bluekarin Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I've got a non paying bidder at the moment on ebay, who had also done it to someone else. After trawling through the community and help pages, I have discovered you can decide who can actually buy from you. Sorry if you already know this, but for those who don't..... Go to My Ebay, then the Accounts tab (where you can see activity, messages, accounts, applications) Click on Site Preferences Then Buyer Requirements and Edit I changed the block buyers who have 2 unpaid items recorded on their account in the past month and have 4 policy breaches reported in a month. I also blocked people whose postal address isn't on the list of places I post to. I love ebay, but find it so hard as a seller to find out anything. Most frustrating is the inability to leave even neutral feedback for some naughty buyers Hope it helps someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thank you, that's very helpful Do you get many problems when selling? I'm very new to ebay (as a seller) I've been buying for a couple of years but worry I might run into problems selling (so far so good though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 No, I don't. We had a problem a few years ago selling our car. The person who won, didn't contact me, and then left ebay! I've had a few buying problems where people don't have the item to send, but on the whole, it's been okay. I do a lot of listings for my mum as well, on her own account, and so far all of that has been ok too. I do always worry when selling, as expectations can be quite high, and try to almost over describe items pluses and faults, just so there is no misunderstanding. Keep at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 That's useful to know . When I was selling, I came across settings for blocking people with negative or very low feedback scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I still think that some people don't realise that they're entering into a legally binding agreement. I triple check everything about an item before I bid. My son had an xbox for sale a while ago; he didn't get any bids but got a 'buy it now' seconds before the listing ended. How odd I thought! An hour later I had a desperate email from the bidders' mother. I knew she was genuine as why would anyone offer to pay a hugely inflated price when no one else had bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thanks! I'm really enjoying it so far, but just tend to have a couple of things for sale at any given time, don't think I could cope with dispatching any more in one go! I've got some bigger things which I'd like to sell, but can't help thinking the cost of postage would put people off (not keen to do collect in person), think I'll just concentrate on the small stuff for now and work up to the bigger stuff. I was really pleased this week as I'd had some aquarium spares floating around for three or four years, was reluctant to take them to the charity shop as it wasn't all that clear what they were and thought they'd just end up in the bin, but plucked up the courage to put 'em on Ebay and sold them all, yay!!! Never going to get rich doing this, but it's great to think that stuff that would otherwise have been binned has ended up with someone who will use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 That's the way I look at it, as a form of recycling . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
