Non-Paying Buyers Blocking Sales - Anyone Else Experienced This?

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NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 18020 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 05:06 am This may be a coincidence, but it's now happened five times with the same item in the past few months. Some of you know that I have got so fed up with ebay sellers listing very common British decimal coins on ebay for ridiculously high prices that I've started listing examples of the same coin on ebay for face value. One coin that is frequently listed as 'Extremely Rare' on ebay and priced in the hundreds or thousands of pounds is the 1971 1p - actually Britain's commonest coin, with a mintage of 1,521,666,250 and with very little premium over face value even in Uncirculated. I've been listing 1971 1p coins on ebay along with other items, and almost as soon as I put the coin on ebay, I get a bid for it. The bids are always from buyers with zero or very low feedback (the highest was 34). A couple of them joined ebay on the day I listed the coin. The bidders win the coin but don't pay. I send an invoice but nothing happens, and then the automatic Unpaid Item Assistant kicks in. So I eventually get my final value fees refunded, but of course the coin has been removed from sale for a week. I'm wondering if this is a conspiracy. Have some of the people trying to sell 1971 1p coins for £500 set up multiple accounts just so they can take my coins off ebay for a few days? My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff

edweather Pillar of the Community United States 7375 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 08:52 am There are sellers that list common coins for high prices all over ebay, along with other crazy listings. Seller's are allowed to ask whatever they want. Yes, it's ridiculous imo, but it doesn't bother me enough to change my life over it. Not sure why it bothers you so much. Live and let live. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24192 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 09:22 am Do you want ebay telling you what you're allowed to ask for things? Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5255 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 12:15 pm I think that we may have missed @Numisrob's point. It is not that he wants ebay to set prices (and I agree that this is a poor idea), but whether such sellers are trying to interfere with him promoting a sensible price. It seems possible that they are. However, given that there is a near infinite supply of the 1971 1p, can't you just list a different one and keep an active listing? Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 18020 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 1:27 pm Quote: can't you just list a different one and keep an active listing? Hi Oriole, yes, you've got my point, and that's just what I've done this week! My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2135 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 1:45 pm Quote: The bids are always from buyers with zero or very low feedback (the highest was 34). You can presumably block the buyers that haven't paid but I think you can block buyers that have a low feedback score. It might be worth raising with the ebay Customer Services team. Edited by Pertinax 05/03/2020 1:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5404 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 2:10 pm Stuff happens when you try to be an Internet Sherriff. Far more constructive doing your own stuff than worrying about dreamers asking stupid amounts for crappy coins. It will never change . Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5686 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 3:26 pm Seems to be a futile exercise that will just lead to further annoyance. Report this Post to the Staff
CalzoneManiac Pillar of the Community United States 2233 Posts	Posted 05/03/2020 4:05 pm Not a good idea to feed the ebay trolls. Report this Post to the Staff
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