On my second eBay ban...

LooseMoose

A seller suggested I send him some information, to which I replied ‘will do’ and I’m now banned for 7 days.  I’ve already loaded up the app a dozen times before remembering...!

I’m thinking I need to arrange a perma-ban for the sake of my bank balance.

Clashman

I used to be a regular in the Ebay help forum many moons ago.I once organised and went on a round the
World Ebay trip visiting various Ebay forums round the World it was a race who could post first in the Country
I named.Best forum fun I ever had but not been on for years now

spark240

Someone asked me last week if they could come and try an amp , and would I take cash for it ?.....I had to kindly remind them of the Ebay rules, Ive already had a temp ban .

So there is no try before you buy option at all as you can't exchange any info, everything is sold as described. 

Fortheloveofguitar

I picked up a Ritchie Blackmore strat last week 

I asked a general question and the seller replied with his address included via pm and said he’d knock money off for a cash deal 

24hrs later eBay has banned him for 7 days and threatened be with a warning that they’d ban me too. He couldn’t care less and neither could I

Fuck eBay and what has become the eBay/PayPal cartel 

ToneControl

I've seen phone numbers recently in ebay listings
is that allowed now?

spark240

ToneControl said:

I've seen phone numbers recently in ebay listings
is that allowed now?

No...

Guitar_Slinger

^ ^ how long has it not been allowed?  I bought a motorbike off evilBay in March and the last line was "Any questions ask 0787 blah-blah"

As the price seemed a bit low, I only contacted the seller through eBay and paid by PayPal, to have a proper record in case of a dispute.   Turns out everything was good, he just put up a half-arsed listing for a good bike.  No wonder nobody called him.

bingefeller

Probably best to not reply or send messages on eBay anymore.  

I wonder if you can change your eBay ID and you could change it to your real name and hope that a potential buyer looks you up on Facebook.  You could set your Facebook profile pic as the same picture of the Guitar you’re selling, kind of like a sign.  

BRISTOL86

FYI I’ve sent my phone number written on a piece of paper as a photo attachment twice now and had no repercussions. 

Wolfetone

I gave up on Ebay a while ago. I used to sell a fair amount of stuff on it but then started hearing stories about buyers (almost routinely) moaning just to get a few quid knocked off.

The final straw was when my wife sold a perfectly good vintage bear to some idiot and they complained about the condition which had been accurately described but, it wasn't the complaint as such, it was the abusive language.

I think the Ebay model is getting a little jaded now and people want a less fraught transaction with more security. 

Heartfeltdawn

Wolfetone said:

I think the Ebay model is getting a little jaded now and people want a less fraught transaction with more security. 

I'd replace "people" with "sellers". 

Heartfeltdawn

bingefeller said:

Probably best to not reply or send messages on eBay anymore.  

I wonder if you can change your eBay ID and you could change it to your real name and hope that a potential buyer looks you up on Facebook.  You could set your Facebook profile pic as the same picture of the Guitar you’re selling, kind of like a sign.  

Best try that out on Grindr first before trying it on Ebay. 

Teetonetal

Fortheloveofguitar said:

I picked up a Ritchie Blackmore strat last week 

I asked a general question and the seller replied with his address included via pm and said he’d knock money off for a cash deal 

24hrs later eBay has banned him for 7 days and threatened be with a warning that they’d ban me too. He couldn’t care less and neither could I

Fuck eBay and what has become the eBay/PayPal cartel 

Ebay are an auction company, not a small adds board. I think people forget this. 

Modulus_Amps

I think businesses may have to have phone contact details and an address shown, I am sure there are credit card rules covering all this stuff for business, so ebay would have to comply

shrinkwrap

I add the line "also advertised locally" in the hope buyers will have the nous to look in Gumtree.
It's worked so far but I can see Ebay linking the two sites soon. In fact they probably already do via cookie tracking.

bingefeller

Heartfeltdawn said:

bingefeller said:

Probably best to not reply or send messages on eBay anymore.  

I wonder if you can change your eBay ID and you could change it to your real name and hope that a potential buyer looks you up on Facebook.  You could set your Facebook profile pic as the same picture of the Guitar you’re selling, kind of like a sign.  

Best try that out on Grindr first before trying it on Ebay. 

That's where I use it already.

gavin_axecaster

Guitar_Slinger said:

^ ^ how long has it not been allowed?  I bought a motorbike off evilBay in March and the last line was "Any questions ask 0787 blah-blah"

As the price seemed a bit low, I only contacted the seller through eBay and paid by PayPal, to have a proper record in case of a dispute.   Turns out everything was good, he just put up a half-arsed listing for a good bike.  No wonder nobody called him.

I think motors are a classified ad, so there's an upfront fee so ebay don't care about contact details as they've already been paid.

stimpsonslostson

shrinkwrap said:

I add the line "also advertised locally" in the hope buyers will have the nous to look in Gumtree.
It's worked so far but I can see Ebay linking the two sites soon. In fact they probably already do via cookie tracking.

They do link the sites. Searching gumtree now shows any local eBay items but only those which are "buy it now". 

spark240

I now put advertised elsewhere ...again anyone savvy will search other sale sites.

When I asked about contact details, this was their reply...

 Hi! That’s right, it'd violate our contact policy http://ebay.to/2db5jMR  unless the buyer has already committed to pay. You do have choices if the buyer wants to cancel and you can relist the item for another sale. Let us know if you have more questions. ~Laura

Guitar_Slinger

gavin_axecaster said:

Guitar_Slinger said:

^ ^ how long has it not been allowed?  I bought a motorbike off evilBay in March and the last line was "Any questions ask 0787 blah-blah"

As the price seemed a bit low, I only contacted the seller through eBay and paid by PayPal, to have a proper record in case of a dispute.   Turns out everything was good, he just put up a half-arsed listing for a good bike.  No wonder nobody called him.

I think motors are a classified ad, so there's an upfront fee so ebay don't care about contact details as they've already been paid.

The one I got was BIN/make offer.  I found it under the BIN tab, which filtered out the classified ads.  I suppose eBay are changing their rules all the time and a lot happens online in 10 months.

GoldenEraGuitars

Heartfeltdawn said:

Wolfetone said:

I think the Ebay model is getting a little jaded now and people want a less fraught transaction with more security. 

I'd replace "people" with "sellers". 

100% agree