Have you ever been blocked by an E seller here?


I was browsing through the ads over the weekend and on an item I clicked on, I saw the words "blocked". I have never ever done business with this person before. I did however call him out via private message that he was being very misleading in his ad for something he was selling. He gave me a snarky reply and that was the end of it, I didn’t press further. What do you make of it? I am quite annoyed as I have an impeccable record in the classifieds.
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jl35.

I would love to see someone pull that stunt on eBay.
I dare say they would not last an hour before having ad removed.

I do not see why here should be any different.
Cannot speak for the OP but one of my "problems" was with a seller who demanded right in his ad that the buyer not only pay his paypal fees but his Audiogon fees as well.

Now paypal fees is a hoary subject with me but Audiogon fees too?
Sorry but that lit my blue touch paper and my message to them was likely not quite as diplomatic as it could have been......

Lol, maybe I deserved my block, maybe not.
" self pity"
?????

Now you really do have me scratching my poor weary head.
Never mind.
Yes opinions are always welcome obviously, however Mahler maybe it was just my interpretation but yours seemed to come across more as a personal attack on the OP.

Maybe I read too much into it.
Have a great day.....
Bob
I truly believe I have run into the same seller or if not one with the same mindset.
The way I understood his response in my situation was....
They did not want just a.n.other buying their gear direct without " feeling them out" hence the make offer tactic.

You make a too low offer and they then figure you may be a "problem" buyer and not worth dealing with.

That was my take anyway.
Ghasley.
Great idea and I wish the Gon would let you do something like say make a counter of the same amount OVER your asking price that they offered under.

Jl35.
Now that would annoy the heck out of me for sure.
Had that on the Bay but not here.

I find it more satisfying to let the low baller know my thoughts about their offer than just blocking them Tbh.

Real examples here.
I made an offer of 300 on an item at 400, not outrageous imho and in reverse roles would not offend me, might not accept but not offensive.
The seller blew his stack, sent numerous rant messages then blocked me so I could not even reply ... Childish.

Next in reverse roles.
I was selling pair speakers at 1500.
Had an offer of 500.
Now that could be construed as grounds to blow ones lid for sure, deeply low ball and stupid.
However all I did was decline with a short message informing them of the madness of their offer and how some would be deeply offended.
Never heard back from them ever.
Mahler
I do not see any "complainers"
I see people answering the OPS, perfectly reasonable question......
Were you prepared to pay the outrageous costs associated with shipping?
For whatever reason shipping anything outside the USA is just ludicrous pricing.
It is far, far, far cheaper to ship same item from England to USA than the other way round ( just as one example).

And I also buy a lot of good stuff from Japan at free shipping.

I just don’t get why the USA is not geared up to do affordable out of USA shipping.

That is the main reason I do not ship anything out of the USA, usually when you tell the buyer how much ,they just disappear anyway ( rightfully so imho).
Just curious Bob.
On what side of the tracks does your statement of pettiness fall?
Agreed most of the sellers who are likely to block are the ones who have been called out over some huge discrepancy or even flat out lie in their ads.
It is not like I am now interested in buying from them anyway so who cares if they block me, their loss I say.
Yes under exactly same circumstances by two vendors.
No names mentioned but quite pathetic actually.
Sometimes the truth hurts......