apples24

iTrader: (1)

its getting out of hand now, the amount of timewasters on there registering and biddin 80,000 on everything is beyond a joke, 2 items in the last week ive had done and coountless more beforehand


on the other items i deleted the bids intime


on each item i got approx 3 bids fro newly registered bidders who later ended up with -4 feedback no longer registered etc


its on a grand scale see for yourself

typlical ones are mobile phones and cars

just search for completed auctions look at the higher prices in general



within the last 10 mins ive counted 30 cars or so that have beeen victims of this idiotic childish people

i know some are scammers from abroad but most are people out for a laugh


trouble is theres no way to stop newly reg bidders or maybe people with less than 5 feedback etc have to be pre approved


ive lost maybe 20 quid this month or so on ebay in listing fees and been charged the final value fees ( £70 appox) which i will have to pay but eventually can claim them back

im rapidly loosing heart in ebays ways and security


If i could start a fookin petition and get everyone alongside i bloomin well would


RANT OVER
im going outsid for a smoke

CrisPDuk

You can chuck people off your auction with sh!te feedback if you want to, it's up to you as the seller to monitor it though.

jjones

doesn't stop them bidding in the last 2 seconds and messing the auction up

chris's scooby

I agree it's a pain in the ****. There should be something done about it. Maybe taking a deposit from them straight after the end of the bidding. Even if it's just enough to cover the vendor listing fee it would help. There's nothing worse than wasting money or being ripped off. What about if you were to buy something though and the vendor never sent you the item even after he had the money? Just thinking about it from that angle.

tiggers

Clever, very clever Do I need to keep an eye on this?

tiggers.

Buckrogers

New registrations should do what www.nochex.co.uk do.

There verify your bank details by making a small deposit. You then tell them how much it was. No match, no account.

People (or rather idiots) are finding card details on the net (not difficult) and creating what ever accounts they want.

What do ebay care? The numbers are massive. They couldn't give a monkeys toss about a couple of ten thousand non paying bidders.

StickyMicky

im impressed as well

chris's scooby

Tiggers I don't know what you mean..


Let me re read it to see if i know what you mean...



Oh!!! Sorry, i didn't realise it was that Ap.. Whoops sorry, nearly said a certain name. Slapping wrists now!

gsm1

Apples24, are you limiting your sales to the UK only? I found when I started leaving things open to international bidders it caused similar problems.

tiggers

jaycee

Is this a recent thing?
Is it the same user?
Somebody you might've pissed off??

I'm still an e-bay newbie and to be honest it seems more aggro than it's worth. Stick to the free ad papers.

pugoetru

I think they should charge £100 deposit from all new bidders until they have good feedback to prove themselves

It hasn't happened to me yet but i have seen lots of 10k bids and-4 feedbacks

chris's scooby

apples24

iTrader: (1)

ha fookin ha read my replys ive done **** all wrong, this bighead nobend is totally out of order, i have full proof, postal receipts etc etc

Ive done jack wrong and hes come on here slagging me, ive offered him to come see me face to face not my fault hes a ***** and can only do it on here


Dont judge every book by its cover people

jaycee

Apples, it was a joke mate. Light relief for all the **** flying round. If anything, watching you 2 arguing about it is quite amusing in a rubbernecking kind of way.
I'd still buy off you if the price/product was right and I'm sure other people will too.

Tiggs

the answer is soooooooooo simple....ebay should allow you to only except bids from ppl with 5 feedback or more.

ajm

Chicken/egg problem here?

Accept btw

Tiggs

not really.

they could allow it only when the seller has a rating of 30 or more or when the item is over a certain limit. or just charge an extra 30p to block people. there would still be plenty of sales for newbies.

apples24

iTrader: (1)

you should have to earn a reputation on ebay to be able to bid on the dear stuff

Buckrogers

Not really. A friend of mine has a rating of 20. 20 items that he purchased at 1pence each. Good rating = cost 20p....

messiah

I know ebay push paypal a lot and as it's free to set up and to pay via paypal then maybe it's not such a bad idea to make it a compulsory requirement to use ebay. All bidders must have sufficient funds in their account to pay for the re-listing if they don't cough up.

Tiggs

would someone go to that bother to get a rating to then screw ppls auctions?????

Buckrogers

if ebay put in place restrictions that only with 5 rating or above, then yes I guess they would!

Da Booga

Positive feedback is easy to obtain, if you wish.

I've even seen people advertising positive feedback for sale

Freak

If you get a non paying bidder, you can claim the final value fee back.
You can also claim the original listing fee back if you relist it and its sells second time...... no money lost- but its a hassle.
Ive had to file 2 non paying bidder alerts this morning

jjones

there is a scam where you buy the "how to get good feedback book". you then stick this for sale and everyone else in the scam "buys" your produt on how to get good feedback.

you can get 100 feedback in a day or two for virtually no cost and very little effort.