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commoncentz New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 02/12/2008 10:00 pm Hello all....My first post...Glad I found this site. After 25 year hiatus am back into collecting; mostly historic, but find the trend on moderns amazing. What a great website for info and education. I recently registered on ebay as I was told it might be a good alternative to my local dealers. I bid on a couple of different items in the $300-$500 range and both bids were rescinded by the seller as they dont deal with "0" bidders. I believe I understand that to be those that haven't purchased before. Sounds like buyers don't need new customers. My knee jerk reaction was to just look elsewhere or keep my business local. As I read through many of these forums and ebays own site it seems there is alot of unrest with policy and transitional change. I dont have alot of free time and wont be buying frequently so will never have a high score. Am I wasting my time searching ebay in this situation or can any of you share tips to work the system. What is considered a respectable score as a buyer? What about Teletrade for auctions? Thanks for you thoughts. Report this Post to the Staff

mahgobbi Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 02/12/2008 10:30 pm Don't give up on ebay. Most sellers will allow bids from buyers who have low feedback because they are new. However, many will block bids from users who just signed up for ebay within a day or two of placing the bid. The reason is because many buyers establish brand new accounts in order to bid on items and scam the seller. It's especially risky to the seller dealing in expensive items. I have a couple of recommendations. First buy a couple of cheap items, just to get some feedback. You can buy cheap coins or, if you'd rather do it the quick and not-so-ethical way, you can buy some recipes. It's basically a way that two people exchange feedback at no real cost to either party. You buy the recipe, which is emailed to you, then you both leave feedback to each other. No money exchanges hands. I've never done this, but I know it's the most popular and easy way for people in your situation to get a few feedback. Most sellers won't look at your feedback to see what it is...they'll just see that it's positive and then let you bid. Another option (and this the option I personally would choose) is to email the seller before you bid. Explain that you are a long-time collector, but new to ebay. Ask permission to bid on the item. Most sellers will allow it if you had the courtesy to email them first. Report this Post to the Staff
commoncentz New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 02/13/2008 3:16 pm Thank you for the feedback. I will try the email introduction before bidding next time. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter53562 Pillar of the Community United States 2049 Posts	Posted 02/15/2008 09:28 am quote: Another option (and this the option I personally would choose) is to email the seller before you bid. Explain that you are a long-time collector, but new to ebay. Ask permission to bid on the item. Most sellers will allow it if you had the courtesy to email them first. Excellent advice. As a seller myself, I am hesitant to allow bids from people with no feedback. I even go as far as to check if they are bidding on similar items or just mine and if my gut feeling tells me that something isn't right, I will cancel their bid. Alot of the non paying bidder problems I have had have come from brand new EBayers. I dont know if it's someone bidding on my auction and then they change their mind. Instead of retracting their bid and having it marked on their record, maybe they create a fake id to outbid their own and get out of the obligation to buy it. Anyway, I agree with what mahgobbi says in regards to either emailing the seller, or buy a few cheap items (postcards, coins, baseball cards, etc) to get a few positive feedbacks under your belt. Report this Post to the Staff
justjimrob Valued Member United States 330 Posts	Posted 02/15/2008 10:54 am Welcome to the forum Commoncentz. I agree with the e-mail to the seller approach. It is nothing personal that your bids were cancelled. It is who you are as far as an eBayer. You are just someone with an account that has just registered and has no feedback. As has been mentioned you represent the scammer/non-paying bidder; guilty until proven innocent. Spend a few bucks and get some feedback. It will show that you have good intentions. I was selling a Nintendo Wii after Thanksgiving. These were HOT and there was no shortage of buyers. There was also no shortage of scammers trying to get one and take the seller for a ride. I explicitly stated in my auction that bids from buyers with less than 10 feedback would be cancelled. I wanted a smooth transaction and wanted to do it quickly for Christmas delivery. Wouldn't you know that a brand new eBayer sniped the Wii at the very last second. I got the sale price I wanted but I wondered at what cost. Needless to say, the buyer did not pay until the next day, tried to change their address after paying with a confirmed address, the package was forwarded back to the main Post Office before being sent back to the same Post Office (the person moved within the same city) and did not respond to my e-mails requesting confirmation that they received it. I had delivery confirmation but I wanted to be sure that everything arrived o.k. They took a really long time to leave feedback and I was afraid that my unwillingness to change their address would result in a neg. I held my breath through the whole process. This is just an example of the potential drama that can be caused by an unestablished buyer. I think there are plenty of new buyers that have nothing but the best intentions but how do you determine who is who? You will find some great deals on ebay, just give it a little time. Sorry for the very long post, I hope it helps a little. Thanks, Jim Report this Post to the Staff
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