Return of the Zombie NPBidders

[ivak245]

I have had a string of non-paying bidders recently, more in the last 3 months than I have had in  the previous 5 years. Most look like this- user name- h7y7bhjh9mx (random mix of numbers and letters) , feedback score-0. Bid, then nothing. Send a couple of invoices- still nothing. Then I put in a non-paying bidder claim, and it gets sorted.  Is this happening to anyone else, or I am I just lucky? Looking at the stupid made-up ID's , could they be computer-generated? Is it all a communist plot????

I would have normally blocked zero feedback bidders, but of course, they , like all buyers, can do no wrong, and now they can't be blocked. 

[lyndal1838]

Those user names are ebay generated for guest users.....they are not normal ebay account users.

I think they believe they can just bid and disappear....they get a shock when they find a dispute opened against them.

[kopenhagen5]

They are guest accounts and it's not surprising as many new to eBay think bidding is not committing.

[repentatleisure1952]

 Guest accounts are only able to BIN & not Bid.

[repentatleisure1952]

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I would have normally blocked zero feedback bidders, but of course, they , like all buyers, can do no wrong, and now they can't be blocked. "

They never could be blocked.

So many of your auctions have ended with only one bid...why not list with BIN & IPR?

[*tippy*toes*]

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

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I would have normally blocked zero feedback bidders, but of course, they , like all buyers, can do no wrong, and now they can't be blocked. "

They never could be blocked.

So many of your auctions have ended with only one bid...why not list with BIN & IPR?

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Yes, they could be blocked. Unverified accounts with 5 or less feedback. Guest accounts were unverified. EBay removed that block about 6 months ago.

[repentatleisure1952]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

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I would have normally blocked zero feedback bidders, but of course, they , like all buyers, can do no wrong, and now they can't be blocked. "

They never could be blocked.

So many of your auctions have ended with only one bid...why not list with BIN & IPR?

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Yes, they could be blocked. Unverified accounts with 5 or less feedback. Guest accounts were unverified. EBay removed that block about 6 months ago.

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My apologies...I missed the part in the OP where they mentioned unverified accounts & guest accounts...thought they only wanted to block those with zero feedback (no block is required for guest accounts as OP runs auctions.)

[brerrabbit585]

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

 Guest accounts are only able to BIN & not Bid.

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I have no idea whether this is true or not, but I won't dispute it.  What I would like to say is that if they don't have an ebay account and they do bid, is there a possibility that because they don't have an account they can't actually pay for what they bid on because they have no way of accessing it?  I don't know the answer, I'm just posing the question.

[repentatleisure1952]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

 Guest accounts are only able to BIN & not Bid.

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I have no idea whether this is true or not, but I won't dispute it.  What I would like to say is that if they don't have an ebay account and they do bid, is there a possibility that because they don't have an account they can't actually pay for what they bid on because they have no way of accessing it?  I don't know the answer, I'm just posing the question.

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You can buy without an eBay account when:

• The item costs less than AU $6,000
• The item can be purchased using Buy It Now. If you want to bid on an auction or send a Best Offer to a seller, you'll need an eBay account.

[wide-world-of-stamps]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

 Guest accounts are only able to BIN & not Bid.

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I have no idea whether this is true or not, but I won't dispute it.  What I would like to say is that if they don't have an ebay account and they do bid, is there a possibility that because they don't have an account they can't actually pay for what they bid on because they have no way of accessing it?  I don't know the answer, I'm just posing the question.

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They should receive a confirmation email with a big "PAY NOW" in the middle of it.  It shouldn't be too hard to click on that.