Preventing "0" Feedback people from bidding...

[criticalmass2]

I thought I remember that in the past, I had changed a setting that prevented people with lower than a certain feedback score from bidding on my items. I wonder if that's still in effect.

I just had an item sell for about twice the price that other people are selling it for. The item was bid up by two people from Canada (item is in US) who have a total combined Feedback score of "3". One of them has had an account since 2006 and never bought anything.

Of course, being that I want to get this out by Christmas (it's NIB, so very giftable), my options are limited. Of course, the item still hasn't been paid for by the winner. Technically, I have to wait for the winning bidder, but my gut tells me it's not a real bid. If I make a second chance offer to the last "legitimate" offer, and the winning bidder then pays later, I'm at fault.

Any suggestions? And how can I prevent this from happening again?

[multimedea_media]

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@hondamedic wrote:

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@e-doggy wrote:

I've gone two ways with this.  If the item bid on is not that much money (under $100) the Zero Feedback bidder must contact me within 12 hours of their bid.  If no contact, then their bid is cancelled and they are banned.  Sorry, tough world out there,  If the item is above $100 I ask that the Zero Feedback bidder place a refundable $25 deposit into my Paypal account for assurance.  If they win the auction it counts as part of their payment, if not..... I refund it.  If they mess up my auction and don't pay.... I keep the money to cover fees, and wasted time. It's really that simple in my book.  Either your genuine or your not, there is no gray area.

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http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=e-doggy&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

So you're tellin' me you insist on a 10% non-refundable deposit and they pay?

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Alrighty then!   I'd back-arrow out of any listing that had such ridiculous terms in it so fast... There's way too many seller fish in the Ebay sea to put up with that.

[billy_biggle_fan]

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@e-doggy wrote:

I've gone two ways with this.  If the item bid on is not that much money (under $100) the Zero Feedback bidder must contact me within 12 hours of their bid.  If no contact, then their bid is cancelled and they are banned.  Sorry, tough world out there,  If the item is above $100 I ask that the Zero Feedback bidder place a refundable $25 deposit into my Paypal account for assurance.  If they win the auction it counts as part of their payment, if not..... I refund it.  If they mess up my auction and don't pay.... I keep the money to cover fees, and wasted time. It's really that simple in my book.  Either your genuine or your not, there is no gray area.

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OR, list everything as fixed price with IPR and never deal with non-paying buyers again.  It's much simpler.

[jman128]

Quit making excuses for scam artists. Its people like you that let EBAY get away with murder in not protecting sellers.

[komokwa]

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@jman128 wrote:
Quit making excuses for scam artists. Its people like you that let EBAY get away with murder in not protecting sellers.

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No, eBay does that all on their own.

Yes, there are scam artists , & what little sellers can do about them are in threads that litter this board.

Some choose to adopt the BIN w/ immediate payment, others the Non Paying Bidder functions , reporting and BBL-ing the offensive bidder.

Others , like you, contend that being a rude little twit will solve all your problems.

[komokwa]

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@komokwa wrote:

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@jman128 wrote:
Quit making excuses for scam artists. Its people like you that let EBAY get away with murder in not protecting sellers.

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No, eBay does that all on their own.

Yes, there are scam artists , & what little sellers can do about them are in threads that litter this board.

Some choose to adopt the BIN w/ immediate payment, others the Non Paying Bidder functions , reporting and BBL-ing the offensive bidder.

Others , like you, contend that being a rude little twit will solve all your problems.

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Twit---  a small pregnant bird !

[flywelstore]

Twit---  a small pregnant bird !

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And ....

[hidy-hoo]

The PT board is so informative ~ I learn something new everyday!

Twit ~ a pregnnat bird!

[hidy-hoo]

I also learned that a twit is a pregnant goldfish ~ very informative !

[hidy-hoo]

Since we are talking about "twits" ~ I wonder if we are "twitting"?  If so, I

think that I will just twit myself to a ~

[flywelstore]

I'm a quicker keyboarder than Hidy 🙂

[hidy-hoo]

Spoiler

SNIPE ~ OK, call me a twit ~ it was worth it!   

Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent 0 feedback people from bidding!

[hidy-hoo]

I now will retire to the slow typist corner and wear the twit hat for the rest of the day ~ congrats fly, well done!

Spoiler

I wonder if the sniper king will be amused with our antics?

[hondamedic]

According to my browser I got the SWOOOOOSSSH!

[hidy-hoo]

Well, honda ~ either your browser or my browser is a "twit" because my browser shows your post as number "89"!

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Re: Preventing "0" Feedback people from bidding...

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‎03-23-2014 05:05 PM

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@e-doggy wrote:

I've gone two ways with this.  If the item bid on is not that much money (under $100) the Zero Feedback bidder must contact me within 12 hours of their bid.  If no contact, then their bid is cancelled and they are banned.  Sorry, tough world out there,  If the item is above $100 I ask that the Zero Feedback bidder place a refundable $25 deposit into my Paypal account for assurance.  If they win the auction it counts as part of their payment, if not..... I refund it.  If they mess up my auction and don't pay.... I keep the money to cover fees, and wasted time. It's really that simple in my book.  Either your genuine or your not, there is no gray area.

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http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=e-doggy&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

So you're tellin' me you insist on a 10% non-refundable deposit and they pay?

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 This is a real "twit" moment ~ wonder why the post numbers are different ~ maybe it has something to do with the way our preferences are set up ~ makes me go, hmmmmmmmm!

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@e-doggy wrote:

I've gone two ways with this.  If the item bid on is not that much money (under $100) the Zero Feedback bidder must contact me within 12 hours of their bid.  If no contact, then their bid is cancelled and they are banned.  Sorry, tough world out there,  If the item is above $100 I ask that the Zero Feedback bidder place a refundable $25 deposit into my Paypal account for assurance.  If they win the auction it counts as part of their payment, if not..... I refund it.  If they mess up my auction and don't pay.... I keep the money to cover fees, and wasted time. It's really that simple in my book.  Either your genuine or your not, there is no gray area.

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http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=e-doggy&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

So you're tellin' me you insist on a 10% non-refundable deposit and they pay?

[komokwa]

you're browser BLOWS !

Fly got the snipe !

I run Chrome Super Sniper Mode 17.5 Terabytes...!

You run a Rolodex !!

Heeheehehe!!!!!!!