How to Block a Buyer on eBay | Size.ly Blog (2024)

FAQs

How do I block a specific buyer on eBay? ›

They are able to see your listings; unless they hit the back button, when they see your id. They won't know they are blocked, unless you have told them, until they go to bid or buy. Then they receive a message that states, This seller is not accepting bids from you.

Sellers can't block buyers with 0 feedback. There is no global block, but as happened to the OP, the seller can cancel their bid and then add them to the BBL.

Blocking a buyer and selecting the option to not allow blocked buyers to message you can prevent some, but not necessarily all messages from that buyer from reaching you. Notably, if you are engaged in a recent transaction, or if you reply to a message from that user, the user can send a message or respond.

How to report a buyer. You can also report a buyer from your Sold items list - opens in new window or tab. Choose Leave feedback from the dropdown menu next to the item, and then select Report buyer. We take all reports seriously, but please make sure your claims are accurate.

Block buyers from your listings

If you don't wish to sell to certain eBay members, you can put them on your blocked list. Members on that list will be unable to bid, buy, make an offer or send you messages on any of your listings until you remove them from the list. You can block up to 5,000 members.

When you place a buyer on your block list, it blocks them from buying from you. There is no block to prevent buyers from leaving feedback.

Sellers can't leave negative (or neutral) feedback for buyers because too many sellers were using the threat of negative retaliation to discourage less than positive feedback from buyers no matter how warranted it was.

There are two ways to remove bad reviews on eBay. First, you can ask a buyer to change or remove their feedback. Alternatively, you can report the feedback directly to eBay and request its removal.

Can I refuse to sell to a buyer on eBay? ›

Ebay ultimately cannot force a seller to complete a transaction just like they cannot force a non-paying buyer to remit. There are rules in place to penalize sellers who cancel transactions. And a buyer can get a strike on his account for failure to pay. But no rules exist that a seller must sell to anyone or everyone.

Block a buyer

Here's how to add a member to your blocked buyer list: Go to the Block bidders or buyers from your listings - opens in new window or tab page. Enter the buyer's username in the text box (you can add up to 5,000 usernames). Select Submit.

50 you cannot block any messages from a seller if you have been in a recent transaction with them. You can by all means report the message, but eBay will not take any action seeing the seller is just trying to change a neutral feedback.

No, absolutely not. Ebay never does that. They wouldn't want to scare off potential buyers.

Go to 'help & contact' top left of your Ebay page and put 'block a bidder' as the search term to access your blocked bidders list. Follow the instructions and don't forget to scroll to the bottom to update your list.

You can block up to 10 sellers' items from showing up in a search result using the filters in Advanced Search or in the left column of the search results page (More Refinements: Seller).

PRIVATE AUCTIONS where the identity of bidders is only know to the seller is something that must be set up by the seller when creating the listing. So to have your identity and bidding totally hidden you will need to bid on only private auctions setup by the seller.