not happy

[baratta9201]

Im so sick of EBAY buyer protection. What about seller protection. I have held two private auctions this month and both winning bidders have reneged on paying due to excuses. "not really sure why I bid I dont have the money, OR my wife bid thinking I WOULD LIKE IT. What is the point  of ebay AUCTION if Ebay dont uphold. Pay Pal protect the buyer but not the private seller. All I got offered was my fees back. No longer using EBAY to sell things. They are just money grabbing A-HOLES

[padi*0409]

If the buyers haven't paid open a "non-paying buyer dispute" .

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/selling/getting-paid/resolving-unpaid-items-buyers?id=4137

[lyndal1838]

How is ebay grabbing money.....you said you got your fees back.

What more do you expect to get?

[foxette-in-sox]

If you're no longer using ebay, why haven't you cancelled your listings and why have you posted 2

new listings ?

As Lyndal has said, you got your fees back so what else did you want ?

[baratta9201]

Getting fees back isnt the point. Wha I expect is to be paid for what I sold. Whats the use of an auction if the winning bidder can just walk away.

[padi*0409]

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@baratta9201 wrote:

Getting fees back isnt the point. Wha I expect is to be paid for what I sold. Whats the use of an auction if the winning bidder can just walk away.

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You can't force a "buyer" to pay BUT if you go through the NPB process and they still don't pay the buyer gets a strike on their account. 

One strike in 12 months won't affect them, but if they are a serial non-payer then sellers that have their buyer blocks in place won't ever be troubled by that "buyer" with 2 or more than strikes in 12 months.
 

[baratta9201]

I did that and they said there was nothing they could do. So instead of chasing my $12400 they refunded my listings fees.

[baratta9201]

I expect them to chase my 12 grand is what

[baratta9201]

thanks for the advise.

[foxette-in-sox]

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@baratta9201 wrote:

I expect them to chase my 12 grand is what

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How are they going to chase your 12 grand ? Send the debt collectors ? Hire a hit man ?

There are a gazillion non payers every day, always have been and probably always will be. Look at

them as tyre kickers/time wasters/window shoppers/serial pests.

If ebay was so money hungry, you wouldn't have gotten your fees back.

I get that you want to vent, non payers are frustrating but if you do as advised re opening cases

against them, blocking bidders with 2 or more unpaid item strikes etc and either relist the items or

move on, you'll save yourself a whole heap of stress.

Chucking in your selling because of 2 dockheads isn't worth it IMO.