I presume our blocked bidder list will be endless?

[go-tazz]

With the amount of buyers that will be put on to blocked bidder lists because of non payment,etc,I presume the

blocked bidder list will be never ending?

Also you can't do a cancelled transaction as it will count as a defect.,(so you'll have to do an unpaid item dispute).

Then you'll have the buyers that leave less then 5 stars to add to the list.

So that list might become preeeetty long for some sellers,

[cherry*135]

I did a cancellation the other day by buyer request (before buyer paid). The last 3 options were seller reasons. All the other options (quite a lot) were buyer reasons eg: I bid on the item by mistake.

The defects apply if you choose one of the last three seller reasons for cancelling doesn't it? ( I think one was - sold item elsewhere, which would be annoying/disappointing to the buyer).

[cherry*135]

These are the reasons shown for cancelled transaction defects

New Seller Performance Standards

Canceled transactions *
Cancelled transactions (out of stock or sold to someone else)

0.00%

* this refers to any transaction you have cancelled - either on eBay or through Paypal - because you don't have the item anymore or choose not to post the item after it was sold

[digital*ghost · Accepted solution]

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@go-tazz wrote:

With the amount of buyers that will be put on to blocked bidder lists because of non payment,etc,I presume the

blocked bidder list will be never ending?

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The maximum number of IDs on a BBL is 5000. 

I tried to make the same point to eBay re: effects of their new policies and defect rate. Sellers aren't going to bend over backwards (most of them can't bend over any further than they already have  ) to try and pander to eBay requirements and the expectations they reckon buyers have. When all that is issued is 'punishments', rather than genuine incentives, sellers will take preventative measures to protect themselves more than any other suggested action.

The postage time DSR for example - eBay seem to have accepted and condoned buyers rate that on delivery time rather than the time it took a seller to post, and they've also given sellers the opportunity to block buyers in regional and remote locations of Australia, then they suggested that sellers can take action to address issues like if items take to long to arrive in certain geographic locations. 

What's the most attractive option? Only post express to some locations to try and avoid a defect vs block anyone living somewhere that the mail takes more than 5 days on average to arrive and not even take the chance?

[go-tazz]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@go-tazz wrote:

With the amount of buyers that will be put on to blocked bidder lists because of non payment,etc,I presume the

blocked bidder list will be never ending?

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The maximum number of IDs on a BBL is 5000. 

I wonder if it could be enlarged as some sellers might need a bigger list,

I tried to make the same point to eBay re: effects of their new policies and defect rate. Sellers aren't going to bend over backwards (most of them can't bend over any further than they already have  ) to try and pander to eBay requirements and the expectations they reckon buyers have. When all that is issued is 'punishments', rather than genuine incentives, sellers will take preventative measures to protect themselves more than any other suggested action.

That might end up with a lot of buyers unable to purchase items,

The postage time DSR for example - eBay seem to have accepted and condoned buyers rate that on delivery time rather than the time it took a seller to post,

That's why they want the site to go to free postage,(they can't rate the postage star then).

and they've also given sellers the opportunity to block buyers in regional and remote locations of Australia, then they suggested that sellers can take action to address issues like if items take to long to arrive in certain geographic locations. 

That means I can save some money as I can't buy things on this site with that scenario,(I'll have to

pull the money out of PP as well)

What's the most attractive option? Only post express to some locations to try and avoid a defect vs block anyone living somewhere that the mail takes more than 5 days on average to arrive and not even take the chance?

That would end up to costly for most sellers,(the express area leaves out most of Aus),

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[twyngwyn]

yes....it's a never-ending story...la la la la la la la la la

[webbuddy]

Hi,

I would like to share a few things:

1. the chance of returning buyer (esp those on the BBL) is very very small unless that unapid buyer has some special connection to your items or you have something unique that they cannot buy elsewhere

2. At times you will find that some buyer IDs are no longer valid after updating your BBL. Don't feel relief just yet, those ID's are invlaid mostly NOT because they were unregistered by ebay etc, in fact the actual reason is that those buyers have CHANGED their IDs and keep mucking around on ebay. If you don't believe me, try look up an invalid ebayer ID from your BBL next time then use the "Find member" search and you will see a different ID pop up on the result. The search result is not wrong, the different ebay ID on the result is the CHANGED ID of your blocked buyer. You can also verify by looking up their profile and see their ID history to be sure.

ebay used to have a practice of unregistering/removing a buyer of they have more than 3 unpaid strikes over a period, I do not think this rule still apply because ebay is so scared of a lost buyer/sale, even a bad one. Can someone tell me if I am wrong on the unpaid strike policy?

[digital*ghost]

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@webbuddy wrote:

2. At times you will find that some buyer IDs are no longer valid after updating your BBL. Don't feel relief just yet, those ID's are invlaid mostly NOT because they were unregistered by ebay etc, in fact the actual reason is that those buyers have CHANGED their IDs and keep mucking around on ebay. If you don't believe me, try look up an invalid ebayer ID from your BBL next time then use the "Find member" search and you will see a different ID pop up on the result. The search result is not wrong, the different ebay ID on the result is the CHANGED ID of your blocked buyer. You can also verify by looking up their profile and see their ID history to be sure.

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I have found that when a member changes their user name, the ID is automatically updated in my BBL.