Ebay cash on collection is no more

[GarethM]

Actually the algorithm pretty much understands both numbers and words and a combination of both.

 

Oh let's write a whole sentence with the numbers subtly included, great or just do what they had in the past.

 

You pay a listing fee and let you have a number in the description, if someone bought it it was then just cost a few precent of the value. Or just do what everyone seems to do throw it on marketplace at double the price.

[Mick Dempsey]

Oh, so that’s why Le Bon Coin, a French version of eBay doesn’t like me putting phone numbers in.

Telling me it’s for my own security.

 

I use FB marketplace mostly these days anyway.

[Steven P]

Yup, they will block phone numbers, and if everyone writes them out in full, they will just do that too (it is just in their banned list, as well as 9 they add "nine" (any programming I do it is a line of code to add text numbers and I only do that for fun)).

 

 

[Stubby]

Didn't there used to be a section Where you can request the sellers contact details ?

[GarethM]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

Didn't there used to be a section Where you can request the sellers contact details ?

For Business sellers yes or after purchase, but not beforehand as they know what's happening.

 

Bit like the old bought it, got the address details then cancelled the sale or some similar shenanigans.

 

Once or twice it might let it through but regularly they'll close the account.

[tree-fancier123]

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[Squaredy]

I don’t use eBay much any more, though I used to sell loads through the site.  Surely eBay don’t stop you looking at an item you are considering buying do they?  

After all, some of the items listed are worth many thousands, and surely only a fool parts with that sort of money without checking the item exists and what condition it is in?

[rapalaman]

2 hours ago, Rough Cutter said:

Write the number in words dude...

Works just fine...

Tried that - messages got blocked

[pleasant]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Didn't there used to be a section Where you can request the sellers contact details ?

There did, but its been withdrawn if you havent already got the buyers details via the sale transaction page you get when you sell something. It was stopped due to data protection laws.

 

For the last near ten years you havent been able to exchange details via ebay messages unless its after the auction has finished and it is between buyer and seller.

 

Don;t care what people have said about trying to be clever and try and circumnavigate this by putting numbers in words or spaces or hyphens or whatever between numbers (written or otherwise) it wont work and you will get a terse message from ebay giving you a slap on the wrist.

 

Only way around it would be to add a photo to your listing with your contact details in, but you then run the risk of being reported by someone who knows what you are up to. Its clear in the listing rules you cant do that....and ebay now have software that can recognise contact info in photographs.....its now free to list and zero sellers fees on most categories on ebay now...if you are a private seller, so now no reason to buck the system quite so much 

[Mick Dempsey]

13 minutes ago, rapalaman said:

Tried that - messages got blocked

…dude.