'Friendly' Ebay Sellers

[survivalist]

As someone who has sold stuff on eBay, I get that the odds are stacked against the seller if either:

a. things go wrong and the seller is impatient

b. the buyer is trying to scam the seller to get free stuff

However, the must be a point where the sellers descriptions / terms and conditions set a tone where, as a genuine buyer, you'd rather not buy their item.

Looking for some Lego train track for the kids today I came across this:

"due to the most recent 'incident' - look at any warning i make due to faults in the item i am selling, i will be open and honest about these anyway, i will NEVER deceive. if you fail to read the warning and then accuse me of fraud, leave unbalanced feedback, do not expect much sympathy due to your error. take ownership of your life failure."

Ahem, think I'll just buy it from Amazon, thanks.

[GliderRider]

There was one seller who warned viewers not put a watch on his products unless they were going to bid and that if they looked at the listing they should bid straight way, not to leave it to the end (presumably so he could bid them up).
Control freaks don't stop being control freaks...

I understand people who have had the same grief with multiple buyers adding something to discourage that sort of person from bidding, but writing anything aggressive, or that suggests controlling behaviour, just deters ordinary decent people.

[A Winner Is You]

GliderRider said:

There was one seller who warned viewers not put a watch on his products unless they were going to bid and that if they looked at the listing they should bid straight way, not to leave it to the end (presumably so he could bid them up).
Control freaks don't stop being control freaks...

I understand people who have had the same grief with multiple buyers adding something to discourage that sort of person from bidding, but writing anything aggressive, or that suggests controlling behaviour, just deters ordinary decent people.

Ah that takes me back to old forum days, where as soon as such a listing was shared everyone would watch it, leading to a series of increasingly angry edits from the seller.

[Evoluzione]

The ones who say not to bid if you have less than xx positive feedbacks make me laugh, how are they going to stop a bid in the last 10 seconds?

'No reserve!' Bidding starts at £500. So the reserve is technically £500 then....

[Cliftonite]

Evoluzione said:

The ones who say not to bid if you have less than xx positive feedbacks make me laugh, how are they going to stop a bid in the last 10 seconds?

'No reserve!' Bidding starts at £500. So the reserve is technically £500 then....

Does eBay not provide the facility (setting) to do just that? If so, the last minute bid will be automatically blocked.