What's with people winning on bids but not paying?

[johninadelaide1967]

I have not been on Ebay in a while to sell stuff. I have in the past with much success so anyway on with my post.

I have never had issues or problems. However in the last week or two I listed an item for sale and someone made a winning bid but 4 days on they haven't paid for the bid or offered any kind of contact. I have sent one politely worded message to ask about payment but no response at all.

Are there many instances of this kind of thing on here? 

Have started a dispute process about this so will see where that leads, and if nothing happens will cancel and possibly relist the item.

How common is this kind of thing?

I've been told this is happening more and more on here.

[joethenuts]

yep  every buyer only has 100% feedback

and this is 1  of the reasons i am against people having more than 1 id   because if they have only  1   id  and they sell well if they are naughty on buying they will prob also br naughty on selling  so there feedback will be seen 

[*tippy*toes*]

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@joethenuts wrote:

nothing happens to there feedback score  you cant give a neg to a buyer ,but they will get a strike against them, and i think 2 strikes and they are penalised

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Your answer is only partly right. Buyers are not penalised by eBay for having 2 or more strikes. The only time it affects their buying is if they encounter a seller who has buyer requirement blocks in place. Buyers can have hundreds, even thousands of strikes and are still allowed to keep "buying". If you look at the people on this account that I'm "following", it will show that at least one of those has hundreds of non payments against them and eBay keeps letting them stuff sellers around.

There should be a 3 strikes and you're out, but sadly, that will never happen. All we can do is protect ourselves from these people by having blocks in place to stop them buying from us.

[*tippy*toes*]

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@ardy01 wrote:
Joe - that is really letting the sellers know that non-payers are a risk. They could always hit them with a wet lettuce leaf....How do lousy buyers get their comeuppance?

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They don't. They can have hundreds of strikes against them and still be allowed to buy. Make sure you have buyer requirement blocks in place to stop the serial pests. You can set them up here http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences

Sellers can't see how many strikes they have against their account. From the outside it's very deceptive because as Joe said, they can only have 100% feedback. It's also a policy violation to leave a false positive, so it's often impossible to tell if they have a history of not paying. That's why it pays to have the blocks in place to stop the pests.

Don't forget to add this buyer to your blocked buyer list so they can't do it again to you http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BidderBlockLogin

[ardy01]

I didn't realise it was as bad as this! So everybody gets prizes - that is SOOO! New Millenia. Ebay has forgotten the rules of retailing. People who don't pay are not welcome in a good retailer.

Still it is all about them and their % and stuff the sellers. Glad I am only a small time seller.

Is Ebay damaging itself by its self interest?

[joethenuts]

yes its a pain non paying buyers,

anyway i do have a sence of humour and i read it today and thought you would of loved this article in todays paper, so if you can or download the  todays joke on page 22 of the herald sun today  and of course anyone else.   but did they have to use my name. arggggggggggg

[johninadelaide1967]

Hey why did you quote my post in the middle of your post?

I'm not the one at fault here.

[the4masters2013]

My apologies....I didn't mean to do that. Totally my fault and I will be more careful in future.