Sniper bids from people with 0 (zero) feedback score scare sellers. I don't blame some people from pulling sales listings.
In your seller settings you can disallow bids automatically from zero feedback bidders and people not in your country and people with previous non-paying bidder history.. Amongst other things... They do provide tools to control who can bid on your auctions..
I don't like people who do this to be honest (was going to bid too at last minute), the fact is if they don't like ebay then don't use it, playing games like selling offline and cancelling bids a day before the end is bad form IMO, I get plenty of offline offers and always respond "it isn't fair to other bidders, if you like it please bid", those people often do bid after that, but by memory on my auctions, have never actually been the highest bidder (for mostly high end camera gear)..
Nobody really likes ebay, they just like cheap gear (to buy) or the exposure it gets for selling.
It's got nothing to do with liking ebay at all.
Everyone wants to buy low and sell high, if someone comes around and makes a solid cash offer why wouldn't you take it?
It certainly takes the hassle out of dealing with a dreamer on ebay who might not pay or who insists paying with paypal and costing you more fees.
