mommacude
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posted on October 30, 2001 12:47:27 PM
Do you allow (0) rating bidders?
Should I be worried or not, I have a bidder with an unusual ID bidding on my Palm Pilot. . . do you guys allow bidders with (0) ratings?
Christine
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engelskdansk
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posted on October 30, 2001 12:52:58 PM
We all started at 0. If you disallow zero bidders you might as well add a whole bunch of other restrictions to your auctions.
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Eventer
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posted on October 30, 2001 12:53:19 PM
Most everyone I know started out with a zero rating once, even the shooting star sellers.
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thedewey
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posted on October 30, 2001 12:53:56 PM
Hi,
Sure I do! The vast majority of newbies are eager to pay and get their items. I enjoy leaving their first feedback.
I have just as many deadbeats with feedback as I do with no feedback, so the number out beside someone's name doesn't guarantee anything. In fact, most of my bad checks have been from eBayers that had *good* feedback!
Besides, we all started at zero! 
If someone's ID concerns you, you might send them an e-mail just to "test the waters". Find something to mention about what they're bidding on, or a friendly "Welcome to eBay" note. You'll probably be able to tell by their response what kind of buyer they'll be, if they win.
Also, not all zero-feedbackers are newbies. Many sellers have a separate buying ID so that they keep their transactions separated.
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mommacude
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posted on October 30, 2001 12:55:17 PM
Thanks again everyone!
Hope you don't mind all my questions today!!
Christine
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brie49
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posted on October 30, 2001 01:00:00 PM
Hi mommacude, I always allow 0 feedback bidders to bid on my auction. They can be some of your best buyers! I have never cancelled one, or any other bidder as far as that goes. Guess I've never had a problem with a bidder (knock on wood).
We all started with 0 feedback at one time. Although, it is wise to (and I do) check up on the 0 bidder if it is a high dollar item. I check their feedback for negatives (they can have 0 feedback and still have 2 negatives). I also look at their bidding history, when the joined eBay, etc.
If you have a question after that, maybe send them a friendly/nice (diplomatic) e-mail asking them their intentions on buying your item. Explain to them you've had problems and just wanted to make sure that they were a serious bidder. Good luck!
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relayerone
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posted on October 30, 2001 01:09:45 PM
I agree with all the comments posted. Sometimes newbies mess up, sure, but more often than not they're innocent mistakes (I once had someone leave me positive feedback 15 minutes after the auction ended lol). I think it's important to be tolerant and friendly even if things get screwed up, how someone is treated as a newcomer often affects how *they* will treat people down the road.
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relayerone
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posted on October 30, 2001 01:14:19 PM
Another point to consider-- when it's a higher ticket item, the *buyer* has far more to worry about than the seller, after all, until you get your money, you likely aren't going to ship the item. If the buyer turns out to be a deadbeat, it's a hassle, yes, but in the end you aren't out of pocket. Whereas the buyer is going on faith, that the item will arrive, that it will work and be as descibed, and that the seller will work with the buyer to resolve any problems that might arise.
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kdnmac
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posted on October 30, 2001 01:46:41 PM
Newbies with zero feedback are welcome to bid on my auctions.
At this point I'll take every bid I can get.
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mommacude
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posted on October 30, 2001 02:12:28 PM
good point!! Thanks everyone.
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joep12
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posted on October 30, 2001 02:22:06 PM
i have never had a problem with ) feedback bidders, its the big guys with lots of feedback wanting to run the show for me, but I have ever had a big problem with NPBs either. Maybe 3 out of 800+ sales
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Valleygirl
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posted on October 30, 2001 02:43:32 PM
Didn't you, too, once have a (0) after your name?
What if sellers had prevented you from bidding? How would you have accumulated your current score?
Not my name on ebay.
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icantfindmypants
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posted on October 30, 2001 03:00:23 PM
i have 0 feedback. i bid on something a couple days ago. i got overbid. why would'nt you want me to bid on your stuff? i dont get it.
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mommacude
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posted on October 30, 2001 03:54:57 PM
OK. . .you guys missed part of my original point. . . that their ID just got me to thinking a bit and wondering if it was someone that was serious.
I was just throwing the question out to see what everyone else thought.
Sorry if I came across the wrong way.
Christine
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mommacude
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posted on October 30, 2001 04:00:04 PM
P.S. I haven't ever kept anyone from bidding in the past, and won't in the future either since I can see now that there isn't any reason to. . . I hadn't thought of it that way.
Thanks for all of your input.
Christine
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jeffj318
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posted on October 30, 2001 04:03:12 PM
Hi
Once upon a time, there was a little ebay buyer who wanted to bid on an item. He did and won! Then he bid again and won and then he had two positive feedbacks.
Then, the Feedback Angel came again and left another one under his pillow.
And the little Ebayer lived happily ever after.
JJ
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mommacude
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posted on October 30, 2001 04:07:49 PM
Christine
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relayerone
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posted on October 30, 2001 05:31:12 PM
lol-- one of the growing problems on eBay these days is the Feedback Angel doesn't come at *all*, even though we've been good boys and girls, packed the item up real good, shipped it timely, and sent the Feedback Angel to visit the buyer ourselves, only to wake up disappointed day after day with nothing under *our* pillows.
Who can blame the little seller boys and girls for saying, "I'll wait until the Feedback Angel visits me first, *then* I'll send her over to see you " 
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mrspock
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posted on October 30, 2001 05:57:20 PM
I just had a auction end rather high (255.00)and there was zero bidder as it was going up
I looked at his bidding history and he was high bidder on 1300.00 worth of auctions now I started to get worried
Then I anylized and he was bidding on all the same type of items...signed first edtions.
Still I was happy when he was outbid last minute by someone with a 18
to your orginal question cetainly I let o bid I just look a little close
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spock here...... TILL NOV 1 ANYWAY
Live long and Prosper
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creativelabels
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posted on October 31, 2001 06:34:20 AM
I let them bid, but I am more than happy to file a NPBA and leave negative feedback if they don't pay up!
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