I'm trying to sell a set of steak knives. I sold a set about a year ago without problems, but this time I have been inundated with potential bidders who are unable to bid. One has said she has tried to upload her credit card details several times (I am aware of the knife law and that ebay want to verify bidders are over 18 and have put this in the description) and ebay just won't accept either of her cards. I contacted ebay who said that there is nothing wrong with the listing and that I should ask bidders to contact them to have accounts verified. There are only 4 hours left on the listing and the ebay call back time is currently longer than 2 hours. As most bidders wait until very late in auctions, I will almost definitely miss out on bids. While I won't lose sleep over this one (not expecting this to sell for a lot of money - I've listed them for £2.95), this is frustrating and I have spent a long time replying to messages (not sure why bidders think the seller can solve such problems). As I have 17 watchers on this (many will not want to bid of course), would it be better to end the listing and try again? One person has told me that ebay has told him (3 times) that I need to make this a 'Buy-it'now' item (not what ebay told me but who knows if that's true or not...) Can anyone solve this? I know from other questions that I am not the only seller who has has this problem when selling cutlery.
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