Jake Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I'm selling a phone on eBay. In the listing I have includedPlease, UK residents only. I will not send this outside of the UK. Do not bid unless you have 10+ positive feedback and have been on eBay 3+ months. These are the details of the current highest bidder... Bidder Information Bidder: shaunnick110345( 0 ) Feedback: 0.0% Positive Registered on eBay: Less than 1 day Bids on this item: 1 Total bids: 74 Items bid on: 72 Bid activity (%) with this seller: 1% Bids to unique sellers: 68 Bids in unique categories: 1 Bid retractions: 0 Bid retractions (6 months): 0 What a tosser. I've just cancelled his bid. What do people get out of doing things like this? I just can't figure out what their motivation is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I just presumed they were bots being used by scammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 I suppose that's possible. I hadn't thought of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 There are seller options under the control panel to ban anyone with less than 5 feedback from bidding on your items. I gave up selling phones on eBay... too much fraud with phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 There are seller options under the control panel to ban anyone with less than 5 feedback from bidding on your items. I gave up selling phones on eBay... too much fraud with phones.I dont think there is that option now. It only let me exclude people with worse than -1 feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I gave up selling phones on eBay... too much fraud with phones. I agree. Our experience of phones on eBay hasn't been great either. You're better off finding someone down the pub to buy it for a few less quid in cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish man Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I agree. Our experience of phones on eBay hasn't been great either. You're better off finding someone down the pub to buy it for a few less quid in cash. i second that i sold a top phone 100% perfect as new now the buyer is saying its faulty the list goes on ebay has its good points but has alot more bad points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I dont think there is that option now. It only let me exclude people with worse than -1 feedback. Interesting. It was there a couple of weeks ago but then I have found people with different turnovers have different options etc. I a friend of mine (a gold powerseller) has tons of scheduling options and information about his feedback etc that I don't have access to. I'm in a good mood though. Paypal just supported me (the seller) in a Paypal dispute for the 1st time ever!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I just sold a armidillo roll top cover for the back of my truck, finished on thursday and still no response from the buyer, getting sick of ebay:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 i got messed about with my hilux, joke is you cant leave negative feedback anymore either!! 2nd guy to buy was spot on tho!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Sell the phone to Mazuma mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Sell the phone to Mazuma mobile. They only offer £150 max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 S'pose so aye... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Turns out I drive within 5 miles of the buyers house on my way to work. He's getting cash from the bank this morning and I'm going to drop the phone off at his. No possibility of paypal comebacks. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Turns out I drive within 5 miles of the buyers house on my way to work. He's getting cash from the bank this morning and I'm going to drop the phone off at his. No possibility of paypal comebacks. Lovely. Just don't accept cheque, bankers draft, chocolate... cash only (well unless you want chocolate) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky666 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I dont think there is that option now. It only let me exclude people with worse than -1 feedback. Yep so by default it allows 0 feedback scammers to hijack the auctions still. I wrote a constructive letter to Ebay about this and got the usual, generic, spineless reply in form of a standard format letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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