I have been on eBay for nearly 10 years and have spent tens of thousands of dollars. I am a watch collector and occasionally find good deals on precious metal (interesting) items. Recently one of my favorite sellers has had some very good deals on precious metal items and a couple of watches that I liked. In the past 3 months I purchased seven items totaling over $3400 from them (6 auctions and 1 buy it now). Recently, I went to bid on several more items only to learn that I have been blocked. Now there may be a good reason for this but I can't think of one. I have written to them five times with no reply. Hence my frustration...and rant. Even if the seller thinks I paid less than what the items are worth, I won the item because I would always bid on the (assumed) precious metal content value and subsequently there are many more items I didn't win and they should be thankful that I bid at-least what the items precious metal content is worth. Right? In some cases, I paid quite a bit more than the precious metal value simply because I liked the items. I don't like being ignored and think it is highly unprofessional to treat a good customer this way!
Update: After posting this, one person suggested that I call the seller. It just so happens that this seller's phone number was easy to find. They said that I had retracted a bid and I agreed but I rebid immediately with the extra digit removed (I was bidding on a money clip and I intended a 3 digit number not 4). In any case, they could see that I was a good customer and reinstated my bidding privileges. I thought leaving this rant may be helpful to someone else in the future.
