Has anyone else discovered they are suddengly "BLOCKED BY SELLER?"

The following link to Chatter's post might help:
https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3...241082392#2241082392

Hi jbt9955,

The generation of the "Blocked by Seller" response to certain snipes actually isn't due to an error on Auction Sniper's end - it is returned when we are unable to place a bid on your behalf because eBay notifies us the bid attempt was blocked by the seller. I clicked the "View Confirmation" button next to your most recent snipe that failed for this reason and found that the following message was returned when your bid was blocked:

This seller has set buyer requirements for this item and only sells to buyers who meet those requirements.

You are unable to bid on or buy this item because:

You either don't have a PayPal account or your PayPal account is not linked to your eBay account.

We encourage you to register with PayPal - it is the fast, easy and safe way to pay. Register with PayPal | Already have a PayPal account?

I believe Rick is spot on with his assessment that you will need to follow the instructions in the thread he provided a link to above. It sounds like there was an error on eBay's end that caused your Paypal account to become un-linked to your eBay account, and that your bid on this item was rejected because the seller only accepts bids from buyers whose Paypal accounts are linked to their eBay accounts.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our customer support team by completing the web form on the following page of our site: http://support.auctionsniper.com

-Mike

Hey all,

I just posted a "Blocked by Seller" support request but I figured I'd reply here too:

This is good info on Chatter's post, but something else is going on here - I got blocked and a press of the confirmation button revealed it to be ostensibly for the PayPal required issue but my accts ARE linked. I checked on Ebay - they are linked.

So that's an issue it seems to me.

Did you notice if any of ebay's pages, particularly their search pages, looked different from normal? Sometimes that is a hard question to answer because it seems as if everything is always changing. Several times ebay has put me into their beta testing group. Participants were selected randomly and may not have known they were in it. After one such instance, I lost a bid due to the "blocked by seller" message, even though I had won from the same seller not long before. Something other than myself had caused ebay and paypal to un-link. It is my odd notion that something in ebay's random beta testing mode may cause the un-link malfunction. Next time you log in you may not be in beta anymore, and the paypal link will resume its normal function. They (eBay) SHOULD let you opt-in or let you know they put you in so that you can opt out, but they'd rather have unsuspecting guinea pigs for customers. Guess they want to gauge true customer response rather than what they'd get if the customers knew every keystroke was being analyzed by prying eyes.