Bad Ebay seller

[zljones]

Originally Posted by Pup6913

Zach I wouldn't offer Yepbg or ask anything for that matter. He blocks for fun. Lol

LOL I will definatley watch out for that. The other day I asked a seller to change an auction to a BIN that was reasonable. When I messaged him I said "Please do not block me if you do not want to do this deal." After I heard all the horror stories on here I am afraid to message them and be blocked. I told him let me bid if you do not want my offer. Two days later he still has not responded to me, which is much better than blocking me.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by zljones

LOL I will definatley watch out for that. The other day I asked a seller to change an auction to a BIN that was reasonable. When I messaged him I said "Please do not block me if you do not want to do this deal." After I heard all the horror stories on here I am afraid to message them and be blocked. I told him let me bid if you do not want my offer. Two days later he still has not responded to me, which is much better than blocking me.

I don't think I'd want to deal with a seller who would block me just for making an offer. The seller can simply turn your offer down and life continues on..... but to block you over that? Maybe I don't understand the concept. Is this making offers to sellers who don't have the "make offer" tab on their auction?

Sincerely, Clayton

[smotan_02]

Seems silly to me that a seller would block someone for making an offer. If the say no, block the seller, and let the auction run eh are losing out on another bidder. It only takes two bidders to take an item to high dollars and you are immediately removing one of the interested bidders

[betafolio2]

What I try to keep in mind is, Life Happens! I won an auction a few months ago from a seller with a perfect feedback rating, paid for the card promptly, and then ... nothing. For two weeks nothing. I sent a couple messages and waited, and then suddenly received a message from the seller's partner saying he had ended up in the hospital with a sudden illness but that she would be taking care of shipping the card for him. And she did. The card arrived, and it was just as the auction had described it. So yeah, I had to wait a while, but in the end everything was fine. My point in all this is, try to give the other person the benefit of the doubt. In the case of the seller whose unresponsiveness prompted this thread, maybe the person fell ill and is in the hospital or something. It's very possible -- and it's also possible that he doesn't have a partner to check his eBay account for him.

If you're really concerned about a seller's disappearance, you might try contacting someone who gave him positive feedback for a previous transaction to see if he has contact information for him. Or you might be able to find such information in the eBay invoice. Then look him up on zabasearch and try calling him. Or just file an undelivered item dispute with eBay, get your refund and move on.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Not possible for this to be Andrew's fault, only the seller, ebay, or a combination of the two. Odd that the seller did that on a best offer...Hope you get it Andrew.

The Valentine day comment made me laugh.