@bigwhiteg wrote:
what are the odds that 1 guy bids on almost 30 items , ( over 100 listed similar items ) , then another guy SNIPS 13 of them over 4 days but never bids on something with no other bids ??? Then the snipper wants to cancel everything------------I'm in the process of waiting for payment on 20 items now from the first guy
It is possible two bidders could be in cahoots, but not probable. Considering the very low price points, fraud is unlikely. Scammers working in tandem would be far more apt to target a new seller with high dollar goods. I would not think the payoff in scamming items for under a dollar is attractive enough for conspirators to take notice.
@bigwhiteg wrote:
”So I did block this guy and was I surprised that Ebay allows you to block 5000 buyers , geez , if there's that many bad buyers why limit that number at all”
To offer a different point of view: Overall, i am hesitant about blocking too freely, tho i do not impugn those who see differently. Have maybe five or six IDs on my block list in 15 years of selling. That said, i agree non-payers have earned a spot there. That’s the primary reason i blocked those few. (Others went on as a precaution from threatening activity on the forums. It’s rare, but over the years there have been those few who took exception to something i wrote.)
But my point is that it is not a foregone conclusion that you will ever need, or even come close to needing, all 5000 spots. Personally, i have not encountered bad buyers on this platform (a few bad sellers, yes, but no bad buyers).
Still, the block list is one of the few seller protections we have available.
