bsal610, thanks - you reminded me of the information I wasn't able to fit into my previous post!
(Who'd have thought it? I reached the maximum number of characters in my post, and in trimming it down to meet the character requirements, I lost the Saved Searches information.)
@clifbr45,
Although, as said, you cannot block a seller, you can use Saved Searches to exclude particular sellers.
To create a Saved Search
Do an Advanced Search. (You can locate the Advanced Search function by clicking onto Advanced next to your eBay search bar, or just click onto the link I have given you here.)
Once you are on the Advanced Search page, you can set up a specific search by including particular keywords or search words, limiting the search to particular categories if that's what you want, include title and description for your search, limit the price range for your search, and so on.
For your purpose, you are specifically interested in excluding seller username/s from your search. You can exclude sellers by ticking "Only show items from"... referring to them individually, or by selecting the radio button next to "My saved sellers list", or "Sellers with eBay Stores".
You MUST tick "Only show items from". Once you tick that, the drop-down option for include/exclude becomes active. Select exclude.
Sellers
โ Only show items from:
โ Specific sellers (enter seller's user IDs)
Include โท ___________________
Exclude
โ My saved sellers list
โ Sellers with eBay Stores
You can enter one seller's username, or the usernames of more than one. (Separate by commas.)
If you use your Saved Sellers list (hover over My eBay and select Saved Sellers from the drop-down list, or just use the link I've included here) for BAD sellers (rather than for sellers from whom you want to buy in future), you can set up a Saved Search using those saved sellers - like this;
Sellers
โ Only show items from:
โ Specific sellers (enter seller's user IDs)
Include โท ___________________
Exclude
โ My saved sellers list
โ Sellers with eBay Stores
To search using any of your Saved Searches
Go to your Saved Searches in My eBay. (Here is the direct link. You can also find your Saved Searches page by hovering over your My eBay link, and clicking onto Saved Searches from the drop-down list.)
You'll see all of your saved searches listed on that page. To run a particular search, click onto View Items next to the search name that you want to run.
Here's eBay's help page about saved searches. (It doesn't mention blocking particular sellers from your search, as it seems to focus on creating a saved search for buyers looking for particular items rather than excluding sellers from the search. However, it does work for that purpose.)
