@designers*n*morewrote:
Sold an item, heard nothing from the buyer, no response to emails, so have opened a dispute.
Checked out her feedback and woah....
9 NON PAYING PURCHASES
Mine will make number 10 and i bet eBay do jack sh!t!!!
As the others have said, no use giving a false positive feedback to the buyer. That just boosts their score & does nothing to stop them.
Opening a dispute, as you have done, is the best way to go.
But the 3 strikes & you're out doesn't seem to apply. Apparently it never did although i remember hearing about it about a decade or so ago too. Where the rumour came from, I don't know.
If a buyer gets 2 strikes in the year or 6 months or whatever, I know it can restrict their buying with some sellers who have blocks in place. That's only some sellers though, it's not everyone by any means. So strikes might restrict such a buyer but it won't stop them.
From what i can gather, 2 strikes certainly doesn't mean they will get kicked off ebay. I have seen several pictures like yours, where some bidders seem to have about 30 comments about non payment. If they have that many from some sellers, you'd think there must be a few other sellers who carried through with disputes instead, but those buyers don't seem to have their accounts closed. Quite the contrary.
My guess is it is about money. If a person regularly commits to buy, ebay is getting instant commission. If a buyer doesn't pay, a seller can apply to get that refunded but that's the catch, isn't it. There are quite a few sellers out there who won't bother with that, especially if it isn't for a great amount. They'll see it as too much bother to work out for just a small sum.
I'm guessing ebay rakes in extra millions that way every year.
