topic Re: Buyer does not want to pay in Selling

Buyer does not want to pay

skiingmann — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:03:24 GMT

Buyer bid consistantly for an item and won. After winning another auction he has asked me to "second chance" the item because he won similiar elsewhere. I have pointed out the unpaid item policy for him to read and get back to me. He has now asked that I go to "resolve a problem" and cancel the transaction. Should I wait and put in the unpaid item claim or should I just cancel the transaction and be done with it? I will often bid on items in more than one auction but never bid in a way so as to win more than I need. Any thoughts on what I should do.

Re: Buyer does not want to pay

bsal6160 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:11:47 GMT

How can you bid in more than one auction with the intent of not winning? Thats almost shill bidding just to push the price higher. With that statement made I would just cancel the transaction...

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carly2579 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:14:07 GMT

i agree do a mutal cancel

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grevilleas4me — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:34:08 GMT

I don't agree, the buyer has bid without the intention of following through - he deserves a strike

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phorum_junkie* — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:37:52 GMT

I would not send a mutual cancellation, if they can't bid responsibly could you trust them to tick the right box? If they don't then your FVF refund is lost, they can still leave you a neg and they do not get an unpaid item strike so you are letting other sellers down.

I would open an unpaid item dispute and then they can either pay up as they should or get the strike they deserve.

Did they even offer a small payment to cover your expenses and wasted time? I bet they didn't!

Re: Buyer does not want to pay

skiingmann — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:37:59 GMT

You may have misunderstood me. If I am looking to buy an item I will bid to a reasonable amount. If I do not win, I bid on similiar item looking to win. I would never auto bid on two auctions at the same time.

Back to my case, so it would be ok to set up auto bidding and just take the cheaper win which is most likely what the non paying winner is doing to me. I feel somewhat cheated that the winning bidder will not pay but they have also cost a winning bid for someone else who ran second place. is that fair to do or in the ebay spirit?

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bsal6160 — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:38:03 GMT

And with the statement the seller made..how was he doing any different to some other seller?

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1sweetap6v8 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:50:48 GMT

Are this one I actuall agree with most of you,

He bid he won he pays the fact he won another item from another sell is no excuse.

He should pay or cop the strike. In this case its clearly the buyers fault unless he has a better reason. Just let him make the choice.

Re: Buyer does not want to pay

cathy1971 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:39:20 GMT

If it was me I would file the NPR and give the customer stragate after 4 days, bidding on two items the same and only purchasing the cheaper one is not on. Eventually if they keep doing this and the sellers give them strikes their account will be affected.

JMO...But I am a meanie lol

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cathy1971 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:40:14 GMT

Auto spelling is hopeless. NPB and strike..

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austeam — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:52:24 GMT

Back to my case, so it would be ok to set up auto bidding and just take the cheaper win which is most likely what the non paying winner is doing to me. I feel somewhat cheated that the winning bidder will not pay but they have also cost a winning bid for someone else who ran second place. is that fair to do or in the ebay spirit?

No it is not OK.

I have only ever opened 1 NPB in 10yrs, but if the auction you are talking about is the one for the firewood then I would say definitely open on on that bidder.

The winning bidders history shows that he has bid on 25 items this month. His Bid retractions for the last 6 months is 23.

Chances are this buyer would already have Strikes for non-payment. Do you have a block set up for bidders with 2 or more strikes?

Re: Buyer does not want to pay

phorum_junkie* — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:19:42 GMT

If it is that sale then you most certainly should open an unpaid item case.

It is easy to set up bids on multiple items without risking winning more than one. You need to use a sniping service that allows group bidding, it will bid on successive items up to your max and will stop once it wins one.

Re: Buyer does not want to pay

skiingmann — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:21:21 GMT

austeam wrote:

The winning bidders history shows that he has bid on 25 items this month. His Bid retractions for the last 6 months is 23.

Chances are this buyer would already have Strikes for non-payment. Do you have a block set up for bidders with 2 or more strikes?

[/quote]The winning bidders history shows that he has bid on 25 items this month. His Bid retractions for the last 6 months is 23.

Chances are this buyer would already have Strikes for non-payment. Do you have a block set up for bidders with 2 or more strikes?

Where do you find out this type of information on buyers please.

I have now set up certain blocks as well. Thanks for that tip

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*sparklz* — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:30:03 GMT

Click on the bidders feedback then click on feedback as a buyer and the bid retractions will she to the right.

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*sparklz* — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:31:03 GMT

Click on the bidders feedback then click on feedback as a buyer and the bid retractions will she show to the right.

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