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jilkisse_0 · ‎06-12-2018

How do i block bidders/buyers with low feedback? Every time someone with 0 feedback or low feedback buys it always goes wrong in the end. Thanks!

laylajames9 · ‎06-12-2018

Blocking buyers with low/no feedback is not an option.

What keeps going wrong? Maybe there are things you can change about your listing practices to prevent the problems you're having.

fashunu4eeuh · ‎06-12-2018

@jilkisse_0 wrote:
How do i block bidders/buyers with low feedback? Every time someone with 0 feedback or low feedback buys it always goes wrong in the end. Thanks!

There would never be any new buyers if blocking 0 Feedback members was allowed. New buyers should be welcomed, not suspected.

Sellers come to the boards every day asking where are the buyers? Why have my sales stopped? How do i block low feedback ebayers? I know some sellers have thousands of names on their blocked lists. I have 3, spread over 8-9 years, and my sales are fine. I come to eBay to sell my items, not to collect endless user names based in a fear that something might happen.

There is a way to control the problem of bad buyers. Sellers need to set up their Buyer Requirements to minimize the deadbeats and scammers, and file Unpaid Item Disputes to give non-payers strikes. PayPal also has blocks sellers can use to mitigate problem buyers. This is reasonable blocking for those who have proven their undesirable status by their actions. For more info on how to set up these blocks, see links below.

Okay, rant over.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/setting-buyer-requirements?id=...

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/payment-policies/unpaid-item-policy?id=4271

https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/admin/setup-account/

(Scroll down the page to "Block Certain Kinds of Payments.")

turquoisetulips · ‎06-12-2018

Sellers come to the boards every day asking where are the buyers? Why have my sales stopped? How do i block low feedback ebayers? I know some sellers have thousands of names on their blocked lists. I have 3, spread over 8-9 years, and my sales are fine. I come to eBay to sell my items, not to collect endless user names based in a fear that something might happen. fashunu4eeuh to op - unquote ------------------------------------

Well said ! I also have very very few people / buyers on my blocked list and I've been a seller here for 22 years . Buyers must first prove to me they're untrustworthy before they get blocked . I've read some odd reasons some sellers have given to block people that just don't make any sense . Some will even block other sellers on these boards from buying from them just because of a disagreement overly an entirely different subject . In other words they're preventing themselves from making money just because they feel the need to get revenge . As far as blocking buyers with low feedback ? Not good . Everyone starts with zero feedback . Sellers should not allow a previous bad experience with a new buyer to turn them against the rest of them . This is how bigotry and unfair biases take hold . Its good to use caution and its good to use gut instincts in this business as well . However what is not good is to allow irrational fear to creep in. Tulips

turquoisetulips · ‎06-12-2018

How do i block bidders/buyers with low feedback? Every time someone with 0 feedback or low feedback buys it always goes wrong in the end. Thanks! jikisse - op - unquote ---------------

Before you do , please read the replies to your question and take them into consideration . Good luck tulips .

castlemagicmemories · ‎06-12-2018

Sorry but you don't block those with low feedback.

Everyone started with 0, as has been said many, many times. Ebay is not going to discourage new buyers that come to the site that will increase sales for both Ebay and sellers.

That is why they advertise.