Non paying bids then eBay charges you for not paying their account

[lyndal1838]

No, you are missing the point.....if the fees are due on say, the 15th of the month and the dispute has not been finalised, then you must pay the fees.  When the dispute is closed you will get your fees credited to the next invoice.  If you have sold anything else in the meantime you may find you do not owe anything on that invoice as you already have a credit from the failed sales.

[cherry*135]

That $16 is credited to the seller (if they have followed procedures - unpaid item dispute), so seller isn't out of pocket.

The principle with paying bills due is, if you don't pay them on time you can be charged an overdue fee...or withdrawal of services. There is no point trying to make a stand by not paying a bill due.

What do you suggest eBay can do  to  be able to predict that a buyer isn't going to go through with a sale? They would need very special powers indeed to be able to predict that (for a first timer non payer).

[character_parties_aus]

Selling Fees should be charged upon payment by the buyer. And not before.

Otherwise eBay are effectivley using their sellers as a bank when it comes to fees charged and paid on items not paid for.

[cherry*135]

All sellers agree to eBay's terms and conditions when they list items for sale on this site. eBay's terms are to charge sellers accounts for FVF's etc  when they are incurred (shortly after sale is made).

What if buyer pays by bank deposit and seller never marks the sale as paid?

[roseneathmanor · Accepted solution]

eBay have just refunded the 16 dollars a win for the little guy
As for the experts the claim for the non paying bidder was before the invoice so no I haven't missed the point

[character_parties_aus]

I appreciate the terms and conditions are 'what they are'. My only suggestion was to how things should work in the interests of fairness! I would be interested to know how much money eBay collects in fees each month from sales that it subsequently hands back as a FVF credit for non paid. If its say 4% then that's a lot of money.