eBay

ageofreason66 · ‎05-31-2018

So it seems whenever I list a high value or high demand item (which isn't often), the time wasters come out of the woodwork. (I've had to list high value items as many as 4 times in the past.) I've just relisted a high value item after the first buyer has gone dark. I've now been able to spot the general profile:

- Relatively low feedback rating (e.g. no higher than 50)

- No recent buying activity (typically at least twelve months)

I just cancelled the bids of no less than 5 bidders who fit said profile (and added them to my blocked bidders list, along with the original deadbeat bidder) . The fact that NOT ONE of the cancelled/removed bidders has emailed me, questioning my actions, says that my hunch is correct.

So I really am dying to know, what is the motivation of such people to spoil an auction? My first thought is, they are people with multiple eBay accounts who bid on the same item from multiple sellers and simply back out of the highest bids? Thoughts? Just trying to understand...

33letters · ‎06-01-2018

Not correct, if you block someone after you canceled their bid and put them in a block list - the ebayer still would be able to contact you with the question on this particular item. If you respond to a ebayer question on a particular item, put them in to a block list - the ebayer still would be able to contact you with the question on this particular item but will not be able to make a bid.

castlemagicmemories · ‎06-01-2018

OP can put them on the BBL, that blocks them as a buyer, and go to the communication block and block communication. The only time that won't block communication is if you are in a current transaction with the buyer.

percgrabbe-0 · ‎06-01-2018

Why do people do anything? Money.

This was probably a competitor selling the same item hoping to tie up your item long enough to sell their own.

ageofreason66 · ‎06-04-2018

Seven cancelled bids (by me) and counting and not a single query. I am right!

gew6463 · ‎06-04-2018

Just to let you know (and in case no one has mentioned this already) those buyers you cancelled can leave you negative feedback now. I had Ebay tell me to cancel & block a buyer, and they were still allowed to leave negative feedback (something Ebay forgot to mention when they manually blocked them while on the phone).

Personally, I would say up to 20% (and about 50% at Christmas-time) of my buyers have 0% feedback, many just signing up for that purchase. But then I also do mostly BIN's that require 'instant pay'. Got tired of my items being tied up in resolving non-pays (though most of those from people with 50 and UP feedback). I'm not saying this applies to all categories, but just a thought. So when I see competitors that block the low-feedback buyers, I know they are probably helpfing my sales.

ageofreason66 · ‎06-04-2018

The bids I cancel are not winning bids. How could they possibly leave ANY feedback without a successful transaction? This is incorrect.

muttlymob · ‎06-04-2018

@ageofreason66 wrote:
Seven cancelled bids (by me) and counting and not a single query. I am right!

Not a safe assumption. It could be that some of those bidders were not legit. It could also be that some of those bidders were legit and saw your cancellation as a problem not worth pursuing. Why bother to contact a seller who out of the blue cancelled your bids? Just move on to a seller who did not cancel bids for no reason.