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My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.

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My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 9, 2013 09:48 PM

Should I be worried? Zero feedback on all 3 bidders and all newly registered. To make things worse, they seem to be intent on winning these auctions, and they have the potential to go fairly high. I have never had this happen before. Any advice?

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My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 9, 2013 09:48 PM

Should I be worried? Zero feedback on all 3 bidders and all newly registered. To make things worse, they seem to be intent on winning these auctions, and they have the potential to go fairly high. I have never had this happen before. Any advice?

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Re:My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 9, 2013 09:57 PM

click on the masked ids of the users on the bid history and you can see the different things they have bid or are bidding on.

 this can give you an idea if this is a new bidder who is going to burn out very quickly or if they are new and reasonably bidding on certain items they are looking for.

 

on your 3 new bidders, only 1 looks like they may be in over their head.

you can cancel any bid you are not comfortable with but every one has to start somewhere.

 

 


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Re:My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 9, 2013 10:05 PM

sellers can cancel bid and block those members from further bidding...for any (or no) reason.

 

Cancel Bids on Your Listing

Block Bidder/Buyer List

 

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Re:My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 9, 2013 10:15 PM

Thank you, but what is the masked ID? Looked in bid history, all I found was feedback and user profile. Where do I click? I know everyone starts with 0 feedback, just seems odd, so many newly registered bidders.

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Re:My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 9, 2013 11:16 PM

You will not be seeing any masked IDs, such as d****r, as you are the seller.

 

Only the seller and bidders will see their own IDs.  The other bidders will show up as  b****d.

 

To see masked IDs, log off of ebay.  Log back in but don't sign in.  Go to your listing, and you will see masked IDs.


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Re:My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 10, 2013 01:00 AM

Apart from the advice above -

 

I just had a look at one of your listing and suggest you correct at least two things.

 

Title states "Victorian Jewelry - - - 14K - - " but your descriptions then 'qualify' this as "gold tone" etc as you are not sure if they are gold - that puts you in a very bad position for 'not as described' complaints.

 

Buyers might and do bid just on the title and that makes out that all are 14k gold.

 

You also say that "Insurance can be purchased" and that alone can get your listings pulled as it’s a serious policy violation. Buyers don't need to purchase insurance.

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Re:My auctions are being bid on by 3 different new users with zero feedback. All have registered on Ebay in the last week.
Feb 10, 2013 12:49 PM

'...but what is the masked ID?"

 

masked ID is what other buyers see on the bid history, it's a privacy thing.

you, as the seller, see the members actual user ID...and that is what you would add to your BBL.

 

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