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decadesgoneb4 · ‎01-25-2018

I have a bidder from china that BO on a lot of my items but super low. ($100 item, bids $20)

I have my best offer set so they are automatically declined

but, as I mentioned in another thread, 'review all offers' stays in My ebay in the first column

so, when I go through my offers occasionally to see if maybe i will decide to take a best offer that was declined but was pretty close, many times it is this person and I waste a lot of time

sure, it would be nice if ebay programmers put back 'EDIT' when I've looked at the offers but that is obviously not happening

I don't want to annoy someone needlessly but then again, I doubt they will ever actually buy anything

plus, I don't ship to china

and, speaking of that, why are they allowed to bid anyway?

southernfriedbelle · ‎01-25-2018

In response to the question asked in your post title:

Yes.

Belle

virtualwhimsy · ‎01-25-2018

Anytime you have to ask if you should block a buyer ...

You should block the buyer.

Go with your gut.

I saw that...

~KARMA

idreamtodayhopes · ‎01-25-2018

I had a buyer from Russia doing the same thing to me recently. I don't use the auto decline because of the occasional "real close to my bottom dollar" offers that I worry will slip through.
Anyway, I did finally block that buyer because they weren't improving their offer even after I came back with a very reasonable counter offer.
So in regards to your question: block away.

audioarchive · ‎01-25-2018

I would and I have.

I have a vintage jacket up on my other account at a very fair price ($30.00 plus shipping). I had someone offer $16.00 shipped. I declined. He then offered $20.00 shipped. I blocked.

omegared718 · ‎01-25-2018

Always go with your intial though or reaction because usually it is the correct one. I rarely block people for low balling but I did it once. I had a $100 item up and someone offered $25. I made a reasonable counter offer and the response to that was an offer lower than the $25. At that point, BBL that "buyer" went.

disneyshopper · ‎01-25-2018

If you don't want to ship to China:

My ebay > Account > Site Preferences > Selling Preferences > Buyer requirements > Show > Edit

Here are my buyer requirements:
Have received 2 Unpaid Item strike(s) within 6 Month(s)
Have a primary shipping address in a location I don't ship to
Have 4 Policy Violation report(s) within 6 Month(s)
Have a feedback score of -1 or lower
Are currently winning or have bought 6 of my items in the last 10 days and have a feedback score of 5 or lower

disneyshopper
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rolenboy01 · ‎01-25-2018

Yes, I do so all the time.

papyruspapillo · ‎01-25-2018

I block any buyer who annoys me and wastes my time.

annadryl · ‎01-25-2018

Don't think of blocking as handing out a stiff sentence. You have the potential of 5000 and that's a TON. Don't worry about losing any sales. They will just go offer low somewhere else. And demand free shipping etc. These habits don't change. Good luck~

hawgryders · ‎01-25-2018

A question:

When you buy (Or bid) on something to resale don't you try to get it as cheaply as possible ???

No difference ...

hawgryders · ‎01-25-2018

@audioarchive wrote:
I would and I have.

I have a vintage jacket up on my other account at a very fair price ($30.00 plus shipping). I had someone offer $16.00 shipped. I declined. He then offered $20.00 shipped. I blocked.

Only time will tell if that was a good decision ...

lightlily_arts · ‎01-25-2018

I would block this bidder if it is consuming your time. I would also go to my site preferences and block these bidders through your buyers requirements as well. I know these blocks work because when I go to my buyers requirements activity log I can see that it is in fact blocking bidders who have too many unpaid item cases or too many policy violations; those who don't have a paypal account; and those who have an primary address where I don't ship. I don't do any shipping internationally. I decided against that when eBay required sellers to pay for return shipping on claims. Depending on the weight of an item I also don't ship to P.O. Boxes, Alaska Hawaii & US Protectorates. I have buyers who contact me and ask for an exception and sometimes I will make an exception depending on what I see in their feedback and the type of item they want. I will ship to Canada, UK and Australia for some items if they are willing to pay for trackable shipping. I don't block non US Paypal payments so people using freight forwarders can still bid on my items. As far as I know I am only required to make returns to the address that I shipped to which could be a problem for the buyer.