How can I exclude bidders from certain countries?

[elgee60]

How can I exclude bidders from certain countries and stop them contacting me? I've been getting time-wasters and one non-payer.

[kopenhagen5]

In the postage section you can exclude countries or regions such as the whole of Africa.

And under account - site prefs - buyer requirements block buyers that have a delivery address to excluded countries.

[eol-products]

Does this also block messages or just purchasing.

[digital*ghost]

Blocking messages from blocked buyers is a separate action, but it doesn't truly block messages, it just removes the contact seller link in listings (and doesn't even always do that, I've found).

If they go to a member's profile, they can still contact from there, though when it works, the block will tend to cut out most contact.

[porcelain_dolls_by_me]

Make sure to block any buyers from Canada

Their Customs processing is notoriously slow - 4 weeks is about par for the course -  your buyers will open INR cases, and get a refund whilst the package is still within Customs.

[elgee60]

Thanks, folks. I get a lot of time wasters from Singapore. Stupid questions and ridiculous offers.