For the last few years, I and other unsuspecting sellers have been the target of a serial non-paying bidder in the US. They sign up under a different user name with false name and address details each time,and from the day they sign up, they bid on loads of items which usually are 80's dolls or toys. They have no intention of contacting or paying the seller and after a few days to a week, are deregistered by ebayin response to the multiple complaints for non-paying from sellers. Strawberry Shortcake is the ikely target, Lady Lovely Locks, My Child dolls and Cupcake dolls are to name a few. This person must be really bored and have no social life, as once you are targeted, they will do it to you again and again. Ebay says they have to be fair to the buyers and sellers but they are allowing this to happen without addressing the problem at all. The rules for buying as a new buyer have to change that limits a person to say 5 purchases with the requirement that 5 feedback are needed, before they have the privelige of purchasing more items. The screening for signing up purely does not work. Too many scammers are at large! Just last week, a friend was targeted again!, So I blocked the buyer, only to have them sign up under another lot of false details and still get me on my SSC doll. The only way to stop this annoying person is to put buy it nows with immediate Paypal payment into the listing, which I find very restrictive and unfair to a genuine potential buyer. At times i have no idea what an item is worth and if Ebay really thinks about it, they are loosing heaps just from these type of drips who have nothing better to do or gain from the process. What are we to do or better still WHAT ARE EBAY GOING TO DO???
