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weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 12:55 am How is it that THIS person was allowed to bid when they did not provide a legitimate name or address? When I saw that their feedback rating was 0 (zero) I was pretty suspicious and, sure enough, this was just a malicious, non-substantive bid. Is there a way to block someone with a feedback rating of ZERO that I'm not aware of? This stinks. Report this Post to the Staff

Canadian-Banknotes Pillar of the Community Canada 4944 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 02:45 am You can set buyer requirements for all your listings, to avoid this in the future. This link should be helpful. http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/buye...rements.html Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 08:25 am To the best of my knowledge bidders cannot be blocked because of (0) feedback -- assuming that the (0) reflects no previous bidding activity. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24183 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 10:14 am I can all but guarantee that's a website issue and not a buyer issue. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 11:38 am Bobby - I'd love it if you were right, but I'll also be shocked if this was anything other than someone trying to mess with me - successfully. The final bid up price on this coin was $103.00, which was STOOPID MONEY for the coin in question. Obviously, the guy in second place was willing to bid almost $103, as well, but that sort of falls under the heading of "stuff" happens. I am now offering the coin to that second place guy at $62.00, which is $1.00 higher than the 3rd place bid of $61.00 - and about where the bidding should have stopped for this particular coin. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4596 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 12:19 pm That makes you one of the good guys, Steve, just bask in the karma and don't worry about the idiots. So many idiots, so few comets. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 02/15/2015 12:51 pm Canadian Banknotes: I followed that link you sent me, but it only confirmed what I was pretty sure I already knew. You cannot block each and every newbie that, by ebay design, starts off their ebay experience with a feedback rating of ZERO. If you could, I suspect a lot of newbies would never get past being a ZERO because an awful lot of sellers would love to be able say NO to ebay newbies for no other reason than to avoid what happened to me last night. Report this Post to the Staff
0xDA71D Pillar of the Community United States 1215 Posts	Posted 02/27/2015 7:43 pm Try only allowing bidders with a paypal account linked. Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 02/28/2015 3:46 pm OxDA71D: Yeah, I think that's the answer, although it galls me to have to limit myself to just PayPal. Report this Post to the Staff
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