posted on July 5, 2000 07:33:34 PM new
I posted this once 3 months ago....anyway how many ids have you black-listed now. My is around mid 40's or 50's. It hasn't gone up drastically within the last few months. Just a few deadbeats now & then but I get a similar number in eBay too & there I can't even black list these jokers.
Come on, don't be shy. Tell us how nasty you really are
posted on July 5, 2000 07:45:22 PM new
I'm a newbie and I only have 1. That was an item I sold a long time ago and it was a good transaction, but since that time she has gone bad on other sellers, and when I started listing, that transaction was still there so I clicked on it and saw the negs.
[ edited by heygrape on Jul 5, 2000 08:08 PM ]
posted on July 6, 2000 07:58:11 AM new
I probably have about 25 Blacklisted......all are not Deadbeats....if I find a customer difficult to deal with, I Blacklist them as I simply don't want to be bothered with them. All this is to say, I Blacklist buyers for various reasons; I love the opportunity to keep from having to deal with buyers who are either Deadbeats, or total pains in the derrière.
One of my pet peeves is buyers who refuse to read the description and inundate you with questions you have answered in the post. Occasionally, I get one who asks ten million questions, which I have already answered, and they ask each in a separate e-mail. My feeling is, if they can't read, or are too lazy, and want to take all of my time to answer questions which have already been answered, I don't need their money that much, and I'd rather not be bothered, so after their first buy, I just Blacklist them for the future.
Time is money, and certain buyers can be more trouble than they are worth, and I just blacklist them to keep from being bothered with them again.
posted on July 6, 2000 12:46:04 PM new
I have stopped blacklisting because it doesnt do any good. You can get ten fake IDs on Yahoo in 5 minutes. If you visit the Seller Zone (a Yahoo club for auction sellers) you will find out about folks who have 80 IDs and hundreds of negs still bidding.
I instituted a new policy a few months ago. I state in my auctions that new bidders with 0 rating must email me or I cancel their bid. I have cancelled very few. Most folks will email me and with one exception, every one who emails will complete the transaction. Before doing this I was getting 1 in 3 deadbeats.
posted on July 6, 2000 05:32:16 PM new
yisgood: thank you for sharing this solution so freely with the rest of us. I'm sure I'm right in telling you that many people are very appreciative of your advice.
posted on July 6, 2000 09:45:27 PM new
In my 10 months on Yahoo I've blacklisted 79 user IDs: 76 deadbeats and 3 who paid me but were "ugly" and I don't want to deal with again. Two of those 3 ended up giving me negative feedback, and two deadbeats did---my 4 negs. Other very late payers probably deserved to be negged and blacklisted, too, but I give buyers FOREVER to pay me.
posted on July 6, 2000 10:47:51 PM new
I have only had to add 1 since Jan. Now that's a lucky streak!
65 ID's but actually only 12 diff people. One bidder under 7 ID's and one other under 40 ID's (name changing jerks that used to terrorize sellers). Many of the others were deadbeats but some were just ID's passed to me from fellow sellers to watch for. Only had 1 deadbeat in the last 6 months.
posted on July 7, 2000 08:40:52 AM new
I have been auctioning for over a year and have gotten good ideas from other sellers. I also learned that every site is different and what works on one may not work for the other. A lot of ebay sellers put up expensive items starting at $1 with no reserve. I tried it on ebay (back when I was selling there, before they became greedy and overbearing) and it worked. I tried it on Yahoo and all I got was grief from deadbeats and emails from folks offering me ridiculous prices for these items. I hate to generalize, but in my experience Yahoo bidders tend to be less intelligent than ebay bidders. I can put up an auction "New Viewsonic 17 inch monitor with 3 year warranty" and get a Yahoo bidder posting the questions: "Is this monitor new or used? What size is it? How long is the warranty? Who makes it?"
So I learned that in Yahoo you have to specify clearly every single condition in terms a child could understand. Then you cut the number of stupid questions in half. I would also do anything possible to keep someone from winning who I couldnt verify. That's why I dont use the buy it price as supplied by Yahoo. I want time to check out the bidder. Occasionally I will cancel a bid and the bidder will email me to ask why. I will explain my policy and tell them now that I know who they are, I will repost and they can bid. I've had only one deadbeat in the past few months, which for Yahoo is incredible.
posted on July 12, 2000 01:27:39 PM new
Could someone please email me their deadbeat list? I would REALLY appreciate it.
I've been selling more & more on Yahoo & so far haven't had any deadbeats. (Knocking on wood as I type this.) On Ebay I've had a LOT of deadbeats lately. Yahoo might be famous for deadbeats but I'd rather not pay for the priviledge of having them, and I'm LOVING the fast turnover. YAHOO RULES!!!!
