mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
@partial*eclipse wrote:
@vwbus78 wrote:
... I counted no less than 36 Positive Feedbacks that were actually a Negative/Warning due to failure to pay for an item.... we as sellers cannot do anything to warn other sellers of deadbeats that do not pay. eBay is becoming a bigger and bigger joke by the day.If those 36 sellers were able to give him feedback, then that's proof that they did NOT give him nonpayment strikes. When an unpaid item claim is closed, both parties are blocked from leaving feedback and (theoretically at least) any feedback already left would be removed. So those sellers are part of the problem.
As noted in another post, you can block bidders with as little as 2 unpaid item claims in the past year.
While what you say is true and very likely that all those sellers did not file a UID when they should have. But if the seller leaves FB just before they close the UID for non payment, the FB will stick.
@lookng2015 wrote:
Urban legend says it used to be 3 but that's obviously no longer the case (if it ever was). eBay's stance is that ANY buyer is a good buyer, even the 'bad ones'.
On some other sites (like GW auctions), once you have a small amount of unpaid or "overdue" payments they stop you bidding altogether until they're paid for.
It isn't "urban legend". That use to be the rule. Now the rule is a mystery!!!
@the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth wrote:But if the sellers filed uids and the op had their blocks set it would not be a problem.
btw we have seen sellers with suspensions for leaving negative positives. Also if they are willing to break ebay rules to retaliate they are possibly willing to rip me off. Rule breakers are unethical so many good buyers will not buy from them.
While the problem would persist, you are absolutely correct. If sellers would follow two simple rules.
1. Set your Buyer Requirements to block buyers with a minimum of 2 unpaid strikes in the past 12 months.
2. File UIDs when appropriate and follow through with closing them if payment does not arrive.
If ALL sellers would do that, we could cut down on non paying buyers SIGNIFICANTLY !!!
@lookng2015 wrote:
@mam98031 wrote:
@lookng2015 wrote:
Urban legend says it used to be 3 but that's obviously no longer the case (if it ever was). eBay's stance is that ANY buyer is a good buyer, even the 'bad ones'.
On some other sites (like GW auctions), once you have a small amount of unpaid or "overdue" payments they stop you bidding altogether until they're paid for.It isn't "urban legend". That use to be the rule. Now the rule is a mystery!!!
It very well MAY have been the "rule". But can nanyone prove it was enforced? Because I very much doubt it was.
Well yes, back in the day I could. I know they did from experience. So since I lived through it, I know it to be a fact. Because you have no personal experience with it does not make it untrue, it simply means you have no experience with it, nothing more.
And why, after all these years, would anyone hang on to "proof" that would make you feel better about the subject or to prove to you that it happened?!?!?! Either you believe those that experienced it or your don't. Simply your choice. It really doesn't matter anyway. This was a long time ago and has no bearing now at all.
