eBay: buyers with strikes. Zazen/Snadger did you know..

[Two_Sheds]

eBay: buyers who don't pay.

I always open an unpaid item dispute, and get my fees back. The naughty buyer gets a "strike" against them. I was somehow under the impression that they were barred after 3 strikes (maybe they were in the good old days).

I also naively thought that eBay would tell you, the seller, when a buyer had strikes: but they don't. If you want to avoid these timewasters, you have to alter your preferences, and it's all hidden away in the small print.

account/site preferences/buyer requirements/show/edit

Zazen/Snadger did you know this?

[zazen999]

Yes, I have quite stringent buyer preferences set up. Less sales but very little money lost through eejits.

[Two_Sheds]

I thought you would have

It's not the money I'm losing, it's patience mostly, and time. These people are just rude.

Last year I had one who bought a plant from me for 1p (I just wanted shot of it). Never showed up.

I kept emailing, do you want this or can I offer it to someone else? Never answered, so I opened an unpaid item dispute: they paid. Then, left me totally negative feedback ! Said I was not to be trusted, unreliable etc etc. I only found out about the feedback because another seller contacted me to warn me about this buyer and they'd done it to about 6 people in one day (troll).


eBay wouldn't budge, wouldn't remove the feedback, wouldn't listen to me.




However, the silly mare forgot that her home address was plainly visible to me. And revenge is a dish best served ice cold

[zazen999]

I've only had one negative feedback from a seller - who basically didn't send the stuff as he obviously didn't have it at the time - he left so much bad feedback that it was all removed shortly after.

Keep on at ebay - give them links to all the people they have left bad feedback for and if you all can do it, and you get the right person, it can be removed.