limiting new members

[inchworm]

It's been such a long time since I last used the facility that I don't know how to do it any more, or even if it is still available for sellers. You used to be able to only allow bids from buyers with a minimum of a certain number of feedbacks.
Does anyone know if this is still available? and if so, how?
thanks xx

[sidthelamp]

It's been such a long time since I last used the facility that I don't know how to do it any more, or even if it is still available for sellers. You used to be able to only allow bids from buyers with a minimum of a certain number of feedbacks.
Does anyone know if this is still available? and if so, how?
thanks xx

i think that function bit the dust

[inchworm]

had a feeling it had, but was hoping i'd just missed something.
Will have to keep emailing new bidders then and hope that they reply.
Thanks sidthelamp

[kreativebargains]

Even if this facility is available I would not consider using it. Over 90% of my buyers are new to eBid and therefore have zero feedback. As with any site you get the odd non payer, no worse than anywhere else and probably a lot fewer on here than most. So all you are likely to do is to reduce your sales.

[inchworm]

I don't get many sales anymore tbh, and i'm not a big seller.
over the years I have had many new bidders, but lately I seem to be getting the ones who don't know how to reply to an email regarding either payment or their postal address, or even decide to unregister as a member after paying and then don't reply to my email when I ask if they want to continue or have a refund.

[sidthelamp]

I don't get many sales anymore tbh, and i'm not a big seller.
over the years I have had many new bidders, but lately I seem to be getting the ones who don't know how to reply to an email regarding either payment or their postal address, or even decide to unregister as a member after paying and then don't reply to my email when I ask if they want to continue or have a refund.

i dont know give em a inch and they take a mile

[darklisruthven]

Even if this facility is available I would not consider using it. Over 90% of my buyers are new to eBid and therefore have zero feedback. As with any site you get the odd non payer, no worse than anywhere else and probably a lot fewer on here than most. So all you are likely to do is to reduce your sales.

Agreed.

I have had several zero feedback buyers recently, all of whom have paid promptly, several of whom ahve made multiple buys.
I would not dream of limiting them.
In fact the one non-payer I had of late, was someone with other ebid feedback already!

[suesjools]

Even if this facility is available I would not consider using it. Over 90% of my buyers are new to eBid and therefore have zero feedback. As with any site you get the odd non payer, no worse than anywhere else and probably a lot fewer on here than most. So all you are likely to do is to reduce your sales.

Ditto this.

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[caramia64]

totally agree , most of my recent buyers have had zero feedback , yes you take a chance if they pay or not , but to be honest its still worth a gamble! Generally I find those who do not pay on same day as purchase , often fail to do so despite emails etc.

[inchworm]

Thanks for your comments, ok so you wouldn't use it if it were to be available again. That's fine and it's your choice of course

I have used it before, and it wasn't a problem for me, I still had new buyers, they left a message for me, asking if i'd allow them to bid, i then knew that they were not time wasters and altered the listing to allow the bid. I suppose it's all down to personal choice.
I don't sell on here as a business, i sell items i no longer need or use, and a few items i got at a discounted price so i pass on some savings for people who may be looking for that item, whilst sometimes making a small profit for myself. I don't have regular buyers, just occasional ones, but am happy to sell to anyone if they are genuine because I don't have time to chase around after people. If it were my business then I would of course have the time to do so.
Having said that, i have been on ebid for almost 9 years, and seen A LOT of changes over those years. I was a regular participant (selling and buying) of the ydc (admittedly, when it was mainly for funny and unusual items - who remembers the minkleberry von tacky handbaaaag?) and anyone who knows me on here, knows i'm not a difficult person. I just wanted to use an old facility that suited me just fine when I last used it.

all the best, and happy new year to you all,
Jo xx