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I have had 4 non paying bidders in the last 2 months.All but one(one had 1 feedback) had 0 feedback.and they all joined ebay in april.They bid then never contact me.

I now have to inforce my new rule of bidder with feedback lower then 5 must contact me THEN bid....and some idiot STILL bid on the auction even though his feedback was 0.Anyone else see a surge in NPB's recently?

Not really but then I make it clear in my auctions bidder have two weeks to pay or I give a negative. Besides i've had guys with feedback in the hundreds not pay before, one guy gave the excuse he bid on the wrong thing, another said he was broke, both got negatives =)

i've had people with zero feedback bid on my stuff quite a bit, and they've even won a few times. most paid me pretty quickly, but there was only one person who never paid. the interesting thing is that after a week or so, their feedback changed to -1, so i checked out what it was. sure enough, they had actually purchased the same item from me AND someone else, and then never paid either of us. this person gets a gold star.

That's why I refuse business from people with zero or negative feedback. I will cancel their bids on them if they bid and clearly state that I will do so in the auction details. Ebay should allow sellers to set a rule preventing people with less than 5 or 10 feedback from bidding on their items. Either that or force those people to setup accounts similarly to a prepaid credit card. They will only be able to bid on items that they can afford to purchase. That way sellers can't get screwed.

But if noone ever allows a person with 0 feedback to bid then they can never get feedback. It is something of a terrible cycle.

These people never even email me.I haven't heard from any of em..its like a conspirecy.lol.I have given them warning after warning but they just dont care.....Got my final fee thingy back on one...waitin a few days for it on the other ones.

everytime I have e-mailed someone (I have 0 feedback) I never get a response(happened like 5 times so far)

Yah that happens a lot with 0-1,2 feedback bidders.

I usually put up the (you must have +5 or higher feedback to bid on this auction) After a Zero bidder bid on it and didnt pay. Relist the item for free and add that to the auction.

I dont put it on every auction to start though.

I usually require immedieate payment required on all buy it now auctions and buy it now listings. It really cut down my amount of non paying bidders.

New buyers think Ebay is a game and you can just bid for fun and not pay

I had sold a BRAND NEW NES SP system with free stickers for $95 ($101 shipped). Lady is refusing to pay now because she thought the stickers were games (even though my auction says STICKERS all over them). Damn newbies.

They thought the stickers were games? What an idiot buyer. Report them as a non paying bidder and get your listing and final value fees back.

I know the feeling, whats worse is you don't wanna leave them negative feedback because you fear they will do the same for you...

Which is why the feedback system is so flawed. There should be a rule that if a bidder does not pay and you file a non paying bidder report on them, they are not allowed to leave you feedback.

Been there, done that. Ebayers that don't pay waste my time, both in the email hassling, the relisting, and the further waiting for payment of the item...

I have had about 50 auctions in the past 6 years, 5 of which were non-paying bidders. Ten percent is a little high

The last non-payer bid on my laptop, then told me that mommy wouldn't give her the money. She offered to pay me the auction fees but of course I never heard from her again.

This kind of stuff happens, and it's an annoyance....you can offer a second chance to someone else, or relist the item for free I believe if the first person doesn't pay (you may have to pay the 2nd time and then request a credit). I tell ya what's a lot worse is when people try to scam you, especially if it's the seller.

I have a beef with bid retractions also. Someone retracted early on in one of my recent auctions...wasn't a big deal....he listed "bid wrong amount" even though my opening bid was like $5...just for kicks I checked him out....# of bid retractions in the past 6 months.....75! I sent ebay a notice about this but I'm sure the'll do nothing...

I think you can request money back for the final value fees as well as relist the item for free if someone doesn't pay.

Originally Posted by bfg9k I have had about 50 auctions in the past 6 years, 5 of which were non-paying bidders. Ten percent is a little high The last non-payer bid on my laptop, then told me that mommy wouldn't give her the money. She offered to pay me the auction fees but of course I never heard from her again.

I did that....the point was that she offered to pay, and didn't

I checked out eBays page for requesting Insertion Fee Credit and Final Value Fee credit and was wondering what order should I do it.
eBay's Explanation:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/bidd...st_credit.html

Can I file a non paying alert, file for a Final Value Fee credit, and relist all at once? Or do I really have to wait 10 days after the alart, and then file for a final value fee credit and then relist?

I mentioned on my auction 10 days to pay..took them 3 days just to contact me, then lied straight into me face saying they would pay...10 days later here I am..

I hate those people. i list up about 10-20auctions a week, and i usually average 1 non paying bidder a week which is a pain. you have to file a complaint inorder to get your money back which takes like 2 weeks. ebay needs to do something