Person Bidding with No Sales, No Purchases Bidding on my item.

[shelbeesmom]

I've run across this several times with people with (0) next to their name, running up bids and then refusing to pay. It always scares me when I see a high bidder with (0) next to his name. Is there a place to report these people when it happens? I am currently watching a listing I have out with this scenerio stacking up... Do we have any recourse when this happens? Can the person not  be allowed to do this?

[rixstuff]

My experience is different.  You come across 0 feedback bidders who dont pay while I have had many new folks sign up for Ebay SPECIFICALLY to buy what I was selling and they went on to become longtime repeat customers.  We all started with zero once upon a time.  You might contact them and offer to walk them through the payment process or ask them if they have signed up for Paypal.

[shelbeesmom]

I had three no payers in a row! So I quit bidding option for a while and only offered Buy It Now..... I was tired of them running the price up!

[keat-suss]

You can't really prevent a person with no feedback from bidding -- how are they supposed to get feedback if they can't buy?  You can protect yourself and other buyers from these folks though.

If the bidder doesn't pay within 48 hours, I open an Unpaid Item case.  About half the time, the person then pays.  If they don't pay in the next four days, I mark it as not resolved, and ebay gives me my fees back and gives the bidder a strike.  I then add the bidder to my blocked buyers list.

I also have my settings set to not allow anyone with more than one strike to bid or buy from me -- that way I rely on previous sellers to help me steer clear of troublemakers.

Susan