Ebay Question?

Recently I have made several (at least 10) bids on Roman Republican coins. At the end of each auction I have received one these notices:

EBAY ERROR: SELLER NOT ACCEPTING BID
AUCTION RESTRICTED: REQUIREMENTS NOT MET (with no further explanation)

My question is to those of you who sell via Ebay. What do these notices represent? BTW, all of the coins with these messages were from two different sellers.

 

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Clearly Aliens.

 

I suggest contacting the seller is the only thing I know. Never had that problem before.

 

Aliens... The only logical explanation

 

Had you bought from these sellers in the past without any problems?

 

I think that they are talking about that over here too.

http://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4942&sid=c571b3ca0c3d17d91fb703dcdf1d0c09

 

You do not meet requirements set by seller. Either you live in a country they don't ship, have too many unpaid cases, too many bid withdrawals or the other requirements listed at bottom of every ebay listing template (before you list).

 

Funny. I live in a country in which the sellers ship. I have no unpaid cases and no bid withdrawals or any negative feedback. I've written to the sellers as suggested by Gil, so I will have to wait to see if they respond.

 

No, they are both relatively new sellers.

 

Well these are the options...

 

I guess the one before last one..."have bid ...and met my limit of 10"

 

Maybe they screwed up the bid acceptance parameters on Ebay. I won a set of BMC Greek once because the seller was going to change his parameters to accept another bid from outside the country but didn't do it right. Therefor he accepted I won the lot.

 

CALL EBAY! They can actually answer questions. However, I would be interested in their answer.

 

This. New sellers.

 

I don't sell on Ebay, only buy, so this is the first I've seen of these restrictions. As far as I know, I should be good to go on all accounts, even the last. This happened on the very first coins I bid on with these sellers, therefore, I could not have bid on too many auctions (this seems rather stupid for a seller anyways).

Is there an Ebay resolution site for these kinds of problems? I've used Ebay resolution to solve other issues.

 

I would except I don't want the spousal unit to know I am bidding on coins, capisce (kapish)?

 

Ebay no longer have email or chat contact. No resolution for these problems either. Phone only.
Your best chance is for seller to correct their listing requirements.

 

Ha! I love to sneak around in my own home....so exciting....it's like the old days when it was drugs and women....now it's coins...and now that I've said that I see it's so sad!

 

Yeah! The last time she caught me bidding on coins, I told her I was a big boy. She said "go to your doghouse, big boy".

 

You know, you guys could consider the investment angle. My wife has instructions to consign my collection to CNG upon my demise, so ultimately she will be the one getting some financial gain out of it. I'm sure your wives don't blink an eye if you buy stocks or bonds or MM certificates...just a thought.