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What info from zero feedback bidders?

Salamander_3 · 2006-01-14 23:22:58

Hi, Just starting to dabble in selling a few items on Ebay. I notice many sellers ask zero feedback bidders to contact them before bidding - what benefit does this give you & especially what information do you request? Is it just some way to make sure bidder is genuine? - or is there another reason perhaps. Appreciate your…

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superscotsman Posts: 405 Forumite

15 January 2006 at 8:10PM

The more valuable the item you are selling, the more of a problem kids who have got hold of daddy's credit card are. I have only been victim once. I relisted the item saying that I had been involved with a time waster and this time I would not accept bids from zeros or bidders with lots of red marks. That did the trick, although the selling price was about 20% lower - if only that zero had been genuine.

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