How do I retract a bid on Ebay?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Hold on a second. Why don't you narrow down for me this LOOOOOOONG list of complaints that I've outlined.

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

well you did say you cant block everyone..but yet you are very profitable and done it for years...ebay is fine...you can consign and not have to worry about bid retractions....if you make more money than probsten and pwcc then i see zero problem. (i would assume you would consign to them if they did better than you do)..heck many people on net54 think pwcc prices are inflated becasue of shilling etc...if you are getting more than pwcc prices than like i said whats the problem..ebay is working just fine for you...plus you can block bidders with limited feedback or not....

people should consign to you it appears because of the profits you are getting....nothing will have no problems.......but we have seen other auction houses with huge shilling problems..which is bad for the buyer.....looks like you should roll with the punches some more

i just giving an opinion, really no need about asking me whether i do bid retractions or not...i simply was giving you some advice about blocking people with limited feedback then you argued and said they coudl form many more accounts, but then i said the feedback would be very low for any new accounts....just my opinion man...is it perfect no, but its not impossible..you dont need to block everyone.

I think you need to re-read the thread again.

[1952boyntoncollector]

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[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I think you need to re-read the thread again.

i was going to say the same thing about you....most of my posts have what you said in your own words so maybe you are confused about your own words..who knows..

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

i was going to say the same thing about you....most of my posts have what you said in your own words so maybe you are confused about your own words..who knows..

Don't think so.

This is just for you Jake.

Not that it will mean anything to you, or even to me if I'm being honest (because I don't think it's a very useful tool, but you're the one who brought it up and then told me I was complaining just because I said you were wrong). Here is a page with Ebay's Buyer Requirement options for sellers:

Notice the section marked "Block Buyers With a Negative Feedback Score Of".

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Don't think so.

This is just for you Jake.

Not that it will mean anything to you, or even to me if I'm being honest (because I don't think it's a very useful tool, but you're the one who brought it up and then told me I was complaining just because I said you were wrong). Here is a page with Ebay's Buyer Requirement options for sellers:

Notice the section marked "Block Buyers With a Negative Feedback Score Of".

lots of ways to block bidders...you can block a bidder with just one unpaid strike it shows in last 6 months...that should be good enough and is better than feedback actually...someone with great feedback may not be paying in the last 6 months and now you know...so looks like ebay gives lots of useful tools to block bad bidders...not impossible at all and you wont block everybody for sure...

[Beastmode]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

lots of ways to block bidders...you can block a bidder with just one unpaid strike it shows in last 6 months...that should be good enough and is better than feedback actually...someone with great feedback may not be paying in the last 6 months and now you know...so looks like ebay gives lots of useful tools to block bad bidders...not impossible at all and you wont block everybody for sure...

Agreed. I have no sympathy for the sellers that come on this board and complain about crappy buyers on e-bay. Block the retractors and low feedback bidiots. If someone really likes your stuff, they'll send you a message, then you can make a decision.

E-bay is the best-of-the-worst auction platforms. Superior than the AH's where you bid blind, can't snipe, never ending auctions, and fine print disclaimers that promote shilling.

Either cull down your herd of buyers, or be a whore-seller and open it up to the world (scum included). Can't have it both ways.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Beastmode

Agreed. I have no sympathy for the sellers that come on this board and complain about crappy buyers on e-bay. Block the retractors and low feedback bidiots. If someone really likes your stuff, they'll send you a message, then you can make a decision.

E-bay is the best-of-the-worst auction platforms. Superior than the AH's where you bid blind, can't snipe, never ending auctions, and fine print disclaimers that promote shilling.

Either cull down your herd of buyers, or be a whore-seller and open it up to the world (scum included). Can't have it both ways.

+1

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

+1

1+1-3 = -1

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Beastmode

Agreed. I have no sympathy for the sellers that come on this board and complain about crappy buyers on e-bay. Block the retractors and low feedback bidiots. If someone really likes your stuff, they'll send you a message, then you can make a decision.

E-bay is the best-of-the-worst auction platforms. Superior than the AH's where you bid blind, can't snipe, never ending auctions, and fine print disclaimers that promote shilling.

Either cull down your herd of buyers, or be a whore-seller and open it up to the world (scum included). Can't have it both ways.

So you're ok with buyers having unlimited retractions? Because that's what this thread is about?

I would think that's an issue for both honest sellers AND buyers.

Jake turned it into a blocked bidder issue by stating faulty information he insisted was correct, which I thought I cleared up pretty straight forward with a screenshot, but he tap danced around it anyways.

I didn't see anybody complain about not having enough tools to block buyers with. That's something Jake brought up with some magic number of (50), that did not exist (yes Jake, it's still closer to the absolutely unattainable (-1). It's a pointless option, which was the only point I was trying to make.

Jake seems to think it's the best thing in the world to be able to retract bids and cancel transactions on a whim. If so, great...but there's going to be push back to that.

For you or him to imply, well just STFU then and go sell somewhere else, is pretty condescending.

If you've never sold on Ebay, and your solution to ANY problem is to just block everybody from bidding in your auctions, and then just waiting for people to contact you so you can vet them one by one...well, I don't know what to say to you.

All I've been saying from the beginning, is how about EBAY just limit retractions, BAM! A whole host of problems solved right there. Easy f*cking peasy!

Shilling questions, a lot of bad buyer issues...AND a ton of bad seller issues, would dramatically decrease overnight. I don't see how that even debatable.

Jake's answer is to just consign your stuff with the big boys who don't give a crap about bidders who retract in their auctions habitually (or let you place "hidden reserve" bids), because according to Jake, he gets his consignment check on time, whether somebody is messing with his auction lots or not.....oh, and he still gets to cancel transactions and retract his bids whenever he wants to also.

BTW, the big boys wouldn't touch my stuff with a 10-foot pole. I'm very, very small time, and anyways, I think I'm perfectly capable of selling my stuff on my own.

I'm not complaining either. At least 99.5% of buyers are fantastic. I know very well how to block buyers I don't want bidding or buying from me. Doesn't mean I ignore everything else going on around me, and just watch in disinterest as Ebay is very slowly destroying their own platform from within...it also doesn't mean that I should just STFU on the rare occasion I (or anybody else) might want to share an anecdote when something IMO, goes very, very wrong...or I notice a new pattern in behavior among a certain segment of buyers that could warn other sellers of the pitfalls they might face (same as what is done here everyday regarding dishonest sellers).

Ebay is still the biggest and best game in town, but there was a time when it was about 1000% more compelling to both buyers and sellers.

I don't even know why I let Jake drag me into this, but he pushed some sort of button in me....and well, here I am I guess.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I didn't see anybody complain about not having enough tools to block buyers with. That's something Jake brought up with some magic number of (50), that did not exist (yes Jake, it's still closer to the absolutely unattainable (-1). It's a pointless option, which was the only point I was trying to make.

Dave,
Take heart as at least one person got the point you were trying to make. I didn't realize that worthless "option" still existed.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I don't even know why I let Jake drag me into this, but he pushed some sort of button in me....and well, here I am I guess.

Very nice post, and to even it out, my favorite post ever by Jake:

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

man looking at the last 30 or so posts..i have to think, man some posters think MY posts are confusing ...but yet they can understand all of those posts with the analogies ..I need a rosetta stone

Scott <=== internet special - today only - looks for best in all internet posters.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

So you're ok with buyers having unlimited retractions? Because that's what this thread is about?

I would think that's an issue for both honest sellers AND buyers.

Jake turned it into a blocked bidder issue by stating faulty information he insisted was correct, which I thought I cleared up pretty straight forward with a screenshot, but he tap danced around it anyways.

I didn't see anybody complain about not having enough tools to block buyers with. That's something Jake brought up with some magic number of (50), that did not exist (yes Jake, it's still closer to the absolutely unattainable (-1). It's a pointless option, which was the only point I was trying to make.

Jake seems to think it's the best thing in the world to be able to retract bids and cancel transactions on a whim. If so, great...but there's going to be push back to that.

For you or him to imply, well just STFU then and go sell somewhere else, is pretty condescending.

If you've never sold on Ebay, and your solution to ANY problem is to just block everybody from bidding in your auctions, and then just waiting for people to contact you so you can vet them one by one...well, I don't know what to say to you.

All I've been saying from the beginning, is how about EBAY just limit retractions, BAM! A whole host of problems solved right there. Easy f*cking peasy!

Shilling questions, a lot of bad buyer issues...AND a ton of bad seller issues, would dramatically decrease overnight. I don't see how that even debatable.

Jake's answer is to just consign your stuff with the big boys who don't give a crap about bidders who retract in their auctions habitually (or let you place "hidden reserve" bids), because according to Jake, he gets his consignment check on time, whether somebody is messing with his auction lots or not.....oh, and he still gets to cancel transactions and retract his bids whenever he wants to also.

BTW, the big boys wouldn't touch my stuff with a 10-foot pole. I'm very, very small time, and anyways, I think I'm perfectly capable of selling my stuff on my own.

I'm not complaining either. At least 99.5% of buyers are fantastic. I know very well how to block buyers I don't want bidding or buying from me. Doesn't mean I ignore everything else going on around me, and just watch in disinterest as Ebay is very slowly destroying their own platform from within...it also doesn't mean that I should just STFU on the rare occasion I (or anybody else) might want to share an anecdote when something IMO, goes very, very wrong...or I notice a new pattern in behavior among a certain segment of buyers that could warn other sellers of the pitfalls they might face (same as what is done here everyday regarding dishonest sellers).

Ebay is still the biggest and best game in town, but there was a time when it was about 1000% more compelling to both buyers and sellers.

I don't even know why I let Jake drag me into this, but he pushed some sort of button in me....and well, here I am I guess.

You seem to be putting a lot of words in my mouth......you say things like 'according to jake' etc.....you made a comment about whether I read the thread..you maybe need to read the thread.....

where do I talk about getting a consignment check on time, where do I say its great to retract bids on a whim where did I say its the best thing in the world........your arguments really look bad when you begin to make up stuff to go with an extreme opinion which I clearly did not say....I argued with you and showed it isn't impossible to block bad bidders...some people agree.....why make up stuff that I didn't say......

.I talked about an example about blocking feedback amounts...so if it doesn't work, theres other options like blocking people that have made a retraction in the last 30 days...you were the one that said it was impossible then you said you roll with the punches with what ebay gives...it doesn't look like you are doing that ...I just commenting that there are tools out there to use...whether you consign or do another blocking method...lots of methods..no need to say things or make up thoughts that I never said...no need to be so dramatic, you aren't on an episode of the Bachelor...when you make up things it really hurts your argument..

go an re-read the thread...