Ebay vs Non-paying bidders vs Sellers

[etxcltr]

Ok EBAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How is it a bidder can bid and not pay, over and over and over. 

So I the seller of MY STUFF, cannot ad this to my listings....

Please DO NOT BID on MY STUFF if you cant pay for items.

How is that wrong. MY STUFF NOT EBAYS!

Funny how i have All items are AS- IS NO RETURNS in all 280+ auctions i have. But i cant put Please DO NOT BID on MY STUFF if you cant pay for items?

Seems this my help some with all the 0-5 feedback BUMS who bid on cheap stuff and NEVER EVER pay.

[etxcltr]

Sorry guys-gals i keep forgetting ebay customer service is pretty much

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

Why would you add negative terms to your listing? The people who don't pay already know they're supposed to pay. Negative terms only turn away good buyers, they're the ones who read the details. So they back out thinking you're difficult and you get a bigger proportion of people who don't care what you think and don't read.

[megadestroyers]

And why can't you put that in your listings?

[dhbookds]

What POSSIBLE good would it do to put that in your listings?  In actuality, I'll bet it would attract more NP bidders who would want to "play" with you...........

[lintbrush*]

You cannot put negative stuff in your description - like don't buy.   It's policy.  Besides, it's a turn off and might off the wrong people - who pay.  Do you think a non-payer is going to pay attention to your rule anyway?

You can set your blocks to prevent buyers with XX amount of unpaids within XX timeframe.  The strictest is 2 in 12 moths.  You do this in your Account > Site Preferences > Buyer Requirements.

Also, you can list your item Fixed Price with Immediate Payment Required. 

[starroute-us]

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@dhbookds wrote:

What POSSIBLE good would it do to put that in your listings?  In actuality, I'll bet it would attract more NP bidders who would want to "play" with you...........

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Yes, like chumming the waters with bait.:(

OP you can list fixed price with immediate payment required and it will put a stop to the games and then no need for you to bait "sport bidders" with *terms*

[Anonymous]

Sellers must file unpaid item reports in order for the blocking the buyers with unpaid item strikes to be effective.

what ebay could do is start suspending buyers who have too many unpaid item strikes.

[myescape]

AS is-no returns will not be honored should buyer claim not as described as that makes it an buyer protection covered issue and when buyer wins you will take return and pay refund of all monies buyer paid and be charged for return shipping

Just as a do not bid statement if....will not protect you from non payers

Its your items but ebays playground,by playing here you agree to abide by their policies

[myescape]

customer service has nothing to do with it at all.Its policy which you agree to every time you list

[dhbookds]

what ebay could do is start suspending buyers who have too many unpaid item strikes.

Actually, there is some evidence they do.......there have been a couple of buyers who've complained about buying restrictions.....of course, most that get them aren't going to come to these boards to complain about it..........

[megadestroyers]

"You cannot put negative stuff in your description - like don't buy."

So phrases like "Serious bidders only" or "Please don't bid if you don't intend to pay" or "Seller files UPI if payment not received in 48 hrs" or "Bidders with less than 10 feedbacks must email first before bidding" are all no-nos?

Calling UNCLE on this one.  

[scstool]

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@megadestroyers wrote:

"You cannot put negative stuff in your description - like don't buy."

So phrases like "Serious bidders only" or "Please don't bid if you don't intend to pay" or "Seller files UPI if payment not received in 48 hrs" or "Bidders with less than 10 feedbacks must email first before bidding" are all no-nos?

Calling UNCLE on this one.  

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All of your above examples would tend to drive away good buyers and have little effect on the buyers you really don't want.

 "Bidders with less than 10 feedbacks must email first before bidding" . You may get away with putting this in your listing, but if a buyer with say 5 feedbacks buys your item you are obligated to sell or face getting a defect for a cancellation.

[kaykeecorp]

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@myescape wrote:

customer service has nothing to do with it at all.Its policy which you agree to every time you list

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Right?

do people even read the policies here?

[lintbrush*]

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@megadestroyers wrote:

"You cannot put negative stuff in your description - like don't buy."

So phrases like "Serious bidders only" or "Please don't bid if you don't intend to pay" or "Seller files UPI if payment not received in 48 hrs" or "Bidders with less than 10 feedbacks must email first before bidding" are all no-nos?

Calling UNCLE on this one.  

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You can put the timeframe for when you open an unpaid.  That's not discouraging them from buying, but rather than informing of payment timeframe before action is taken

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/title_desc_ov.html

    Don't include negative comments. 

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/item-description.html

Not allowed:

-Including comments that discourage buyers from buying on eBay, or that could make them lose trust in eBay sellers and eBay.com

-Listing an item and stating that you reserve the right to cancel a buyer's bid at any time