Argv, that is one of the few remaining things I need...

The size of that box... those were the days before the bean counters got hold of logistics as well 🙂

Chris,

I actually tried to bid quite a bit higher than the winning bid.  Although I'd asked the seller about international shipping (as had a few others), he was happy to ship but when I came to bid, I had the message that I didn't meet the criteria set by the seller bumph and had to apply to be approved to bid beforehand.  By then it was too late so I missed out.  This irritating message only comes up after you try to bid - it does prevent snipers like me but also leads to sellers not achieving the maximum price for their goods.  I hope the new owner enjoys it.  This seems to be happening quite a bit recently even when sellers say they will ship abroad.

Dave.

Can someone tell me why anyone would want to prevent snipers?

I'm guessing in this instance the seller put it up for UK only and if anyone outside of the UK wanted to bid the seller has to approve the bid. Sniping will be no good if this is the case. They didn't prevent sniping but late bids won't really work for non uk residents.

Stonk wrote:

I'm guessing in this instance the seller put it up for UK only and if anyone outside of the UK wanted to bid the seller has to approve the bid.

How do you do this? Several items I have listed as UK only in the past. By setting the postage as UK only. It has never stopped bids from outside the UK been placed.

Craig🙂

In the shipping section of the auction form you'll see 'Exclude Shipping Locations'.  If you go here you can exclude regions (e.g. Asia) or specific counties.  Selecting this option will have the effect of blocking bids from people in these regions/countries.

There also an option to block buyers here:

My Ebay/Account(tab)/Site Preferences/Buyer Requirements/Buyers in locations to which I don't ship

Some people have a dislike for snipers and feel it is unfair to people who have bid throughout the auction.  Anyone is free to do it though and I must admit that if I'm really interested in an item, I won't bid (show my hand so to say) until the end.  Bidding early can push the price up early on which is in the sellers interest but not mine as a buyer.  Snipers also get sniped as I have on many occassions.  It's frustrating but all part of 'the game' as Martin (Dillen) would say.

I understand about wanting to exclude people from some countries from bidding - Nigeria for example.  But when someone during the bidding agrees to sell abroad, it would make sense for them to change the listing or buyers conditions.  This seller could have made at least 50 GBP more for this Beomaster 800 as my highest bid was 224 GBP and I think that probably would have been bettered by another collector.

Dave

I was lucky enough to win of these earlier in the year when it was listed with a BIN of £85. It really is a stunning set. The right hand internal speaker distorts  but I couldn't  complain at the price. I am not really sure why a bemaster 900 looks so much better with extra aluminium at either end but it does!

Simon