With the new rules that sellers can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers, and whether the bad economy has much to do with it, the rate of non-paying buyers just keep going up! I sold an item at the end of July, asked bidder/buyer to pay after she exceeded the three day paying period via Paypal I asked for in the auction, after two days with no reply, wrote again, and got "will pay after I get back from vacation in two days". Okay. At least that's better than not paying. After two days and still no payment, I opened a dispute, wrote to her again and this time got "my vacation extended and so I will pay after two more days". After two days, of course I didn't get payment from her so I filed for a dispute. And then "Please don't open the dispute, I'm very interested in this item and will pay in three days" Then I lost patience, gave her a final chance of three more days, told her that if she pays, no strike will be delivered to her account, and when she didn't pay I just closed the dispute. WTH? Telling me not to open a dispute I already opened? Does that mean that she would have kept hoaxing me like that for an idiot for two more months and not pay if I played along with it?
Blocked the winner, relisted the item again, and guess what? New buyer didn't pay again! Both with 100% positive feedback now that are completely useless and without face value. Her excuse? Exactly the same! If it weren't that they were registered in different countries (Canada and Spain, respectively) I would have taken the new buyer for an alternate ego of the old NPB. Seriously, non-paying shouldn't be surprising these days and I was preparing myself for it, but if you're not buying, why not just say it? I asked both to just tell me if they're not interested any more so I can simply relist the item, but no, they must play a trick like that, thinking I'm a dumb brute, so they can enjoy wasting my time too!
If they have internet access so that they can reply to emails, they sure can take 5 seconds to go through eBay checkout. Ugh.
Result? Strikes for dishonesty and wasting people's time. If they have confirmed their lack of interest in completing the purchase, I would have asked them to fill out the mutual agreement and it'll be done; no strikes given. What do they gain from giving such excuses? How many strikes can these time wasters get before they get a suspension?
Anyone have these annoyingly dishonest NPBs?
Blocked the winner, relisted the item again, and guess what? New buyer didn't pay again! Both with 100% positive feedback now that are completely useless and without face value. Her excuse? Exactly the same! If it weren't that they were registered in different countries (Canada and Spain, respectively) I would have taken the new buyer for an alternate ego of the old NPB. Seriously, non-paying shouldn't be surprising these days and I was preparing myself for it, but if you're not buying, why not just say it? I asked both to just tell me if they're not interested any more so I can simply relist the item, but no, they must play a trick like that, thinking I'm a dumb brute, so they can enjoy wasting my time too!
If they have internet access so that they can reply to emails, they sure can take 5 seconds to go through eBay checkout. Ugh. Result? Strikes for dishonesty and wasting people's time. If they have confirmed their lack of interest in completing the purchase, I would have asked them to fill out the mutual agreement and it'll be done; no strikes given. What do they gain from giving such excuses? How many strikes can these time wasters get before they get a suspension?
Anyone have these annoyingly dishonest NPBs?
So frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would anyone bid at the last minute without intending to pay!?! Some people have far too much time on their hands.
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