topic Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!! in Selling

BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

mylittlecrunch — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:40:11 GMT

This buyer purchased items and asked to make payment around 2 weeks later. Out of good faith i said yes and now she is not paying or responding to my emails. This buyer has done this before to someone else...buying and then not paying.

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

diecastcarsvicki — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:48:57 GMT

it is against forum rules to name & shame.

open non payment dispute and go though the process that way buyer will receive a strike which is more help for sellers;

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

amber-eyed-girl — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:06:00 GMT

Also put them on your blocked bidders list so they cannot do it to you again:

http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?bidderblocklogin&hc=1&hm=v%7F.rp*64g2e33

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

carly2579 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:30:20 GMT

OP you are not allowed to name buyers i suggets you delete the users name

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tstore — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:58:18 GMT

Wow 1 non paying buyer. I get on average 12 per month ...

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

mylittlecrunch — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:43:28 GMT

For your information after your sarcastic remark, its not just one buyer...its many. Kind regards 🙂

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

davewil1964 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:59:42 GMT

Not according to your OP.

Maybe, if you have so many issues when you only have 16 items listed, you might need to look at your listings.

I don't sell clothes, but if I was getting many NPBs from 16 listings I would have a look at what attracts them. And at my many competitors to see what they do differently.

But that's just me.

I also wouldn't bring an issue to the boards unless I was prepared to take on board constructive criticism from people vastly more experienced than myself. Which would, admittedly, require me to provide some specific info, rather than having a vent.

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

m.e.h.1988 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 01:52:05 GMT

Why is it the sellers fault and the fault of their listing that they are getting non paying bidders?

It is across the board more and more people are getting non - paying buyers on ebay

Becuase they know they can get away with it

Not sure what they achieve out of it though

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tstore — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:38:40 GMT

My point was, if I created a thread for each and every NPB it would clog up this entire forum. There is no point in creating such threads. You have tools available to deal with NPBs, use them. If not sure how to, find out using the help section.

Again, not sure what you aimed to achieve in starting this thread. Considering there are millions of transactions weekly.

Re: BEWARE OF THIS BUYER!!

davewil1964 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:52:21 GMT

@m.e.h.1988 wrote:
Why is it the sellers fault and the fault of their listing that they are getting non paying bidders?

It is across the board more and more people are getting non - paying buyers on ebay

Becuase they know they can get away with it

Not sure what they achieve out of it though

If they are getting more than the average, it could well be down to their listings. Or their low feedback.

I was suggesting a few avenues to explore, rather than venting at people who are trying to help.

Across which board? I average 1 NPB every 2 months. Always have over 5 years, but I list and sell a lot more now than I did back then.

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digital*ghost — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:50:12 GMT

The frequency of NPBs I experience has increased slightly, to the point where I've decided to shorten my payment time-frame (in the store) from 7 days to 5 to try and minimise the time the stock is "off the shelf". (Find and replace isn't working, so I'm going to have to do each listing manually 😞 ).

Most of the time it (NPBs) doesn't really bother me as I only spend a couple of minutes actively dealing with it and it doesn't really affect my cash flow all that much, but because every now and then some buyers attempt to draw out the process even longer, it's inspired a lower tolerance and less flexibility all-round, unfortunately. (I had one recently where there was no contact or response to my message after 7 days, day 8 I opened the UPI and several hours later I got a message asking me to be patient... I was being patient, but it took too long! )

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harley_babes_hoard — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:18:32 GMT

I agree I think they have also increased slighty. I had one very annoying one. Purchased 2 items, waited a few days added another item, waited another day, added another item. I had to keep resending invoices. Eventually a non payer.

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brownowl-14 — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 06:40:40 GMT

I have had a couple of buyers like that but have become wise to it now. I now say that I will give them 4 days grace to pay or the transaction will be cancelled and the item relisted. After 4 days you can open an unpaid case with ebay anyway, so there is no loss to you and if they really do want the item they will come up with the payment. If they don't answer your emails or pay up, I lodge an unpaid case with ebay. When the case is resolved I then relist them item and block the buyer.

I know it is inconvenient but keep your cool. Remember, there is no real loss to you, you still have the item and the satisfaction that they won't be bothering you again.