eBay Blocking bidder/seller communication!

[NEFAN]

I tried to contact this seller about payment methods and eBay blocked me out. Is this something new?

http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...actUserNextGen

[NEFAN]

Here's the message I get when trying to contact the seller:

We're sorry we couldn't find an answer for you. Unfortunately, this seller is not able to respond to your question. We suggest reviewing the item again to see if your answer is in the seller's listing.

[Samets]

eBay is blocking everything possible to separate you from each other. I think they are looking to nip sales outside of eBay.

[Phil316]

Here's the message I get when trying to contact the seller:

We're sorry we couldn't find an answer for you. Unfortunately, this seller is not able to respond to your question. We suggest reviewing the item again to see if your answer is in the seller's listing.

This is the message you get when a seller blocks you from bidding on their auctions and from answering any questions you have. eBay gives the option to block messages from people on your blocked list.

[earlywynnfan]

Yeah, I don't think this is an ebay thing, it's a seller thing.


Ken

[trsent]

This is the message you get when a seller blocks you from bidding on their auctions and from answering any questions you have. eBay gives the option to block messages from people on your blocked list.

Yeah, I don't think this is an ebay thing, it's a seller thing.

Ken

You are both correct - This seller has blocked you from bidding so you can't email them through eBay anymore.

As for eBay's messaging system. A couple days ago I paid for an item with PayPal, and the seller's PayPal account is not registered. I tried to email through eBay to tell them their email address has not been set up, but eBay wouldn't let me include their own email address in the message. Just a pain in the ass to work around.

[Samets]

This doesn't seem to be an issue for sellers in China (Yet...)

This is a communication from this morning:

[GMEN92]

Ebay has stepped up their blocking email game...so this one still works for me.. just put like this

Please email me mjjakab
That's a yahoo address

It always works for me my email is mjjakab@yahoo.com incase you didnt figure it out lol as some people dont lmao

[NEFAN]

If the seller blocked me from bidding, I have no idea why. I've never had an issue with him. I just wanted to know if he'd take a money order if I won.

[jppopma]

If the seller blocked me from bidding, I have no idea why. I've never had an issue with him. I just wanted to know if he'd take a money order if I won.

I've received the same response and also do not know why a seller that I had never dealt with would have me blocked. I am wondering if there is something where sellers can opt out of receiving messages and just put "stock answers" in for ebay.

Considering that Ebay owns Paypal and uses that as their preferred payment system..they may have "money order", "western union", or other words blocked the same way they do emails.