As davewil says, welcome back.

Hi everyone - I haven't posted help here for about 10 years, but...

HERE IS HOW TO BLOCK SELLERS....

1. Do a search on eBay, using any search term like ((BLOCK_SELLERS))

 - make sure to add the ((brackets)) then click on Search.

2. After the page reloads, scroll down and find the "More Filters" in the left menu.

3. In the popup window, choose Seller on the left pane, then "Only show items from > Specific Sellers > Exclude > then type in the list of SellerIDs to block, separated by commas (no spaces).

- HINT: Keep your list of blocked sellers in a Text File, for easier editing, then use copy/paste.

4. Click on APPLY at the bottom right of the popup window.

5. The page will reload, you will now see something like screen capture below...

 6. Click on "Save this search" 

7. Now go to My Ebay > Saved Searches ...

 8. Because of the (( brackets )) , your new "special search" will appear at the top of the list. If not, choose "Sort By Name" on the right side.

9. CLICK that new Saved Search, and a new page will open.

In the normal place, type your ACTUAL search terms (like normal), then click Search...

9. Note that the list of "Blocked Sellers" will still be listed in the little rounded box ...

10. From now on, just use Ebay search, apply Filters, etc just like you normally do.

 - The "Blocked Sellers" box should remain visible (providing that you do not click the X).

 - Just ensure that any search results still show that rounded box with blocked sellers.

11. Every time you want to block sellers, open your saved searches and click the ((Blocked)).

- BETTER... load the search, then bookmark the page onto your browser's Links bar, and open Ebay from that link.

12. LAST THING - TO EDIT THE BLOCKED SELLERS LIST...

a) First open the OLD Saved Search for ((blocked_sellers)).

b) Change the search terms to something like "((BLOCKED_SELLERS2))"

b) Do step 3 in the left left menu. Edit the "blocked sellers" list, then hit Apply.

- if you use a separate Text File for blocked sellers, make sure to delete everything in the box before you paste in the new list.

c) Repeat steps 5 & 6, saving that as a NEW search.

d) Open My Ebay > Saved Searches.

e) Find the OLD Saved Search, choose More Actions > Unsave.

f) Update/Replace any Bookmark you had previously saved in your browser.

Sorry that was so long. It is much easier to do than it is to explain. [LOL]

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If you search for an item often, you could save that search (with the excluded seller), so you don't have to repeat the procedure of exclusion every single time, which is a bit annoying.

Concerning offers, I usually check in completed listings to see if an item has been listed before without being sold. Sellers are usually more inclined to accept offers when an item has been listed a few times than when it has just been listed for the first time.

I even got very good offers myself (from sellers) for items I had had on my watchlist for some time - 20 to 25% off, and they were not cheap (one was $80 and the other $130, so it was a good amount off).  Once (maybe twice, I don't remember), I had the same experience as springy, with offers of 10% being automatically declined and then accepted when I offered 7% off. It all depends on the sellers and on how long they have been trying to sell something.

You're not the first person who has come to the boards wanting to know if they can block certain sellers.

It's not  one of the constant questions people ask, but it pops up occasionally.

As you now know, the answer is no. Not unless you want to feed the info in each search and that could get tired very quickly.

I doubt ebay will change this any time soon.

Sellers are allowed to block but would usually only do it because someone didn't pay or else made a lot of trouble for them or maybe scammed them in some way. Ebay policies are often being tweaked but I would imagine they allow sellers to block problem customers so they feel safer & continue to trade on ebay.

You'll notice though that if a seller blocks a buyer, that buyer is not blocked from ebay as such.

They can fail to pay a dozen sellers and they are still allowed to roam on ebay.

So why can't a buyer block a seller? Well, they can, in the temporary way you have been shown.

But ebay is all about selling. If a seller has been deemed adequate by ebay, then they are not going to restrict their listings in any way (except temporary). I guess they hope that if time has passed and you do come across the same seller again, you might have forgotten them & buy and that sale might go okay.

All ebay cares about is generating as many sales as possible, with the least amount of trouble.

You say the sellers are not up to scratch but technically, they have done nothing to offend ebay. They are under no obligation to accept or reply to offers, though I have to say, I once made an offer that had no reply at all (and it was about a 10% off offer) and I was annoyed too. I feel sellers should either have auto levels in place or at least send a rejection so a buyer knows where they stand and can move on.

Ebay may one day change and allow buyers to put in permanent blocks but I can't see it happening any time soon as I don't know it is a big enough problem. In the meantime, have your hitlist saved somewhere so you can refer to it when you need to.

OP, did you skip over the first part of my post?

As I said, sometimes “make an offer” will appear without the seller’s knowledge or permission. Your lambasting such sellers for enabling make an offer is illogical.

Even if a seller enabled it himself/herself, it’s not incumbent on that seller to accept your offer. To label such sellers as inadequate is unjustifiable. I’m not saying this as a “bitter” seller as I’m neither bitter over “20% off” offers nor am I a seller.

Sellers may enable “make an offer” for specific purchasing situations — multiple item discounts, repeat customers, and so on. In other situations, because it doesn’t suit their selling model, they may only be able or willing to accept a small discount offer.

You’re perfectly entitled to make what I (and many others) consider lowball offers. Sellers are perfectly entitled to reject such offers and even to block you. That’s how it is. You may not need to think of ways to block sellers who have rejected your offers in the past, as it’s at least possible you’ll be blocked from buying from them, which solves that issue.

If you do want to keep a record of sellers from whom you don’t want to buy, I realise it’s tedious creating saved searches with specific exclusions, but that is the only option for you, I think. Your buying pattern clearly favours the sort of items that have a sufficient margin to let the sellers give you that 20% discount. That being the case, there’s no further suggestion I have, as my buying pattern is different.

Your buying is up to you and what you offer is up to you. The other responders on this thread are in essence pointing out that the opposite is true as well - that sellers’ selling and what offers they accept is up to them. I don’t think you should be labelled as an inadequate buyer, so why are you labelling sellers who can’t or won’t give you a substantial discount as inadequate? That’s what has me puzzled.

Your watchlist is probably the best option.

But thank you for bringing this issue to the boards. I'm not the only member thankful for the heads up.

short answer: NO

but imastawka has given you advice on eliminating sellers per search; unfortunately you have to do it again & again....ad infinitum......**bleep**, I know

On your search page, scroll down on the left-hand side until you see 'more filters'

Then click on Seller -

Enter sellers names with a comma between each.

Hit 'Apply' and you won't see those sellers in that search.

But if you do another search, you will have to do it all again.