I now know why watchers & no bidders

hermum

Having read an old thread that has just been resurrected, I have discovered how to check if any blocked bidders have tried bidding.
Yes they have, I don't know about :rotfl:, I have just laughed my little old socks off.
I take it these wannabe bidders get a message saying why their bids aren't accepted?
None of them have contacted me to ask for a block to be lifted.

VanillaDelia

Ha Ha, I have had 1 contact me before 'Why am I blocked?', I always set my buyer requirements quite tight.

I also think another reason is because they have 1 of what your selling, they watch to see what they could potentially get for theirs. I had 22 watchers on an item last week, only 8 bids from 6 bidders.

Will you share the secret to finding out if they have attempted to bid? lol

PasturesNew

I've often watched items I own, wondering how much mine might sell for prior to listing it myself.

I've NEVER watched items I want to bid on.

hermum

I know why some people watch I have an extensive watch list but hadn't even thought that several would have tried to bid & I'd blocked them. I just found it quite amusing.
To check go to your seller account, site preferences, Buyer requirements, on there you have activity log & will show what items have had someone try to bid & why they were blocked. It's on for 60 days.

OrkneyStar

...interesting....had 3 people from countries I don't allow trying to bid on one thing I had for sale!

VanillaDelia

Maybe this isnt available for me, I cant see anything past the buyer requirements, it just gives me all this block buyers list stuff.

VanillaDelia

Ha found it, me in the wrong bit, Just 2 people show up - both without paypal accounts

hermum

VanillaDelia wrote: »

Maybe this isnt available for me, I cant see anything past the buyer requirements, it just gives me all this block buyers list stuff.

Have you set any preferences? It will show you what your pref are & then underneath that is Buyer Requirements Activity Log, it's part of the same box. If nobody's tried to bid who's blocked maybe it doesn't come up?
Ignore all this as you've found it.

Strapped

I have 8 on my list...guess the buyer requirements do work

hermum

It's quite interesting isn't it to see how many have tried bidding. I also wondered why people stopped watching before the end, it looks as though they may have been the blocked ones.

UnderPressure

lost sales.....................................

I wonder how many of those that you have all blocked would have turned out to be a gennuine bidder? Its like having a high street shop and only choosing to serve certain people that fit certain requirements, crazy really but hey ho each to their own