I cant get responses to genuine questions!

magic_mat1
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I have been looking at buying certain models of Fender Stratocaster guitars and after being messed around trying to buy elsewhere I decided to try Ebay. I have had my account for years but got put off when I tried to buy an item but because my account was new it would not let me and I ended up just going to Amazon. 

 

The problem I have is that people simply ignore me because I have no purchases. I even asked someone to give me any response of any kind just so I know someone is at the other end (ad has not been updated for months) but I just get ignored. 

 

How do I purchase anything if sellers completely ignore me no matter what I do? Incredibly frustrating! 

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I have just replied to seller, that there is nowhere to input postcode??

 

This is becoming a novel!

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Lol yeah you're telling me. Ironic as I came to Ebay to avoid the dramas of FB marketplace and thought I could simply hit buy now, pay up and I will get what I wanted without the seller randomly changing their mind (yes this happened to me on marketplace). 

 

You are right, I have tried but there is nowhere for me to put my postcode in so I cannot proceed. Plus if they aren't getting any messages I don't know how they get my address details?! 

 

I have never had such a hard time being parted with my money. Smh

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magic_mat1
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Seller if you see this my postcode is 2150!

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Thank you, I tried to make an offer but I get a message 

"Youโ€™ve reached a temporary buying restriction.

You can only buy items where you can pay immediately at checkout. To continue, find an item with an immediate payment method and click on the โ€œAdd to Cartโ€ button in the listing."

 

Which I got when I initially tried to make an offer on the listing I am interested in. I wasn't too concerned as I figured it is a new buyer restriction so I decided to just hit buy now... which is when I struck the issue with postage not being specified so it wont allow me to just buy it at the asking price.

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OK - you have a new ID.

 

Just a question - did you sign out of Google - log into - ebay.com.au - and rejoin - using a new - say for instance - email@gmail.com - or other.

 

Cause your ID is coming up - yet again with no registration details.

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I give up.

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They've just changed the user name Dom, not created a new id. (which might be the solution to the problem).

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Thing is, I don't have a password as such as the entire account is associated with my Google login. I never created an account from scratch, I just signed up via my browser being logged into Google and just accepted the generic default username. 

 

I might try creating a password and see if that helps. Unbelievable run around 

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if none of this applies to you: Buying limits and restrictions | eBay

 

contact HELP (top of page) & conduct a 'live chat with eBay

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@magic_mat1 wrote:

Thing is, I don't have a password as such as the entire account is associated with my Google login.

 


And that's where your problems might stem from, since eBay would see that as a "guest account" that has never been used.

 

As I said before, try opening a real account from scratch through eBay itself.

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