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tkpdeliv78 · ‎07-30-2022

I have people that are bidding on my products and then asking me to add gift cards and all this stuff and not being actual buyers how do you stop them from being able to mess with your account.

candd205 · ‎07-30-2022

Since you are a new seller, you are a target for the scammers. Continue to ignore and block scammers that ask you to text and add gift cards. If you change your listings to "buy it now" instead of "auction" listings, you can add immediate payment required to your listings and the scammers will no longer be able to bid without paying.

Btw, did you know that you have the Alfred Hitchcock set listed twice? That will work if you have 2 of them, but if you only have 1, you need to delete one of your listings.

Good luck.

chapeau-noir · ‎07-30-2022

Get rid of both auctions and best offer - fora new seller that's just bait for scammers, non-payers and the like (well, everyone gets non-payers). It's not only here on eBay - I went through the same thing on Posh which has no auctions but does a lot of haggling. When I was a new seller there I had people trying to get me to text them. I strung one of them along once to see what would happen - they got frustrated and gave up. After I had some sales under my belt, they stopped. Same with here.

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soh.maryl · ‎07-30-2022

They are not able to "mess with your account" in any way that I can think of.

You are recognizing them for what they are. Why not ignore, delete and block?

simba6 · ‎07-30-2022

As a new seller you can expect to attract a lot of scammers. Try listing as fixed price set to require payment right away. That runs many of them off.

annadryl · ‎07-30-2022

*Just a sidenote* your platter listing has conflicting shipping offered. You offer free pickup or a whopping $51 to ship but the description says "free shipping". This is inviting a "not as described" case which never goes well. I would drop the auctions game and fix the shipping and just list for a fixed price.

Another note, several similar trays are listed with $14-17 shipping, I'd guess that would be with the USPS medium flat rate "shirt" box. That's the way to go. Drop the local pickup. That's for unshippable stuff like furniture, but this is just a tray.

Good luck~

luckythewinner · ‎07-30-2022

@tkpdeliv78 wrote:
I have people that are bidding on my products and then asking me to add gift cards and all this stuff and not being actual buyers how do you stop them from being able to mess with your account.

It very difficult to stop people from bidding on auctions, because that is the whole point of auctions and because eBay clearly decided long ago to encourage bidding and not put up barriers to it.

Auctions and Best Offer do not require bidders to pay. Fixed price wit Immediate Payment Required does.

itsjustasprain · ‎07-30-2022

@annadryl wrote:
*Just a sidenote* your platter listing has conflicting shipping offered. You offer free pickup or a whopping $51 to ship but the description says "free shipping".

Oh yeah. That needs fixing pronto.

That must be calculated shipping because I am seeing $22.40 to my place.

@annadryl wrote:
Another note, several similar trays are listed with $14-17 shipping, I'd guess that would be with the USPS medium flat rate "shirt" box. That's the way to go. Drop the local pickup. That's for unshippable stuff like furniture, but this is just a tray.

Well - its a very expensive tray. I would not see any harm in allowing local pickup as the OP has it listed right now. Saves the hassle of a damage claim such as bent feet when it arrives wherever it needs to go.