Buyer does not want to pay

[skiingmann]

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.

[austeam]

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?

[phorum_junkie*]

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.

[skiingmann]

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

[*sparklz*]

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

[*sparklz*]

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

[tinkandbell]

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