Getting burned out

[sealmark2]

A different frustration with Ebay. A seller less than ten miles from me has a group I would like to explore/have. The item closed and I (also others) cannot reach him due to Ebay not allowing communication between seller and potential buyer - so for now we both lost out.
mkbow2@surewest.net

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by sealmark

A different frustration with Ebay. A seller less than ten miles from me has a group I would like to explore/have. The item closed and I (also others) cannot reach him due to Ebay not allowing communication between seller and potential buyer - so for now we both lost out.
mkbow2@surewest.net

What do you mean by ebay does not allow communication between seller and buyer/bidder? I do not recall ever seeing a listing where you cannot contact the seller. If you mean you cannot send him your email or vice versa, there is a way around that. Take any photo at all. If you have an editing program that is good, if not, then marker or pen. Put your email on the photo and sent the seller a message and attach the photo which is quite easy. Ask them to look at the photo you sent. That gets around the ebay censors. I knew someone who lost my business card, but I knew their ebay name. I sent them a note and they did just that. My business with them was not ebay related so this was just a means to an end.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Michael B

What do you mean by ebay does not allow communication between seller and buyer/bidder? I do not recall ever seeing a listing where you cannot contact the seller. If you mean you cannot send him your email or vice versa, there is a way around that. Take any photo at all. If you have an editing program that is good, if not, then marker or pen. Put your email on the photo and sent the seller a message and attach the photo which is quite easy. Ask them to look at the photo you sent. That gets around the ebay censors. I knew someone who lost my business card, but I knew their ebay name. I sent them a note and they did just that. My business with them was not ebay related so this was just a means to an end.

Two things I've done:
1. A guy had a $1,000+ item, and our offers and counter offers were close, about $200 apart (which was about the ebay fee.) So I bought an inexpensive card he had listed, and from that I got his return address and contacted him. We made the deal on the more expensive item easily.

2. I live in a small town and my phone number is listed. So I'll send the seller a message through ebay and sign with my full name, city, and state. If the seller understands what I'm doing, he can easily look up my number.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Two things I've done:
1. A guy had a $1,000+ item, and our offers and counter offers were close, about $200 apart (which was about the ebay fee.) So I bought an inexpensive card he had listed, and from that I got his return address and contacted him. We made the deal on the more expensive item easily.

2. I live in a small town and my phone number is listed. So I'll send the seller a message through ebay and sign with my full name, city, and state. If the seller understands what I'm doing, he can easily look up my number.

Good idea. If he follows through that is great. If not you may wish to try my idea.