posted on February 9, 2001 07:08:40 AM
I was going to bid on an auction a few moments ago (BIN) and there was a term in the sale that says "No negative feedback bidders please, your bid will be canceled". I backed right out of that auction and now I wonder...
When a seller uses that phrase do they mean no negatives as in "You bid and didn't pay" or negatives period? I have 2 negatives, both retalitory from bidders who did not pay.
Just curious.
posted on February 9, 2001 07:14:49 AM
It probably depends on the seller. I've run into some extremely paranoid people who would probably have used that phrase and meant that no one with any negative feedback should bid. What was the seller's own feedback like? If they had a few retaliatory negs of their own, they probably meant that no bids would be accepted from bidders with a negative feedback rating. You'd have to write each seller and ask exactly what they meant and if it would be OK for you to bid, in order to be sure.
These people really aren't helping themselves much, are they? In trying to scare off a few bad eggs, they're running off a lot of good ones, too!
posted on February 9, 2001 07:19:04 AM
I personally would not put a term like that in my auctions. If someone bid on an auction of mine that had questionable feedback I would email them about it before canceling a bid but I surely would not want to scare off potential bidders by stating no negative feedback bidders and them not understanding what I meant.
posted on February 9, 2001 07:35:10 AM
Perhaps the person meant "no bidders who leave negative feedback please." They can check what feedback you've left with something like vrane.
