11-04-2019 05:35 PM
So is there a trick to find a user that doesn't sell on eBay? I've tried looking up some users, and I always get the "No Exact Matches Found". So is there a way to find a user that just buys items???
11-04-2019 05:48 PM
If you know a buyer's username, you can use the Advanced Search to Find Items by Seller to bring up the buyer's (empty) item listings. From that page you can reach the buyer's feedback or profile page.
11-04-2019 06:09 PM
11-04-2019 06:12 PM
I think that strategy might not work any more. When I do an Advanced search on a seller (or buyer) who has no active listing, the page of (zero) search results doesn't contain the member's ID or any link to them.
However, you can add any member's ID to the end of this URL, that will take you to their feedback page where you'll find the "Contact member" link to send them a message.
https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=
11-04-2019 06:51 PM
I think that strategy might not work any more.
It appears you are correct -- I just tried using my own username, and was unable to get a page with any usable links. I wonder when that stopped working.
But your link does work if you add a username. Thanks!
If general, if you load a profile page or feedback page of any seller, as long as the username appears in the URL (as opposed to a some sort of obfuscated id number) you should be able to paste over another username you are searching for and load the page.
11-04-2019 06:57 PM
@escarchac wrote:So is there a way to find a user that just buys items???
Please use this for good, not evil:
https://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/feedback-login.html
You're welcome.
11-04-2019 11:08 PM
I'm just curious - what's your point?
I sell on eBay but I also buy items for my own use (not for resale) - printer ink, new mirrors for my car, etc.
So essentially you would prevent me from buying from you?
Why?
11-05-2019 12:05 AM
I think before accepting an offer the seller would check their feedback for any pattern of problems. Problem buyer equals not accepting the offer and likely block them.
11-05-2019 12:59 AM
@richard1rst wrote:So essentially you would prevent me from buying from you?
Why?
I missed where the OP said anything about preventing people from buying from him/her. Where does s/he say that?
I use that feature, and I'm not even a seller.
11-06-2019 09:55 AM
@eleanor*rigby wrote:
@richard1rst wrote:So essentially you would prevent me from buying from you?
Why?
I missed where the OP said anything about preventing people from buying from him/her. Where does s/he say that?
I use that feature, and I'm not even a seller.
Thank you for pointing that out. I have no clue why he even said that. The reason I want this information is to check users on my blocked list. I blocked several years ago, and I just want to see if the patterns in the feedback that they leave are still the same, or if they are even members any longer.
11-06-2019 11:27 AM - edited 11-06-2019 11:29 AM
To escarchac and ms*hacisham
I have no clue why he even said that.
You will notice I began my post with “Just curios - what’s your point”
You now finally explain:
The reason I want this information is to check users on my blocked list. I blocked several years ago, and I just want to see if the patterns in the feedback that they leave are still the same, or if they are even members any longer.
I would suggest that a “pet peeve” of those of us who try to help others with problems is that the posters frequently do not provide context for the question. That leaves us to guess why you are asking which in turn diminishes the value of our advice.
If you had included your ultimate explanation as part of the original; post then I suspect that the answers you would have received would have been radically different and most probably more helpful than the ones you did get.
The question about not selling to me was meant more as a quizzical supposition then a literal inquiry. It was meant to draw your attention to the lack of a stated purpose in your posting.
Sorry you both missed that.
By the way if you are getting a "no exact match found" it means the buyer is no longer registered, at least not under that name.
11-06-2019 12:32 PM
@richard1rst wrote:
To escarchac and ms*hacisham
I have no clue why he even said that.
You will notice I began my post with “Just curios - what’s your point”
You now finally explain:
The reason I want this information is to check users on my blocked list. I blocked several years ago, and I just want to see if the patterns in the feedback that they leave are still the same, or if they are even members any longer.
I would suggest that a “pet peeve” of those of us who try to help others with problems is that the posters frequently do not provide context for the question. That leaves us to guess why you are asking which in turn diminishes the value of our advice.
If you had included your ultimate explanation as part of the original; post then I suspect that the answers you would have received would have been radically different and most probably more helpful than the ones you did get.
The question about not selling to me was meant more as a quizzical supposition then a literal inquiry. It was meant to draw your attention to the lack of a stated purpose in your posting.
Sorry you both missed that.
By the way if you are getting a "no exact match found" it means the buyer is no longer registered, at least not under that name.
I agree that we often don’t get enough info on an original post andI understand why you interpreted the op’s questions in the way that you did, but not everyone read it that way and the answers provided were what the op needed to know. To say they could have received more helpful responses really isn’t fair to those who responded.
When a user searches a user name using the advanced search function ‘no exact match found’ no longer means that the user is no longer registered. As another poster pointed out, it simply means that the user has no listings on eBay. With no listings, eBay no longer gives a feedback link or any indication that the person exists. They changed that a while ago.