eBay, etc. General Question/Answer Thread

[MAGJES]

I purchased an item on ebay and received it.
I’m currently having it authenticated. (Scarf)
I just pulled up the listing so I could send the link to my authenticator and I see this:

The listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing.

??

The listing is still viewable and I can copy the link but what does that mean??

 

[whateve]

I purchased an item on ebay and received it.
I’m currently having it authenticated. (Scarf)
I just pulled up the listing so I could send the link to my authenticator and I see this:

The listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing.

??

The listing is still viewable and I can copy the link but what does that mean??

Are you sure you aren't seeing a different version of the listing you bought?

 

[MAGJES]

Are you sure you aren't seeing a different version of the listing you bought?

No because I clicked on the listing from my “purchases.”
Then it says....view order details.....which shows that I purchased it.
Weird.
I googled the seller on tpf and members say that she sells authentic items but that she has a reputation for not being very “nice” and is curt/rude when responding to questions. I haven’t tried asking her about the listing yet. Was waiting to make sure the item is authentic. I should have authenticated before purchasing.

 

[whateve]

No because I clicked on the listing from my “purchases.”
Then it says....view order details.....which shows that I purchased it.
Weird.
I googled the seller on tpf and members say that she sells authentic items but that she has a reputation for not being very “nice” and is curt/rude when responding to questions. I haven’t tried asking her about the listing yet. Was waiting to make sure the item is authentic. I should have authenticated before purchasing.

I wouldn't worry. If you are seeing it in your purchases, then there shouldn't be any problem. What could have happened is the seller relisted it until you paid, and then ended it. That happened to me once with a seller. Ebay is just showing you the wrong listing.

 

[MAGJES]

I wouldn't worry. If you are seeing it in your purchases, then there shouldn't be any problem. What could have happened is the seller relisted it until you paid, and then ended it. That happened to me once with a seller. Ebay is just showing you the wrong listing.

It was an immediate payment.....a buy it now.
Would that matter?

 

[BeenBurned]

It was an immediate payment.....a buy it now.
Would that matter?

Is it possible that the seller had a quantity of 2 in the listing and when she realized she sold it and didn't have another, she ended the listing?

Look at the item number you bought and paid for. (Check it in your email so you'll be sure to have the correct item number.)

Then look at the item number of the listing that comes up as ending early.

Are they the same item number?

 

[BeenBurned]

double posted.

 

[BeenBurned]

WTF? I didn't post twice!

 

[MAGJES]

Is it possible that the seller had a quantity of 2 in the listing and when she realized she sold it and didn't have another, she ended the listing?

Look at the item number you bought and paid for. (Check it in your email so you'll be sure to have the correct item number.)

Then look at the item number of the listing that comes up as ending early.

Are they the same item number?

Thanks for this suggestion.
ok...so I checked both numbers and they are the same.
I guess at this point it doesn't matter.
If the scarf turns out fine I will forget it.
Hopefully it's not a bad sign.

 

[BeenBurned]

Thanks for this suggestion.
ok...so I checked both numbers and they are the same.
I guess at this point it doesn't matter.
If the scarf turns out fine I will forget it.
Hopefully it's not a bad sign.

Interesting.

Unless it's a glitch, the only thing I can think of is that she accidentally listed a quantity of 2, caught her error and ended the listing after your BIN.

 

[BeenBurned]

I wanted to throw this out there because I think it proves what I've said many times over the years. In my experience, it's experienced buyers who cause more problems than newbies and low feedback buyers.

It also shows the importance of setting up your buyer preferences accurately to avoid problems as well as the importance of making sure non-payers get strikes.

Many sellers want to be able to block newbies and low-feedback buyers because the sellers think newbies will be non-payers. As several of us have stated, it's not usually the new users who are problems.

Although I rarely look at my buyer activity log, I checked it out of curiosity. As shown on my screenshot, a number of wannabe buyers were blocked because they had too many unpaid item strikes.

As shown, none of the members are new and none have low feedback.

 

[houseof999]

I wanted to throw this out there because I think it proves what I've said many times over the years. In my experience, it's experienced buyers who cause more problems than newbies and low feedback buyers.

It also shows the importance of setting up your buyer preferences accurately to avoid problems as well as the importance of making sure non-payers get strikes.

Many sellers want to be able to block newbies and low-feedback buyers because the sellers think newbies will be non-payers. As several of us have stated, it's not usually the new users who are problems.

Although I rarely look at my buyer activity log, I checked it out of curiosity. As shown on my screenshot, a number of wannabe buyers were blocked because they had too many unpaid item strikes.

As shown, none of the members are new and none have low feedback.
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I need to figure out how to do this!

 

[whateve]

I wanted to throw this out there because I think it proves what I've said many times over the years. In my experience, it's experienced buyers who cause more problems than newbies and low feedback buyers.

It also shows the importance of setting up your buyer preferences accurately to avoid problems as well as the importance of making sure non-payers get strikes.

Many sellers want to be able to block newbies and low-feedback buyers because the sellers think newbies will be non-payers. As several of us have stated, it's not usually the new users who are problems.

Although I rarely look at my buyer activity log, I checked it out of curiosity. As shown on my screenshot, a number of wannabe buyers were blocked because they had too many unpaid item strikes.

As shown, none of the members are new and none have low feedback.
View attachment 4347278

Does it also show how many potential buyers were on your blocked list?

ETA: there is no one on my buyer activity log.

 

[BeenBurned]

Does it also show how many potential buyers were on your blocked list?

ETA: there is no one on my buyer activity log.

I'm not sure what you mean by potential buyers on blocked list. If you mean how many buyers on all of ebay would be blocked if they tried to buy, the numbers would be in the zillions since there are so many ebay members and the number of members who fit the restrictive criteria would be very high.

What it shows is those who did try to buy and were automatically blocked. (In my case this time, there aren't any who were blocked for reasons other than nonpayment, which is interesting. In the past, I've seen blocks of people who were registered in countries to which I don't ship, people who don't have a US paypal account and people with policy violations. This time, there weren't any of those.)

 

[whateve]

I'm not sure what you mean by potential buyers on blocked list. If you mean how many buyers on all of ebay would be blocked if they tried to buy, the numbers would be in the zillions since there are so many ebay members and the number of members who fit the restrictive criteria would be very high.

What it shows is those who did try to buy and were automatically blocked. (In my case this time, there aren't any who were blocked for reasons other than nonpayment, which is interesting. In the past, I've seen blocks of people who were registered in countries to which I don't ship, people who don't have a US paypal account and people with policy violations. This time, there weren't any of those.)

I know it shows those. I mean buyers you've put on your blocked list. If they try to buy, do they show up on this log? I wonder why my log is empty. I have my requirements set at the most restrictive you're allowed.