Craziest/most stupid reason you have been blocked?

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

A seller listed a clothing item for £35 which was originally around £12. They had a "best offer" so I offered £15, adding that I knew it was originally x price. They declined and I went to offer a bit more because I really wanted it and found I had been blocked.

It doesn't matter what price its was originally. If it is no longer available in the shops then that can make an item worth more to some people.

Also just because the seller has listed it for sale doesn't always mean they want rid of it. The will want a price and if they don't get it will probably kept the time and wear it themselves.

I had a buyer who wanted one of my items and we came to an agreement of what he would pay in order for me to accept the offer.

He then used another account and tried to get a few quid knocked off by submitting slightly lower amounts, I presume it was his other account as the names were similar.

I rejected the offer from the 'new' user and received a rude message, claiming it's not worth anything and how I won't be able to sell it. I then blocked both his accounts. Do not want to deal with a buyer like that, not worth the hassle.

A buyer who makes a very low offer will set all the alarm bells ringing for the seller. These are the buyers who being forced to up their offer will then come back in a weeks time and make a (false) claim for a part refund. They are best avoided to begin with.

Im not a professional seller

Just blocked a buyer for the first time. I'm selling an item that is half of what three competitors' selling price. It's also nearly new.

The buyer sent 5 messages asking for more info, more pictures, provenance of the item. Last two messages were about haggling at the price and criticising the item. Only until the buyer started criticising my item that I lost my cool and blocked him/her.

soolin wrote: »

I have never yet had anyone who offered a stupid price go on to pay anything near the price I actually want. Auto rejecting is a good way of showing a buyer that the offer is silly, it means they either have to put in a serious offer or walk away, and can save both the buyer and seller effort and time.

Interesting. Most of the lots I had offers on were mixed wholesale lots so there was usually a big scope on price. I'd say it was probably more a 70/30 split of those who went on to make bigger offers and those who don't.

I still occasionally get asked to make offers on trade stocks and the value to me is less than it would be to some other buyers so I'm always careful not to offend the seller with a bad offer. I usually explain first and see if they had a price in mind.

In my experience those who make the worst offers are the ones who can afford to make higher offers to start with.

I once did a warehouse clearance for a company that was a multi million pound operation, they bought and sold clearance stocks across Europe. They had boxes of rejection letters telling them their offers were stupid and wasting the time of the seller. It looked like they relied on the one in a hundred that accepted their offers. There are some sellers who will take anything to get rid of something, so chancers, unfortunately, do prosper.