How are we supposed to "review" blocked bidders once a year?

[pillarboxred]

I don't see a way to do it. Not that I particularly want to but eBay thinks we should.

[therenewalworkshopltd]

Are you talking about some sort of communication here from Ebay?

If so, it would be helpful to actually copy it.

[xyz307xyz]

Is it talking about your Blocked Buyers list at https://www.ebay.co.uk/bmgt/BuyerBlock?

[masonskingsshop]

I wouldn't bother. If you have blocked a buyer I assume that's for a reason such as non payment etc. 

You don't have to unblock them and I personally have never blocked a buyer for a limited amount of time. It's always been a permanent thing. 

Theoretically this could cost you some sales but I would hope you made that calculation when blocking them in the first place. 🙂 

[alpha-pods]

I assume if they have made the list they are on it for a reason, i'm happy for them to stay there

[the-nutwood-collection]

The yearly review process is on the Blocked Bidder page:

Please review the members that you have blocked from your listings at least once a year and decide if they still need to be blocked. If you don’t need to block a member anymore, select and erase their username and click Submit to delete them from the list.

I never review my list.  Once a buyer gets on the list, they stay on the list. 

I'm hoping that the guardian of the Pearly Gates has a copy of my list and, when the buyer arrives and asks for admittance, they're sent downstairs, pronto.

[rainbowtrax]

Same. I haven't reviewed mine in over 20 years and certainly not about to start now.

[the_book_seekers]

I added someone to my list last week and on updating it ebay removed over half the names. I presume they no longer have ebay accounts.

[the-nutwood-collection]

Maybe eBay thought they deserved a second chance?

You can restore the previous list if you want to check.

[jlovie]

I hadn't checked mine for years. 

Just had a look and it's considerably shorter than I remember, so eBay must be removing deleted account names.

[pillarboxred]

I know. That is the paragraph of advice I saw, but I don't know how to do it, not that I want to. I occasionally have thought better of a block and reinstated a buyer when I have simmered down but that happens within a few weeks, or hours, of the block. 

[pillarboxred]

No, it is just a statement on the Blocked Bidder view page. After 25 years some of them might be dead, not-a-registered-user or in prison.

[xyz307xyz]

I'm not sure I understand the question - is it about the word "review"? - it doesn't mean you need to write anything. It just means have a look at your blocked buyers list (see #3) and see if you still want to block those people. From your message #11 it seems you are already doing that - indeed, "in real time" rather than yearly. You don't need to do anything else (as I understand it).

[therenewalworkshopltd]

Fair enough.  I visit that page more often than I probably should.  But can honestly say that I've not noticed that, though looking back now I can see it.

It is stupid thing to ask of us though.  There is just now way of reviewing the list.

If a customer is bad enough to want to block, I cannot think of any circumstance where I would want to unblock them.