Can u block zero feedback eBayers from your auctions?

[Paladin]

Outside of just stating it your auction? Unfortunately, I didn't state it, and a person won an ASM I recently had up for sale. Sent him/her a few e-mails but no word and it's nearing a week.

 

I haven't sold many books, but I'm guessing this occasional trouble associated with actually acquiring the money happens from time-to-time.

 

Lucky me.

[flatrock02]

I do not believe so. I have sold to quite a few 0 or low feedback bidders and have only ever had 1 that did not pay.

Send them a unpaid item notice if they do not pay in the next few days that always seems to work.

 

Good Luck

[Paladin]

Thanks flatrock.

 

Could be they're trying to scrape together the dough I guess.

 

It was kinda odd to see that they had registered in '05.

[dopy02]

No. You can not block zero feedback bidders. You can cancel their bid and then add them to your blocked bidder list. You can use the following bidder requirements to block all bidders who:

Are registered in countries to which I don't ship

Have a feedback score of -1 or lower

Are currently winning or have bought 1 of my items in the last 10 days and have a feedback score of 5 or lower

Have received 2 Unpaid Item strikes in the last 30 days

[benz]

Outside of just stating it your auction? Unfortunately, I didn't state it, and a person won an ASM I recently had up for sale. Sent him/her a few e-mails but no word and it's nearing a week.

 

I haven't sold many books, but I'm guessing this occasional trouble associated with actually acquiring the money happens from time-to-time.

 

Lucky me.

 

all of us started with zero feedback.

[Ringfinger]

I just got burned by 2 of them. Watch out.

[esquirecomics]

I got burned by one who I believe was a shill to simply ding me with negative feedback. Fortunately because the person didn't pay at least the feedback rating was removed from my system though the comments remain (although given the person still has a zero rating I would think most intelligent people will ignore it).

 

I now have a caveat in my auctions that if you have less than 5 feedback to please contact me first.

[Paladin]

Do some sellers who have similar items to other sellers create accounts to bid up their "competition's" product so that their own product will sell high?

 

Basically, the competitor would not pay for what they bid on, and then maybe benefit from the bidding excitement they generated on the book they never intended on buying?

 

Crazy? Paranoid?