zero feedback accounts

[silver-fox-bullion]

hi guys 

After people thoughts on selling to zero feedback accounts on auctions.   I have just had 1 here that i caught that was really set alarm bells off bid on a couple of auctions here.   Has pulled their bids gaven their ebay account was only about 30-40 mins old going off the time of bid 1am 17/8/2020 and the date of account been made 17/8/2020 so the account I guessing had not been fully verified by ebay yet been that long since I made an ebay account I can not even remember what checks etc are done lol.   So alarm bells were ringing with this user and what interesting the buyer has NOT messaged or question the bids being pulled further justifty the bids been pulled to protect myself.

Just wondering what other peoples experiences with these types of accounts that are only less than a hour old or a couple hours ???

cheers guys.

[silver-fox-bullion]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

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@padi*0409 wrote:

I wonder if the OP is aware that bullion (at the moment) is one of the listings that's prohibited under Managed Payments ???? 

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Not everyone has been switched over yet. Myself included. I had an instant payment of nearly $200 yesterday. It could have been in my bank this morning, but I have chosen to leave it in PayPal for now. 

I am still shaking my head about these prohibited listings under managed payments. Like seriously, why are bullion and coins suddenly a bad thing? Not to mention all the other stuff that is suddenly no good any more.

Funny how none of the cheap Chinese carp appears on the list. Nor does pretty much everything the big box retailers on here sell. Yet another way to push out the small sellers.

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Can understand why bullion coins stamps etc would NOT be covered by managed payments These types of sellers should be able to still tap into paypal and NIOT be forced to managed payments from what ebay has told us.

[tazzieterror]

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@silver-fox-bullion wrote:

the seller is a company hence 3rd person lol.   

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@tazzieterror wrote:
Also it's a little weird the listing text keeps referring to the seller in the 3rd person.

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No, in the context of eBay you are the seller—it's your listing isn't it? Does this mean you're not actually holding stock and are drop-shipping from elsewhere?

[silver-fox-bullion]

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@tazzieterror wrote:
Yeah it's a little a bit of a head-scratcher. In total there have been three zero feedback bidders bidding across the three gold auctions:

Item #...784: A retracted bid & a cancelled bid; the bidder who retracted is still bidding
...513: The retracting bidder from above also bidding here
...266: The other cancelled bid, from the same bidder whose bid was cancelled in 784. Also, a third 0-FB bidder is bidding on this one.

Looks like the one who retracted was wanting to know the current max bid of the current high-bidder on 784.

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the 0 bidder the we took out the bidding pattern was NOT a normal bid pattern and  the account only 30-45 mins old.   The other 0 bidders have age on their accounts eg 1 to 2 weeks. And their bids are not rising flags we have sold product in the past to zero bidders ourselfs on here a few years back.  But the one we blocked their bids made no sense and was rising flags to us as a possilbe scammer or non payer.   AS this bidder also hit a number of other sellers items in the area from looking around we have them sitting on about 20 odd products..   

[silver-fox-bullion]

with coins 

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@tazzieterror wrote:

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@silver-fox-bullion wrote:

the seller is a company hence 3rd person lol.   

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@tazzieterror wrote:
Also it's a little weird the listing text keeps referring to the seller in the 3rd person.

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No, in the context of eBay you are the seller—it's your listing isn't it? Does this mean you're not actually holding stock and are drop-shipping from elsewhere?

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with coins bullion etc YOU can not drop ship due to an unstable supply chain to limited mint runs etc.   these types of sellers carry stock on hand at all times

[silver-fox-bullion]

yes it our listing BUT as a company "You" have to be very carefully how you list and word things...   By listing in the 3rd person liability is on the company NOT the person posting. It a person posts an ad in the 1st person it opens them up to a world of pain on law suits etc.   MOST companys will do ads etc in the 3rd person if ya list to them closely or read them close.    even term and conditions are normal 3rd person based.

[padi*0409]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

I am still shaking my head about these prohibited listings under managed payments. Like seriously, why are bullion and coins suddenly a bad thing? Not to mention all the other stuff that is suddenly no good any more.

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I'm with you Tippy, the restrictions make no sense at all in a lot of cases, they do say they're going to expand the allowable items but judging by their actions with the introduction of Managed Payments, it might be a cold day in hell before they actually get around to it. 

[silver-fox-bullion]

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@padi*0409 wrote:

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

I am still shaking my head about these prohibited listings under managed payments. Like seriously, why are bullion and coins suddenly a bad thing? Not to mention all the other stuff that is suddenly no good any more.

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I'm with you Tippy, the restrictions make no sense at all in a lot of cases, they do say they're going to expand the allowable items but judging by their actions with the introduction of Managed Payments, it might be a cold day in hell before they actually get around to it. 

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talk to ebay they have helped us out by freezing the MP till they sort their stuff out if you fall into one of these groups.   you will notice NO coin sellers and bullion sellers etc are been forced onto MP if you watch close 

[padi*0409]

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@silver-fox-bullion wrote:

talk to ebay they have helped us out by freezing the MP till they sort their stuff out if you fall into one of these groups.   

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Unforunately most sellers of those restricted items won't know about it until they've already been signed up and had their listings pulled by eBay.