Please eBid something needs to be done ...

[cornishmaid1961]

Essex seems to be doing very well here - we have a store within ebid France which (it seems) is located in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, FRANCE!!

Good to see your Pipeau.
PMSL - Essex gets around a bit doesn't it, either that or there are some very confused sellers out there let alone the buyers !

[Juliebabe25]

if we could get more buyers then the majority of sellers would log on and become more active, simply because they are making money

Yes if ebid got more buyers for us, then as you say, sellers would become much more active.
It would be a virtuous circle.
But with some sellers not performing its not going to be easy.

Too many sellers
List too high
Don't reply
Doint send
Don't use gallery
Use RUS when they should use BIN 7 days etc
Don't give good descriptions.

But it is good that Gazza is going to tighten up a bit.

An auction site such as ebid can never be "perfect" they are dealing with thousands/millions of different people.

[madelaine]

I have reported my non-selling seller to support as well.

I am mindful of a remark made on another thread about telling support every time so they find it easier to do what we want than to ignore us.

[Juliebabe25]

@Madelaine


OT I know (but I cant pm you)


Both NZ and GB are doing very well in the medals tables !

[HaleysComics]

Check in your 'watched items' section. When you ask a question on an item it automatically goes into the watched section. If the seller has answered then the listing should still be there. If it is not there then I guess either the seller or eBid have removed it.

Thanks Becky i didn't know it put it in your watch list when asking a question, the seller didn't answer & the auction is gone, it was a seller that was promoting the other e site so maybe ebid removed them

[HaleysComics]

Where do we send sellers name to that is not responding to emails?

[cornishmaid1961]

Where do we send sellers name to that is not responding to emails?

support@ebid.net

[rhoover77]

I think if an seller is inactive for more that 30 days delete that seller

[RatDog]

Without getting into the time period side of things, whatever happens there, the end result has to be that the listings get closed. Pop-ups and inactive seller flags can only be a bad thing for eBid as a whole.

Imagine you're a buyer and you quite like the look of a widget on eBid. Except that the buyer hasn't been seen for 6 months. So you search again and maybe that buyer hasn't been seen for three months.

What goes through your head?

Is it... Maybe I'll search again, 3rd time lucky (or 4th, or 5th).
Or is it... Sod this, I'm off to [insert other site here].

The listings have to go, so that when the buyer searches, they find the widget available to them from a seller who is definitely ready (emergencies excluded) to sell it to them.

Agreed .

[JaBek1]

I think if an seller is inactive for more that 30 days delete that seller

I'm not quite sure that would be a workable solution in the case of Seller+ Lifetime members. I would think it could result in legal issues. However, it might be possible to put listings on hold if the seller fails to respond to buyers questions or to complete transactions.

Actually, I'm still not convinced that the issue of Dump & Run sellers can be addressed with RUS & Start at First Bid options in place.