03-02-2021 02:58 AM
03-02-2021 03:13 AM
We've all gone through that phase with new accounts, there is no way around it. You can only buy fixed price items at first, then after you establish yourself more on ebay through those purchases, those restrictions will be removed. After a few "buy it now" purchases if you still cannot bid on auctions, contact customer service to see if they can override the bots.
03-02-2021 03:41 AM
To contact customer service use the "help & contact" link and you can either have them call you or chat. To chat with agent, open the automated chat and choose the option at the bottom "contact an agent", then you will be connected to a live agent.
https://www.ebay.com/help/home
03-02-2021 03:48 AM
Thank you
03-02-2021 04:18 AM
AS a new member you have temporary limits on how many items you can buy and how much you can spend at any one time, in a 24 hour period. The link below explains some of the limits. There is a few suggestions in the link that can help get the limits removed more quickly. You also have a limit on how many bids you can place, which I'll explain below. If you cannot place a bid at all it could be for two reasons. 1) your registration may not yet be in ebay's system since you just signed up yesterday. 2) The seller may not ship to your country, Georgia.
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/buying-limits/buying-restrictions?id=4012
What is not explained in the link is what are called Open Transactions.
An Open Transaction is:
Because of the open transaction limit you should learn to bid by placing automatic bids. Those would be a bid for the most you are willing to pay for an item. eBay will only use as much of that bid as needed to keep you in the lead of an auction, until you win or are outbid. If you place that bid in the last hours or minutes, other bidders will have less time to react, you will also know quickly if you have won or lost and can get the open transaction back while you are still limited. To possibly avoid a tie when you place your bid, adding a few odd Kopeks or Euros Example: €50.01 or a bit more. can cause you to win an auction at the very end. There s information about bidding in the link below.
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/bidding?id=4003
One last thing you need to know. When shopping You cannot place auction listings or items you will make an offer on in the Cart. The Cart only works with Buy It Now listings. If you place an auction/offered item in the cart it freezes the information at the time you add it in the cart. Auction or items you will make an offer on, should be saved in your Watch list. If you win or have an offer accepted you can pay directly from the listing or an invoice you will be sent. If you are only going to buy 1 item you can pay from the listing. Use the Cart if you are going to buy multiple items from one or more sellers and only want to pay once.
03-02-2021 04:48 AM
Thanks for the feedback. As for the address, the address to be sent to USA I have specified so that will not be the reason. See the attached file, it will send me such a message. Thanks
03-02-2021 07:54 AM
Which kills off the auction format for new users trying to bid on antiques and hard to find items.
That setting should be left up to the seller, not ebay.
No one had to go thru this until a few years ago. I'm sure they added it because new sellers(and some older ones) list common items at auction instead of fixed price.