I now know why watchers & no bidders

Harry_Flashman

I watch loads of items for a coupple of reasons;

1. I want to buy, but wait to 'snipe' at the end of the auction.
2. I want to 'buy it now' but I need to wait until some of my stuff has sold for the funds to be available.
3. It's something I want to buy / sell in the future and I want to see how prices are.

flipper_2010

I looked on my bidders that have been blocked and it says one was blocked because its a country i don't ship to, but yet, they are registered in the UK,

Is this a line eBay just put out when they have blocked someone for something else or is something going wrong on my account?

Strapped

UnderPressure wrote: »

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

I know for certain that at least 1 of those was one of my competitors, who has been targetting me lately. In fact, it was because of him that I added the "must have a credit card registered" bit for feedback less than 5

hermum

UnderPressure wrote: »

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

Tis but one of many little mysteries that one.
We will now never know but I for one am fed up with all the timewasters on ebay, the idiots who bid for things with absolutely no intentions of actually paying. If I had a bricks & mortar shop I would be happy for people to look without buying but would prefer customers who at least had the intention & money to pay for something.

mikey72

hermum wrote: »

Tis but one of many little mysteries that one.
We will now never know but I for one am fed up with all the timewasters on ebay, the idiots who bid for things with absolutely no intentions of actually paying. If I had a bricks & mortar shop I would be happy for people to look without buying but would prefer customers who at least had the intention & money to pay for something.

Arkwright's shop.

d57

I've just checked mine and found a dozen blocked bids in the last month from people with lots of unpaid item strikes and bidders in countries i won't ship to. All the years i've been using ebay and i never realised you could check on this list. Thanks OP

Enfieldian

UnderPressure wrote: »

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

A high street shop that only sells to people with money, that actually pay for things and don't want a refund and to keep the goods as well?

How bizarre.

luvvlyjubbly

Yet strangely, most of these Blocked Bidders have 100% feedback.....I wonder what their score would have been in the days when sellers were allowed to give a neg!....

TurkishDelight

UnderPressure wrote: »

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

I can live with possibly missing a few genuine rulebreakers (minus scores), non description readers (countries that we don't shop to), oddbod oldtimers (no paypal account), and ditherers (non payers).

I'm pretty sure that the high street shops who do sell on ebay also have their buyer requirements set up. :rotfl:

cyberbob

UnderPressure wrote: »

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

The requirement to be able to pay is a pretty big one in my book.

I guess your a seller with no buyer requirements set. Who then goes on to moan about NPB and why they cant leave Negative feedback for buyers then?