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eBay seller Laurie Borden launched the beta version of this site designed to allows sellers to anonymously pool their blocked bidder lists and extract a new, custom list of blocked bidders that fits their own business profile. Here's what RepXchange says: "Sellers upload their list of blocked bidders to this site. We will pool all these reports and allow other sellers to filter and download user IDs from this pool. The filters allow sellers to download only the blocked bidders that match their preferences. These filters are key to our service. For example, a bidder who's blacklisted by several sellers because she's got a tendency of returning handmade knitwear, might never have been blacklisted by someone who sells electronics. Thus sellers of electronics, for example, can filter and download a list of blocked bidders generated from reports other electronics sellers only. There are many granular variables that allow sellers to create their own unique and download their customized blocked bidders list."
http://www.repxchange.com