auctions per account and also more cashback.

19Lyds

<< <i>Do you let people that have new accounts or feedback scores of less than 3 bid on your items on ebay? >>

Yes!



<< <i>Is there a way to not allow this to happen? >>

Why on earth would you even consider this? If you are selling something for more than a grand, perhaps but just because eBay has been around for a long time does not mean that every new account is someone out to scam you. After all, there are folks out there that are still getting their very FIRST computers/lap tops and that have no internet experience outside of what is available at work.

Too bad the forums have been so rife with whiners and complaints that this is the impression that is given.

PerryHall

<< <i>Had one guy who thouroghly believed he would receive items before he paid for them since some mail order outfit did that for him. >>



Hey!!! Don't give eBay any ideas.

silverdollarfitz

I'm one of those new ebay people! only an 11 score for me so far... That doesn't mean I'm not gonna pay you or anything. Just means I'm new on ebay... And I'll leave good comments too once I see the coins.

messydesk

<< <i>Looks like you can only block bidders if they a feedback score of -1 or lower... >>


Of course, if you're strictly a buyer, there's no way to have a feedback score less than 0.

UtahCoin

For what it's worth, a couple of weeks ago some clown won $5,000 worth of my auctions within hours he/she had registered with eBay (won a few auctions from other sellers also for another few thousand). I contacted eBay about my concerns and they NARU'd him/her the next day and credited my account all fees.

seatedcollector

nevfer hurts to add a little something into the description such as: bidders with less than tem feedback points are asked to email me PRIOR to bidding or your bids may be removed. if a person has genuine interest in what you are selling, (and can read) they will contact you, that is of course if they can read.

silverdollarfitz

As long as you get paid, i don't see what the problem is...

silvergoldnut

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<< <i>Doesn't everybody have to start somewhere? In a bad market, it's makes a lot of sense to welcome new customers, not diss them >>



This should sum it up.... >>



I would have to second that .......

MsMorrisine

<< <i>Looks like you can only block bidders if they a feedback score of -1 or lower. That can be done through the buyer requirements page under your account in My eBay. But, like others have said, there's no reason to block someone with a feedback score of 0 IMHO. >>



Do the above, and 0 doesn't always mean new.

0 could be a +1 and a -1. (at least before the changes, or if the person is also a new seller.)

So, in the settings mentioned above you can also select "block bidders with __?__ unpaid strikes in __?__ days." (don't recall the numbers)

eBay should never, nor will ever allow truly new, with 0 feedback, people to be blocked. Everyone starts with 0 sometime. Accept it as part of the risks of selling.

PerryHall

If they snipe your auction there's not a whole lot you can do about it unless you don't mind getting a neg. Let's face it---we were all at zero feedback at one time and as long as you don't send anything until you are paid, how bad can it be?

AUandAG

I just upped a customers feedback from 6 to 7. Went perfectly smooth.

I do block negative feedback bidders. But not 0 or positive.

bob

GrumpyEd

We all stated as zeros.

A lot of them are multiple accounts, they wanted to reload their cashback quotas or get more ebay coupons.

SirAnthonyAC

Yeah I'd have to agree with most, you had zero once too as did I.

If you're a little worried though, you could always put in the auction "IF you have less than 5 Feedbacks in your history, please contact me to introduce yourself before bidding. unfortunately, I have no way of knowing if your a real person or some 'SPAM-automated-account' and I wouldn't want to cancel your bid and loose a great customer such as yourself"

Yeah, I know I laid it on a bit thick but, you get the idea.

I've had none payers maybe 5 times in my 10 years of selling on and off but never with a zero feedbacker, for whatever reason, my newbies have always paid.

I have had about 25 mid to high level feedback people 'claim' that they didn't receive the coin I shipped, I just send them the tracking number and strangely they just go away and never follow up! Weird huh?

shottaker

<< <i>For what it's worth, a couple of weeks ago some clown won $5,000 worth of my auctions within hours he/she had registered with eBay (won a few auctions from other sellers also for another few thousand). I contacted eBay about my concerns and they NARU'd him/her the next day and credited my account all fees. >>



Those are usually the exception to the rule, and are "fast shill" accounts. They bid on tons of different auctions to hide the true account they are shilling. A lot of them come from the raw diamond sellers and the like. At least thats where I've traced the 2 times it happened to me to.
Wish some of those idiots could get lined up and shot.

adamlaneus

The worst was when I was trying to sell my old video game equipment on eBay.

That stuff attracted zero-feedback bidders like flies on spit.

I had to relist it four times; it took a very long time to get that stuff off of my hands. It was worth it if only for the reclaimed space that it was taking up.

KiltedOne

I have never had a problem with a (0) zero, or low feedback (0-10 feedback bidder) and actually was very happy to be the first one to leave feedback for the newbie ... I have however been burned by sellers and buyers with very large feedback numbers. Go figure.

Brian

cars

I have less trouble with 0 FB buyers than buyers with multiple FB most of the time. Gotta start somewhere.

TorinoCobra71

<< <i>Doesn't everybody have to start somewhere? In a bad market, it's makes a lot of sense to welcome new customers, not diss them. >>





Well ALL started out at ZERO feedback, someone had to trust us, now its up to us the trust the newbies.

TC