Is there a way to ban someone from bidding on my auctions ? Is
there a setting on the auction page or something ?
Frank
On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 20:31:58 -0500 "Tom Albright" <n5ksk3@xxxxxxx> writes:
> I decided based on others' experiences to set some personal
> guidelines on
> ebay transactions. For instance, my wife was selling a ring,
> starting at
> $80. A prospective bidder wanted to know if I would have it resized
> so they
> would bid on it. Of course, I said no. The auction was already
> underway.
> Then, they wanted to know they could buy it "off auction" (end
> auction
> early) for another "negotiated" price, since it was "the wrong
> size". At
> this point, I sent them an email stating that I don't play those
> games, the
> price is the price, sold as-is, etc. And they became the first ones
> on my
> "banned bidders" list.
>
> My wife was aghast that I would *ban* somebody from bidding. Guess
> what?
> Somebody else bought it for the "buy it now price". And, after
> delaying a
> week, then another day after their house burned to the ground, I got
> the
> payment.
>
> So - don't feel bad about refusing a bidder. There's more of them.
> And
> some very, very good people to deal with!
>
> - Tom
>
>
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