Could the Blocked Bidder List Become a Thing of the Past?
Recently Tamebay wrote wondering about if eBay had removed the Blocked Bidder list. Apparently, for eBay UK people, "It appears that if you click a link to go to your Blocked Bidder list you’re being redirected to a lovely new eBay Seller Centre page which talks about how to manage your sales. That’s not what you wanted." (In the UK, eBay has recently launched a new UK "Seller Centre" page).
While I do see a link to Blocked Bidder lists from my own US-based Seller Hub ("Block Bidders, near the bottom"); at least some UK people apparently see otherwise. Some people talked about saving their blocked bidder lists; it is never a bad idea to have a backup version of something.
Meantime, here are some of the comments people had about the eBay Blocked Bidder lists:
- "Blocked a problematic buyer which left me negative feedback because I never met his demands. Two months later he’s back leaving me negative feedback for the same reasons, despite me adding him to my blocked list, having gone to investigate my blocked bidder list, I see that the list is totally blank!"
- "eBay of course took no responsibility for the matter and had no explanation for the matter."
- "(Checked) my blocked buyer list and it has been altered by ebay with many
blocked buyers no longer listed or with user ids that I don’t recognise."
"(B)ad enough the link error, though the shiney (sic) super wonderful seller hub
fails to mention anything about blocking specific individual bidders."
The Tamebay post included a link to the existing blocked bidder list on eBay UK, so it is still there. It is not clear why a seller's blocked bidder list would have some blocked bidders no longer listed; however, this could be another reason for people to go to their blocked bidder list and check it out, just in case they see it has any housekeeping changes that need to be made.
When I checked my own blocked bidder list, it only had one eBay user on it. But despite being on eBay over 16 years, I had only added one bidder to the list. The "BBL" is not something I use much, as you can tell.
The reason the Tamebay post caught my eye is because eBay often tests things out in the UK before bringing them to the US. However, in this case, there is no reason I can see to think eBay will get rid of Blocked Bidder lists; this sounds more like a snafu on the UK site.
What do you think about blocked bidder lists, and are they very important to you? Have you ever been put on a blocked bidder list, to your knowledge, and did you think it was fair? Post a comment here!