Do you lift restrictions for bidders?

mrcol1000

As a default I have a restriction to stop bidders with two or more unpaid strikes bidding on my items.

So today a bidder sent me a casual message saying that they want to bid on an item and can I lift the restriction. No excuses of why they have unpaid strikes or promises to pay.

The item is at 99p and hasn't had much interest so I am tempted to but just wondered if anyone else does it and if they do, do they have any problems with it?

tunnel

mrcol1000 wrote: »

As a default I have a restriction to stop bidders with two or more unpaid strikes bidding on my items.

So today a bidder sent me a casual message saying that they want to bid on an item and can I lift the restriction. No excuses of why they have unpaid strikes or promises to pay.

The item is at 99p and hasn't had much interest so I am tempted to but just wondered if anyone else does it and if they do, do they have any problems with it?

Not a chance, people like that have no scruples. If yours goes for too much money you'll be giving them another strike once they've bought the same item elsewhere cheaper. I'd rather it sell to someone at 99p or not at all than take all the hassle that goes with NPB's

goodmorningsunshine

tunnel wrote: »

Not a chance, people like that have no scruples. If yours goes for too much money you'll be giving them another strike once they've bought the same item elsewhere cheaper. I'd rather it sell to someone at 99p or not at all than take all the hassle that goes with NPB's

Totally agree - Not a chance!!!!

Hassle, Hassle and more Hassle

Road_Hog

I can't really add anything to what has already been said. Who wants this stress for a 99 sale? They've already got two or more unpaid strikes, no point in adding to that, there is a reason that you block these people.

cwal

I have just been amending my preferences on my account and you can tick a box to stop blocked bidders from being able to contact you. If they have unpaid strikes against them I wouldn't lift the block - it's likely to just lead to hassle and another unpaid item!

campdave

I do if people get in touch, because it means they're keen to pay. Only done it a handful of times and all have paid so far.

I don't lift my international blocked list though.

RainbowDrops

campdave wrote: »

I don't lift my international blocked list though.

That'a the only one I occasionally lift!

porto_bello

I never do it. People with a track record of winning auctions and then backing out of making payments are always bad news.

They need to acquire a sense of personal responsibility, rather than be rewarded by sellers allowing them to override eBay's penalties, specifically put in place to deter unreliable buyers.

This_Year

I did it the once, when she begged me to as she now paid for everything she won "as I didn't realise you were meant to in the beginning" :eek: and checking her recent feedback seemed to indicate that she was now paying for everything she won...

She then emailed to say she was still blocked and couldn't figure out why. I advised her to try logging out and log back in/clear cookies etc and she refused saying that wouldn't make any difference.

After a few more messages where she grew ever more agitated and demanded I phone ebay as a matter of urgency to let her bid but still refused to log out or clear her cookies I had enough and reinstated the block on her and ignored her messages.

All that for an item that was below £3. I decided after that to leave my settings be regardless of the story I was told.

zerog

If you just start afresh with a new ebay account it might be against ebays T&Cs but will they actually do anything?

soolin

zerog wrote: »

If you just start afresh with a new ebay account it might be against ebays T&Cs but will they actually do anything?

Yes they do, not immediately but they tend to wait until you have a good thriving account before linking you to a suspended one and pulling the new one