How can we stop eBay users from listing items then not sending, after you have paid for item

[ca14mal]

How can we stop eBay users from listing items then not sending items after you have paid for item, don't you think there should be some sort of penelty as in never allowed to use eBay banned for good.

Problem is i brought a cannon 7D for $701 item 191363946724  paid for it straight after auction ended, The point is it was brought for my daughters birthday now i may have to buy new one out of retail shop so in fact this eBayer cost me $400 in the differance between the two items.

There appeares to be no rules when you buy on eBay sites, i consider my self to be an execellent eBayer and pay straight after bidding do i change things and go with the rest that some do and maybe pay latter or cancel cause i have had second thoughts?  

[hzak]

reading some of the replies to this topic, it appears to me that what some posters are suggesting is "the buyer beware " attitude. What ever happened to the so called contract between buyer and seller , the honesty and integrity  of Ebay users. Go on , but something then,  do not pay. See what happens. A scammer can set up an ebay account,  then when it comes to setting up a Paypal Account, dont you need to meet the 100% identification check ?, so a scammer gets paid  via Paypal,  goes to the bank , withdraws the cash  and sails off into the sunset.   Isnt that called fraud?????    I for one would like to know what the Paypal ppl policy is and what they do about that.

[i-love-my-sheep]

I suppose you could read the PayPal policy and find out what it says.

Yes, there are scammers on eBay who take the money and then don't send the item. If you put in an item not received claim with PayPal, they will refund your money, unless the seller can prove they have posted it (by providing a tracking number). If the sellers PayPal account has been emptied out, PayPal will go after them for the money.

A seller can't just ride off into the sunset. Their account has to remian completely inactive for 60 days before they can close their account. On the other hand, eBay can close their account when they feel like it if the seller has been breaking the rules.

[ca14mal]

Finally someone has made some sence out of all this, maybe eBay and Paypal should come on board and give us a brief account on there policy regarding these types off problems.