how to block bidders with 0 feedback

[shel2013]

I have been having some suspicious emails wanting my personal email address for paypal and not go through ebay (I have reported all to both ebay and paypal) I had someone today with a score of 0 - just joining today and their email was alot like the ones I received last night - and all this started with me buying from a new member in spain, who has yet to respond to any of my emails so I have cancelled the payment through paypal and have reported him as well, I have changed my email and closed my other one, but now I am FED UP and want to not let anyone bid with a feedback score of less then 5, how do I do this? thanks for any help 🙂

Michelle-Marie

[toby_le_pue · Accepted solution]

You cannot do it.

You can block bidders with a minus feedback but not with a zero.

Only thing you can do is cancel their bids and put them on your blocked bidders list.

Not all 0 feedback bidders are scammers.

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

You can Block bidders who do not have active Paypal accounts.

If you use Fixed Price/BIN listings you can also require Immediate Payment.

You can Block bidders who have Strikes for Unpaid Item Disputes.

But you cannot Block newbies.

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

BTW, you are getting more of these because you are a new seller and because you are selling in a high fraud category.

As a long time seller of books I rarely see problems with new buyers or with particular countries, although I have started two Unpaid Item Disputes this past week, both from former Iron Curtain countries. These are my first disputes in well over six months.

[shel2013 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your help everyone - of course I am not saying people with a 0 feedback are not scammers, I have never encountered this before - I am a Loss Prevention/Security Officer by trade and am new to ebay,  I have turned over the 4 emails in question & have changed all my passwords and closed down my old email ,I have had a few people buy from me who have had a 0 feedback and the transactions were perfect - and it was only after my purchase from a new seller this all happened - coincidence I think not - I have tried contacting him numerous time with no response - so I am letting ebay handle it, I sent them all the information - I am not a paranoid person - being in the field I am in ,I know how these scammers work & I will go after every one of them, we all have to work for a living for our money - I wish these people would go and get a ligit job and stop stealing from hard working people - sad world we live in- my experience on ebay has been wonderful - I have met a lot of really nice people from around the world, I will do everything I can to make it a safe environment , like I said I have had an amazing time here meeting people from around the world, it's quite amazing actually and I aml loving it! Thank you for your responses and helping me out - I truly appreciate it 🙂 thanks again guys, have a great day:)

Michelle-Marie "shel2013"  🙂  

[shel2013 · Accepted solution]

Me again! I should really proof read before I post things!!! What can I say it's 7 am and I haven't had a full coffee yet!!!! 

 I meant to say in the first sentence - I know not all 0 feedback are scammers ,that goes without saying - and I never called them all scammers, I was having major security violations with some people that had a 0 feedback score, and I am very frustrated about that BUT 4 people out of millions is a pretty good ratio!!!! Thanks again I really appreciate your help 🙂