not aware of any unpaid bills

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only unpaid bill is from one seller who asked if i wanted bid canceled, i said yes, seller said he combined shipping, but when auction didnÃ¨t bring a price he liked refused to combine shipping, i guest he went this way. i have 284 auction bids i won in last 3 yre, which all have been paid, thanks

woodland_gnome · Answer

It doesn't matter how many you paid. The seller block is based on the ones you didn't pay (and the seller cancelled for that non-payment), see below. And it is by the number of transactions, not the number of sellers, so since you were asking about "combined shipping" there were at least 2 transactions with that seller that s/he cancelled for non-payment.

You can try appealing the non-payment cancellation record and have them check the messages from the seller to see if s/he "changed the terms" from what s/he promised in the message--would depend on how specific s/he was about a discount for combined shipping (using the term "combined shipping" by itself generally doesn't promise a discount, only that everything goes in one package). https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/resolving-issues-sellers/appealing-unpaid-cancellation-record?id=4357

How it affects you unless/until cancellation records are removed on appeal: Whether you can buy an item depends on the seller you are trying to buy from. Some don't enable that Buyer Requirement (block) at all. Some enable it but at more lenient parameters than the strictest level of blocking anyone with 2 in the past 12 months (some leave it at the defaults which are the lowest number for each parameter--2 strikes in the past 1 month--some long-time sellers haven't updated it from the old maximum timeframe of 6 months, and some for whatever reason choose to give more than second chances--the choices go up to 100 strikes in the lookback period).

So for the strictest level you will no longer be blocked by any seller (for that reason anyway) 12 months (and 1 day) after your second to last strike was issued (I know eBay no longer uses that term but it's a lot easier to type and comprehend than what the PR types decided eBay would call it). For those who don't have it set you can buy right now (assuming no other issues, such as running into your buying limits or another Buyer Requirement by that seller). For any other combination of x strikes in y months they will not apply to you when your xth to last strike is older than y months.