Biding on eBay

[sanluan_0]

Hi I’m unable to bid on the items on ebay because I didn’t pay for the 2 items I win the biding on ebay on time and it was cancelled. I try to pay foor it and try to contact the seller but the items was unavailable. I would like to appeal and be able to bid on the items.

[disneyshopper]

ebay gives you FOUR days in order to pay the seller.  If you do not pay in that length of time, the seller can file a cancellation as early as day 5.  Sellers can block buyers  with 2 or more unpaid strikes from bidding/buying their items.  That block will last for 12 months.  Not all sellers use that block. You will need to find sellers who do not use that block, or find fixed priced listings with Immediate Payment Required.

[woodland_gnome]

Once you haven't paid in 4 days and the seller cancels for non-payment it is too late to pay.  "I don't like the consequences of my actions/inactions" is not a valid ground to appeal an unpaid item cancellation record.

Whether you can bid/offer/buy an item now and in the next year 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.