gypseygirl 10 Posted November 26, 2010 Can Bid or Buy not include a search where you can eliminate all sellers from "Outside of South Africa".:confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MsPlod 10 Posted November 26, 2010 Yay! Another voice added to this request! This (and other) search options have been requested many times - here is the latest attempt http://forum.bidorbuy.co.za/buying-bidorbuy/11752-blocking-sellers.html We just have to keep on trying to get BoB to see that it is not going to reduce sales - since those folks who won't buy from offshore simply WILL NOT - no matter what. If anything - it will improve sales since buyers like myself will be less likely to suffer from "search fatigue" or "offshore overdose" and thus not log off! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BumbleBabe 10 Posted November 26, 2010 Local is Lekker!! Come on BOB, spend time on doing the enhancements that buyers and sellers want instead of silly advertising BS that makes no sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jphotography 10 Posted November 29, 2010 I agree once again on this one. The search have all the other options available like search jhb, search cpt, why not search SA only. That way we can search the whole of SA and not just a spesific region. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MsPlod 10 Posted November 30, 2010 OK then... so 8 out of 10 people were directly in favour of this sort of search facility, one wanted it to be considered and only one person felt that it is not necessary - that is in a flash poll held over 10 hours before the powers that be closed the poll. http://forum.bidorbuy.co.za/feedback-bidorbuy-team/11938-buyers-block-sellers-button-favourites-button.html I would be fascinated to know the reasons the single person who voted against it has. Maybe there is a really good reason which we are not considering? Can't think of any reasons at all against such an improved search facility and would love to hear what others have to say... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JPBon 10 Posted November 30, 2010 It wasnt me but something to consider. I also choose sellers very carefully how ever, sometimes when searching I see an interesting product from a seller whom I would not like to support, I will look at the product and then see if I can find another seller with the same or similar product. So infact that particular sellers product has created a sale for another seller. Just something to consider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MsPlod 10 Posted December 1, 2010 It wasnt me but something to consider. I also choose sellers very carefully how ever, sometimes when searching I see an interesting product from a seller whom I would not like to support, I will look at the product and then see if I can find another seller with the same or similar product. So infact that particular sellers product has created a sale for another seller. Just something to consider. Blocking a seller - or allowing a search facility to block certain sellers - or block offshore sellers - does not have to be a permanent block. Just an option which can be enabled or disabled during a search. If one is searching for something and a certain seller has thousands (or simply a lot) of those items for sale and one does really not want to buy from that seller (e.g. bad ratings, offshore, high shipping costs, etc.) then I envisage such a search facility to allow one to "block" that particular seller (or those sellers) during that search. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cosmic Kat 10 Posted December 1, 2010 Blocking a seller - or allowing a search facility to block certain sellers - or block offshore sellers - does not have to be a permanent block. Just an option which can be enabled or disabled during a search. If one is searching for something and a certain seller has thousands (or simply a lot) of those items for sale and one does really not want to buy from that seller (e.g. bad ratings, offshore, high shipping costs, etc.) then I envisage such a search facility to allow one to "block" that particular seller (or those sellers) during that search. Those are my sentiments exactly with regards to this topic. I'm getting rather fed up searching for an item and then having to wade through sellers I prefer not to deal with (for various reasons) and not to mention the overseas sellers. One can only hope that BoB inplements such an option in the near future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 9, 2011 excellent! i am also going to suggest this. some ppl like myself just dont want any international stuff at all. we know why. we want to be able to view sa only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mads99 10 Posted March 18, 2011 Can Bid or Buy not include a search where you can eliminate all sellers from "Outside of South Africa".:confused: I was just about to make this suggestion and saw that you (and others) have already posted this suggestion. I fully agree with you and would find it immensely useful. I sincerely hope that BidorBuy will implement such search functionality in the near future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATA STAMP CENTRE 10 Posted March 19, 2011 HI I understand that many buyers would like this facility but a little common sense will tell you that bob will never implement this.There are some overseas based sellers that do provide an excellent service and items required by buyers and this would be discriminatory against those sellers as they pay the same fees as all sellers and deserve the same exposure.Also bob needs to grow internationally and there would be little incentive for overseas based sellers to join bob as the exposure would be limited under those circumstances.BOB is a business and purely from a business viewpoint they would never implement anything detrimental to business turnover which to me makes sense. NEIL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
