Sellers blocking buyers

[michellebartley]

I have had two sellers block me from buying from them just recently for no apparent reason. Anybody else having the same problem? It would be nice and courteous for the seller to let you know beforehand before you go ahead and try and do a purchase. Not happy.

[imastawka]

I was blocked from bidding the other day.   The reason?

My feedback is less than 100!!   Go figure.

I got my big girl pants on though (maybe)                

[digital*ghost]

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@michellebartley wrote:
 The customer is always right. 

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That is a business philosophy, not a mandate, and there are many ways it can be interpreted / implemented...if, and that's a BIG if, a seller chooses to subscribe to that philosophy. 

[*crikey*mate*]

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@michellebartley wrote:
No I am very broad minded. I would still buy from seller regardless of attitude. Im buying an item not a seller. Get your facts straight. The customer is always right. We are a sellers bread and butter. I certainly wouldnt be rude or offensive to a seller. Then you would be blovked and probably for good.

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OK, I've resisted the4 urge all day, but someone has got to point out the elephant in the room.

Michelle, is it a chance, that the sellers who have blocked you have seen some of your posts on the discussion boards. (remember lots have a few selling accounts and a posting account, so you might not recognize them by their posting ID)

It's just that, whilst you would never be rude or offensive to a seller, sometyimes some of your posts do come across a little bit blunt. I'm sure that you don't mean them to, but well, they do, and text is so hard to interpret people's true intentions.

So maybe you've just been blocked by a few sellers who don't realize you won't be blunt to them when you're trading with them.

But meh, what's it matter, right? There are 1,000's of sellers on eBay, if some don't want your money, just move onto the next one. It's their loss, right?

[imastawka]

   LOL

                   

[lyndal1838]

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@michellebartley wrote:
 Get your facts straight. The customer is always right. We are a sellers bread and butter. I certainly wouldnt be rude or offensive to a seller. Then you would be blovked and probably for good.

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Who are you telling to get their facts straight....you have actually replied to yourself?

If it is me, the I think I have got my facts straight....you asked why sellers may have blocked you, right?   I have told you of a possible reason.   Maybe some sellers would prefer to have their bread without butter at times.

[i-once-was-bump]

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@michellebartley wrote:
I have had two sellers block me from buying from them just recently for no apparent reason. Anybody else having the same problem? It would be nice and courteous for the seller to let you know beforehand before you go ahead and try and do a purchase. Not happy.

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I have had a quick look at previous threads started by you and some of your posts on other threads and I think that a lot of sellers might have put you on their blocked bidders list after they read your threads and posts.

You say you have been blocked "no apparent reason" but I would have to disagree, the attitude you displayed on those threads was a "very apparent reason" for some to block you.

[bsal6160]

Michelle i just hope you realise there are many reasons why you may (or may not) end up on a sellers BBL, but just to let you know buyers can also perform the same trick by modifying your criteria to EXCLUDE certain sellers items from even showing up in your searches.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@michellebartley wrote:
I have had two sellers block me from buying from them just recently for no apparent reason. Anybody else having the same problem? It would be nice and courteous for the seller to let you know beforehand before you go ahead and try and do a purchase. Not happy.

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michelle, just letting you know that you are on my blocked bidder list . . . . . . but then again . . . . . . just about everybody that posts on these forum boards is on my BBL.  I don't ever want to be accused of posting to advertise my items, so I can't sell to those on my BBL.

I suspect that I am on some member's BBLs, and I'm fine with that as I respect a seller's right to block whoever they like for whatever reason they like.

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@michellebartley wrote:

Some of them get shirty if you ask too many questions, well Im a buyer and that is my perogative to ask questions about an item, postage etc so there. If you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen.

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. . . . . . and it is a seller's perogative to block any eBayer for whatever reason they deem fit.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@michellebartley wrote:
The customer is always right. We are a sellers bread and butter.

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"The customer is always right" I respectfully disagree, the customer is not always right, especially not when dealing with casual sellers. 

"We are a sellers bread and butter"  not every seller, especially not a casual seller or any seller that is not dependant upon eBay selling for an income.

Not just not my bread and butter, not even my cup of tea !

[harley_babes_hoard]

hmm it might well have been your recent outburst on the forums....................