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Can buyers without a rating be blocked?

DanbbakerjrDanbbakerjr Member Posts: 3 ✭
edited March 2019 in General Discussion
Is it possible to block buyers that have no rating? I am not against selling to a newbie, we were all one once. But I've been burned twice by non rated buyers.
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  • RIA10MMRIA10MM Member Posts: 225 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Problem with that is they already put a bid in. But.
    Under seller
    Tools
    Manage account
    7th down.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had just the opposite experiences with new bidders. Most of what I sold recently was won by newbies. I had zero problems with them what ever. You just had a bit of bad luck. Go through the process, get your fees refunded and hope a newbie with a fat checkbook bids early, often and high. You luck is bound to change.... :)
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What a good way to acquire new business, block them from doing business. What a novel idea.
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    What a good way to acquire new business, block them from doing business. What a novel idea.
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    What a good way to acquire new business, block them from doing business. What a novel idea.

    +1

    I still say post a link to your auctions that you had troubles with.
    It just may be your layout or wording that is the trouble.
    Let us look at them.

    IE.... A "no credit cards accepted" line amongst 3 paragraphs of conditions may be lost to some newbies........Just a thought....
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Be careful with the new guys,,,
    "What is truth?'
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    What a good way to acquire new business, block them from doing business. What a novel idea.

    I tend to agree. If you block them now, then when they do get rated, They'll Never buy from you. Besides that, you can get burnt by a person that is rated it just as easy. Are you going to block everybody?
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    remingtonoaks wrote:
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    What a good way to acquire new business, block them from doing business. What a novel idea.

    I tend to agree. If you block them now, then when they do get rated, They'll Never buy from you. Besides that, you can get burnt by a person that is rated it just as easy. Are you going to block everybody?

    Not only that. Just think about a new guy looking over the site, he sees something he want so he goes through the registration process to buy on GB, gives his name, address, credit card number, etc. Then he tries to bid on the item that got him to commit to signing up and finds out he's blocked. That doesn't increase the odds he'll continue with the site, be bad for business.

    Hell, I've made purchases through GB for over a decade, have great feedback, and I tend to pass on sellers that have the "non rated buyers must contact me before bidding" BS in there description. Just doesn't set right with me.
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    remingtonoaks wrote:
    SCOUT5 wrote:
    What a good way to acquire new business, block them from doing business. What a novel idea.

    I tend to agree. If you block them now, then when they do get rated, They'll Never buy from you. Besides that, you can get burnt by a person that is rated it just as easy. Are you going to block everybody?

    Not only that. Just think about a new guy looking over the site, he sees something he want so he goes through the registration process to buy on GB, gives his name, address, credit card number, etc. Then he tries to bid on the item that got him to commit to signing up and finds out he's blocked. That doesn't increase the odds he'll continue with the site, be bad for business.

    Hell, I've made purchases through GB for over a decade, have great feedback, and I tend to pass on sellers that have the "non rated buyers must contact me before bidding" BS in there description. Just doesn't set right with me.


    Good point!!
    image a car wash with a sign: "we wash all cars EXCEPT green ones"
    :D
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  • chollagardenschollagardens Member Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Advise to new buyers, bid/buy it now on some of chollagardens auctions, complete transaction per GB rules, request/get feedback. No feedback/new buyer problem gone.

    https://www.gunbroker.com/item/798293785
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  • klystron fed upklystron fed up Member Posts: 1 ✭
    Just happened to me TWICE.  New buyer just registering specifically to take my product out of the market.  Really sleazy.
    Next time I will block these "new buyers" as described.  A couple of bad apples spoiling it for the whole bunch!
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  • mac10mac10 Member Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭✭
    I am burned 5 times this month already from high raters
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  • dfin23dfin23 Member Posts: 1 ✭

    100% of the NR bidders that won items in my auctions in the last 2weeks have not paid. I wish GB had a method of requiring they follow through when they win or select BIN, both times I had other bidders and have lost money on the relistings.

    On the first few items for NR bidders they need to have a way to have funds on deposit, or an account link to pull funds out. It would stop this bs.

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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭

    Dragging up a thread that is 2 years old? On a subject that has been discussed a bunch of times.

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