Buyer retracts bids on 2 item

[Anonymous]

I had a buyer bid on 2 of my items 4 days ago

i noticed today that the buyer had retracted the bids on BOTH of these items yesterday. They were both opening bids.

so i check bid history and see that the buyers name has asterixes and there is no reason for why these bids were retracted. (asterixes mean i cant add buyer to BBL)

so clicked on the buyers name and it brought up their bidding  history and it said that they have had 118 bid retractions in the last 30 days

whats the deal here? i thought you had to have a legitimate reason for retracting a bid (eg bid wrong amount, or seller modified listing etc)

surely this isnt right

[Anonymous]

sorry i didnt really type that properly

what i said was im not fussed about about opening a UID case, meaning i have no problems opening one... 

i have asked the buyer an hour ago for an indication of when they are paying this week. i should give them some time to respond before opening a UID case being fair i think 2 days is enough (considering its been 4 days since the auction ended already)

[amber-eyed-girl]

Cool 🙂

[Anonymous]

these forums have been great for me as a new seller thanks to people like yourself and others

due to reading them, i always open UID cases on non payers. So far i have opened 3 (1 is in the works now, and 2 others were paid after opening the case)

so far im yet to close one totally 

its the only way we sellers can fight back and help other sellers, and weed out non payers

[amber-eyed-girl]

Sorry to hear you have had so many 😞

good luck with this one

[Anonymous]

hmmm this is getting weirder

i got a reply from this person saying they will pay on saturday night
she is saying she just got out of hospital after a hip replacement and she is 80 years old
i dont believe it

her username has her year of birth
but this user has only been on ebay since 2014 and has had 3 username changes since 20th January

her previous username was the same name but the year was 50 years younger

she has 260 odd positive feedback since 20th january and has it hidden

i smell a rat

i want to UID her... but im not sure if im looking too much into this or not

[amber-eyed-girl]

It should be a stress-free business thing...she said she would pay this week.

If you want to accommodate her, then wait until Saturday...but...if she can get online to message you, she could have just paid, in the time that took.

If you haven't said yes, you could say Saturday but that is IT. Then have the button ready for an unpaid item dispute.

But you should not need to be doing detective work, normally, experienced sellers go with the four days, or seven, unless other arrangements were made. Then if that's breached, dispute time.

Disputes can make people pay.

I'd be inclined to say Sat but that has to be it, just to be nice.

[Anonymous]

you know what... you are absolutely  right

i am looking way too much into it and letting it get to me for no good reason

i will reply to the message stating i will give her until saturday night to pay for the item, and just UID her if its not paid by sunday and move on. It will either get paid or i will close the case and relist

this is a valuable lesson to me actually... not letting things get to me and just accept it for what it is and move on

thanks for your reply amber 🙂

[amber-eyed-girl]

🙂

[nowayjose13]

these sad sack bidders make selling on Ebay very upsetting but in a way i feel sorry for them because they must have very unhappy lives to be getting a kick out of playing such childish games my advise to them is get a life and grow up!!