I'm tired of people who buy and don't pay

[cristian3_6]

Hello

I'm tired of people who buy and don't pay

This month many people bought from me and did not pay me. I don't know if they agreed or if they are competitors.
Now what I do is look at the feedback of each person who bids in my auctions
A person has bid and I saw that he has little feedback and a comment that the buyer was furious because he didn't pay
So I'm thinking of blocking him
What do you recommend?
Do I block him or leave him and if I block him, what reason would I have to say?
I look forward to your good advice
Thank you

[loose_goose_garage]

Set your auctions to require immediate payment in the future. 

I'm not sure how it works if you block someone after they have placed a bid, I'm sure someone else has more insight on that part.

[cristian3_6]

Hi, thanks for answering
Auctions don't have that option
It's only buy now

[meme6253]

I do not do auctions, I tried in the past & didn't have much success so i went to buy it now, works much better for me, That being said, I have seen this same complaint over & over again, Maybe people are just using it as a game & not taking it seriously & with ebay not really able to do anything about it, All you can do is block those bidders who don't pay., Good Luck.

[cristian3_6]

I use both buy now and auctions
I have no problems with buy now
only with auctions
but I make a little more money with auctions than with buy now, that's why I continue with auctions
apart from that, I start some auctions at one dollar and they fill up with bidders

[frodobagginskennedy]

you can do IPR with auctions as well now.

[loose_goose_garage]

Auctions do have that option. I have bid in auctions this past week where I needed to verify my payment info prior to placing a bid. When I won the items, I could either pay immediately by Checking Out right then, or it said the system will automatically withdraw the funds in 1 hour from end of auction.

Edit: I see now that it only applies to Auctions that ALSO have a Buy it Now option

[cristian3_6]

I don't understand why eBay didn't fix that in the auctions
as well as the buy now that is paid immediately

[reallynicestamps]

Set your Seller Preferences/Buyer Requirements to automatically Block bidders with Strikes for non payment.

Always open a Dispute when you have a deadbeat. This can also be set to happen automatically after 96 hours and closed immediately giving the deadbeat a Strike.

There are more Unpaid Items on Auctions than on Fixed Price listings because buyers don't want to wait to learn they lost.

Over 85% of transactions are Fixed Price. And Auctions can have a Best Offer or Buy It Now option.

Auctions are only suitable for specialty, collectible and rare items.  All of your Sold items were Fixed Price not Auction.

[cristian3_6]

If I sell watches collectibles junk drawers lot that is why for me the best is the auction

[jonathanbrightlight]

They did fix it.  You just have to enable the option.

Go to your Account Settings -> Selling Preferences. Click Edit next to "Managing who can buy from you".  Then make sure the two checkboxes near the bottom are checked. Direct link: https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/buyerrequirements

[cristian3_6]

Hi, thanks for the reply
Yes, I have them marked for a while
but some still don't pay

[kensgiftshop · Accepted solution]

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@cristian3_6 wrote:

I use both buy now and auctions
I have no problems with buy now
only with auctions
but I make a little more money with auctions than with buy now, that's why I continue with auctions
apart from that, I start some auctions at one dollar and they fill up with bidders

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You don't make anything if they don't pay.

Now, you can require buyer to provide a funding source before they can place a bid or offer.