jaytant

Yup.. read this:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/mana....html#blocking

Philly Dog

is a reserve and a min. bid the same?

Troodon

Not necessarily... a seller can set a reserve bid as the prince which is the lowest he's willing to sell the item (not shown to buyers) but set a lower minimum bid below that. If the auction ends and the highest bid is lower than the reserve bid, he can refuse to sell the item if he chooses within eBay rules (also has the option to sell to the highest bidder anyway or negotiate a price with the highest bidder).

If you set no reserve, effectively the minimum opening bid is the reserve.

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vipergts2

Thanks much, I looked around for a while and could not find it,

GDJMSP

Not sure I understand why, but OK. Here try this link - Blocking A Bidder - just make sure you sign in to ebay.

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vipergts2

Sorry, I meant I looked around before jaytant posted the link for me. I got it done right away with the link.

rlm's cents

Yes, eBay owns PayPal, bu t they do not require its use. All they require is electronic card payment so they can force a refund if needed.

Antitrust, you must be kidding. Read them some day.

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Personally, I have more luck with just calling my credit card company then trying to get anything done with paypal. Last time I got a non-delivery after paying, paypal didn't do a thing. I finally called my CC company after 20 days (before the 30 day mark) to get my CC company do do a charge back.

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mruetz

Recently, eBay has disallowed accepting checks and Money Orders and is forcing sellers to use PayPal or a credit card. So if you don't want to pay the PayPal fees you are pretty much out of luck.

Sholom

I see ads for Auctiva as a no-cost alternative (free image hosting, e.g.) to some of the stuff that eBay charges. Anyone here have any experience with it?

mruetz

I use Auctiva quite a bit. Great image hosting with Supersize photos and the scrolling auction carosel. Sometimes the system is a bit slow and have problems with their auto-posting during busy times (e.g Sundays.) They also have their own insurance system which is cheaper than USPS, I use but haven't had to make a claim yet.

Sholom

Thanks for the input. I think I might try it. I'm having a hard time figuring out conceptually how it interfaces with eBay, but I suppose if I read the instructions I'll figure it out.

Thanks,

Numiscent

Sholom, you may also want to look into Inkfrog as an alternative to Auctiva i you don't mind paying a monthly subscription. I'm not sure what sorts of free service Auctiva offers, but as a seller I pay Inkfrog $10 a month for having the any auction template I want and display my pictures as large as I want right there on the auction page. The scrolling gallery of other items in also available in a box form which I like, and that also goes right on my auction page. Between free scheduling and free images, I easily save the $10 a month that I pay, and in exchange I get the exact layout that I want.

You can see an example in any one of my auctions. I don't want to use this as an excuse to advertise them, so I won't post a link. My eBay name is the same as here though.

One thing that annoys me about Auctiva is that when you click on thumbnails to view larger images, you are taken away from the auction page and onto a pointless Auctiva page.

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mruetz

Good thing about Auctiva, it's free.

Question: Anyone else use Auctiva insurance? Seems like a good and have used it but have never had to make a claim. Has anyone had to file an Auctiva insurance claim?