No more, no more!!

[clubesquire]

I think I once posted that it was unfair to block new buyers as a whole, because of the bad behaviour of a few. Well guess what? I’ll eat my words, and yes, you warned me. No more bidding from buyers with zero against their names for us. When you have a few in a row and you need to wait eight days before you can make that second chance offer, not only does it hold up the works, but it invariably costs you the sale to the under-bidder too.

A few countries are going to get the big flick as well.

No wonder some sellers become a bit ‘over it’ all. You do your best to do what you know is right, but according to ‘him’ and I’m starting to believe he’s right, ‘Too Many grubs in the garden’. I don’t like calling people grubs. There’s a certain nasty tone to it, but there’s certainly plenty out there with grubby behaviour.

A bit cross today. It’ll be wine o’clock early .... and ‘He’ had better not say, ‘I told you so’.  Lol.

Melina.

[gec2002]

It is probably worthwhile checking the number of potential buyers you are blocking every now and again if you do go ahead with the new requirements. You can see who is blocked in the Buyer Requirements Activity Log, it lists who was blocked and why.

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Also remember as Christmas approaches you can expect more new buyers looking for presents.  Its a fine balacing act between lost sales and non-payer inconvenience.

[brerrabbit585]

A good point about regularly checking to see who's been blocked and why.

Just remember that all those blocked sales aren't necessarily lost sales. If they wouldn't have paid anyway you haven't lost a sale. If they would have paid but they were blocked because their feedback was too low, they only have to buy a handful of items from other sellers to get their feedback high enough to buy from you. And always remember that the items those good blocked buyers wanted to buy will eventually sell to someone else so you won't have lost the sale.

I think I've mentioned the 80/20 rule before. 20% of your buyers will account for 80% of the problems and 80% of your time selling, therefore it's sensible to eliminate as many of that 20% as possible and get back to enjoying life. Even if you lose 20% of your sales, is it worth spending 80% of your time on them, and losing the pleasure you get from selling?