I just had my listing swamped with zero and low feedbacks bidding and now not paying

[julie_smashing_baby]

EBAY should do something about zero feedback fake accounts bidding and then not paying. 
What's the point of having auction listings if sellers lack enough options to choose who can participate in their bidding?  

I'm awaiting for the 4 days to pass, so I can cancel the whole thing. I already know that the one that bid before the last is most likely a feka buyer, too. I will go through the list of all the bidders that looked fake AF and blpack them, then relist them. Block every susposcious bidder account when I list next. This is such a waste of time. 

[kensgiftshop]

A new seller, selling an iPhone will only attract scammers, especially with an auction.

[ed8108]

Ebay appears to be attracting more of the Wrong people.

Not good 

Add buyer to your block list

[hartungcards]

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relatives or your bidders.

[soh.maryl]

1. Have you considered listing with fixed price, immediate payment required?

2. Not all 0 FB and low FB bidders are going to be nonpayers.  Just like you don't know who's going to turn out to be a nonpayer, eBay doesn't know either.

3. If ALL sellers would conscientiously cancel after 4 days, citing "buyer did not pay as the reason", and if ALL sellers would have their buyer requirements set so that they did not have to entertain bids from buyers who have two nonpaying cases in twelve months, wouldn't that go a long way? And, if you have any viable suggestions for a better way for eBay to  handle this, they's probably be glad to hear them.  

[johnrj1226]

Don't  do auctions

2.  Just do fixed price listings withe immediate payment required IPR).  Auction are pass' - Most buyers "wan't there purchases" pronto.

3. When I sold on eBay I  did the auction listing.  Had non payer s- most with 3 to 4 digit FB as a buyer.  Went to fixed IPR solved my problem. 

4.  High  priced cell phones  seems to have  issues no mater what you do. - scammers are everywhere and  creative and cleaver - the jails are full of them.

5.  eBay  can't make a buyer pay  or predict they non payers.  eBay can't make sellers ship even if the buyer paid.  Not every one is destined to be a saint.  Somebody took the apple from the apple tree  in the Garden of Eden when they weren't suppose to  - shame on them,

GL

[vintagecraze50]

You are selling a HIGH SCAM ITEM. It attracts scam NON PAYING bidders and crooks who will sometimes ask you to communicate and pay off ebay through your regular email and NOT eBay’s messaging system. Never ever respond to anybody asking to pay off ebay as well when you are relisting this phone. Phones are probably NIUMERO UNO scam magnet attractors for these deadbeat bidders and buyers on here. Be careful my friend.

[vintagecraze50]

There are these HEAVY scam attracting items that I personally would never sell on here.

[vintagecraze50]

Sell it locally or buy it now local pick up and have them pay cash.

[vintagecraze50]

If you sell it buy it now on here and indicate local pick up only I think you cannot force the pay cash option since they have to use a credit card on here to pay. They can pick it up from you but these persistent and smart butt scammers can then file a chargeback on their credit card as well and when they do that there is nothing ebay can do to stop that chargeback. SO SELL IT LOCAL CASH.

[ckimodog]

@julie_smashing_baby 

Sorry for your situation.  As others have posted, you are taking a great risk by selling those items here on this platform, especially since you don't accept returns.  No returns does not mean no refunds.  You risk losing the money and the item as well.  Tagging on with others, sell them locally for cash or change your listings to a fixed buy it now price, immediate payment required and NO best offers.  You should change your return policy in the event you receive one.  If the buyer doesn't return the item, they won't be refunded. Scammers & non payers will avoid listings like this as they must pay instantly. 

Happy Selling

[cambriachick]

You have received some very good advice.  You should list fixed price, and you have got take take returns.  When you do not accept returns, if someone buys your item and they file a dispute, eBay lets them keep it.  And refunds them out of your money.  If you accept returns, they have to send it back before eBay refunds them (out of your money).

[cambriachick]

And that Bruberry coat is really nice!!

[isaiah53-57]

@julie_smashing_baby

I see the solutions given you by these long-time, full-time posters who say they are here to help, is to NOT DO AUCTIONS on an auction site... Thats just grand...

Auctions work and work well for many items sold here - In fact there are many I would choose to sell in no other way than by auction - The problem remains though and my guess is it will never get any better, because the repercussions for non-payment are being reduced to the point where it can seemingly be done with impunity...

Why is that you ask? Why do we see hordes of 0 feedback bidders taking the time to create accounts to seemingly and senselessly just bid on and make offers on things they have absolutely no intention on buying? Well, in my opinion, there is only one entity this could benefit - the site itself - A company that has seen a trending loss of users for years and is in desperate straits to slow or reverse that trend...

So how can it benefit the site? Well, glad you asked - I see the site's trending loss of "active" and/or "unique" users as a huge problem for them come quarterly report time - If I am correct in assuming that these "users" or "accounts" who bid and dont pay, do in fact count toward the total metrics of current "active" and/or "unique" users , then my supposition is these users/accounts help the site show they are slowing or even reversing the loss of users with data that, at least inadvertently, does not actually support that...

I havent sold here in quite a while, so I dont have any current auction experience to work with, but if what I read on these boards is even remotely a good gage for the issue, then it would appear the non-paying bidder/make an offer problem is out of control - It makes no sense to me - I cant wrap my head around the mass hysteria that this would need to entail - This is not reasonable - And being a reasonable person, I look for reasonable answers... So again, if this data does in fact count toward the sites current "active" and/or "unique" user data, I can't see any entity other than the site itself that stands to benefit - which in itself allows me to theorize at least a conceivable and rational reason to allow for the problem...

[sextons-sweet-deals]

Just a question.

Will your GUCCI shoes go through eBay authentication process? 

If not, I hope you checked out your buyer's profile and shipped with signature required. 

best wishes!