Why Oh Why Oh Why?

[jmbonz2008]

Why do people buy and never pay?  I just do not understand!  I'm fine and always helpful when I get a message saying they do not want the item anymore or sorry but I just can't afford it......But the never pay and never get in contact? 

[kopenhagen5]

Are you opening up cases each time?

My take on this is -

Ebay send an automatic reminder 2 days after purchase.

I usually send a message at 5 days asking if there is a problem with payment.

If no response, I open an Unpaid Item Case and that can sometimes spur a response or payment.
If not, I close the case as soon as I can, 4 days after it's opened.
Final fees are returned, buyer gets a strike, I add them to my Block Bidders List and re-list the item.

If all sellers issue strikes and put blocks in place non payers can't bid on ebay anymore.

[jmbonz2008]

I do open cases and I do relist 🙂

I was having a vent more than anything but I've never blocked and I actually don't know how!

I think it's a great idea to block the non payers!

Any advice on how please 🙂

[*sparklz*]

jm to block non payers hover your mouse over account in your my ebay page and from the drop down click on Site Preferences then go down the list till you see Buyer requirements and to the right of that click on show then click on edit. From there you can put in place the blocks you want, to stop those you want to block from purchasing from you.

And to block tose you do not want bidding when you know their ID

http://pages.ebay.com.au/services/buyandsell/biddermanagement.html