Selling a valuable item. Any way to prevent newbies from bidding at the last second?

[theofficefan4life]

If I want to sell an item that I am fairly confident could fetch over $1,000 is there a way to somehow keep people with less than 50 or so fb -OR- noobs from bidding at the last second? From what I understand you can block bidders with -1 or less and block bidders with return histories, but what if I want to limit bidders with more discretion as listed above. Is there a loophole? Sigh. Even then, there's scam artists with good fb history. No guarantees that's for sure. I'm reading so many horror stories of buyers scamming the system so that it almost seems like too big of a gamble to sell something worth of considerable value. Does anyone else hesitate selling high valued items, now more than ever, due to eBay's lack of seller protections? 

[duggmills]

"Are actually created by experienced members who won't use their 'normal' IDs". by Lynn

Lynn, and others, this is my opinion.... obviously, what else could it be?

I don't see the value in creating a new identity with no feed back rather than using their "normal ID's" where there is a feed back history to, at the most, only be able to be looked at.

That is to say even if a buyer has a tarnished record as a seller, they will have good feed back marks as a buyer because even if they are bad buyers, we would not know since feed back is a one way street.

Summary: A buyer with a feed back record is a somewhat better buyer than some "New Kid in Town" (Eagles) with no history.

[castlemagicmemories]

It's refreshing to see someone take responsibility for what they said~shows thoughtfulness, character, and humility. Reasonable people can be a rare find these days, sadly.