bidders with zero feedback

[peteb123]

I currently have a bidder with zero feedback who has been a member for 4 and a half years.  It just doesn't feel right.  Last year,  I had a bidder with zero feedback who had been a member for 3 years.  After invoices and 3 weeks trying to get him to pay, I cancelled the auction.  How can people be members for years and not buy or sell anything?

[myfrugalboutique]

@peteb123   If you don't buy anything for a period of time, I believe your feedback goes back to zero. Just an FYI, you should have not kept sending invoices, but justed waited the 4 days and ebay would have closed this and given the buyer an unpaid item strike. Never cancel it yourself. 

[iamalwaysright]

I agree. eBay should be like this to buyers who just signed up for an account.

[inhawaii]

I think ebay should ban all buyers with 0 feedback.

[12345jamesstamps]

You are able to block a bidder once a bidder has made a bid from making further bids. Need to check your auctions daily as to who is bidding. Also check a bidder's retractions.

[bashort]

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@inhawaii wrote:

I think ebay should ban all buyers with 0 feedback.

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I do not believe that they should ban them, just do not let them buy or sell anything until they have at least 10 fb

[tobaccocardyahoo]

I have never in over 20 years on Ebay been involved in a transaction that had any clue that it was going to go bad, and have bought and sold thousands of items.

I rarely buy here any more, having stopped before Ebay created it MBG. Now I buy items which are either cheap Chinese tech that if they fail I will throw away, and auctions which I can win on one bid and save substantially over BIN and from sellers I know and have dealt with in the past.

[dashofhappy]

Let’s take a second to think about this. We ALL started at zero feedback. We have to buy and/or sell to get feedback. How is someone supposed to get 10 feedback if they can’t buy or sell? 

As a seller myself, it doesn’t feel fair when a buyer doesn’t pay when we expect them to. I don’t buy something without paying right then. But that’s me. I give people the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they got busy at work, maybe their direct deposit didn’t hit their bank that day like they thought it would, maybe they had a family crisis come up, maybe they were just human and forgot to pay.

If the buyer doesn’t pay, wait the 4 days, cancel the order for buyer didn’t pay and block the buyer. eBay does not cancel orders for sellers. The buyer will get an unpaid item strike. If they keep doing that, eBay will make sure they’re gone. 

Finally, I move on with life and enjoy all the amazing buyers that are on eBay. 

[buyselljack2016]

If the buyer doesn’t pay, wait the 4 days, cancel the order for buyer didn’t pay and block the buyer. eBay does not cancel orders for sellers. The buyer will get an unpaid item strike. If they keep doing that, eBay will make sure they’re gone. 

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If only that were true, but alas it is not....................

We as sellers can set our buyer requirements, but that is as close as it gets..................

[peteb123]

Many great replies, thanks.

I have been a member for 22 years and I sell average about 3 items a month.  I occasionally run into people who don't pay.  My sales are all small items with prices typically around $10.  I can wait a couple weeks and it is no problem.  Eventually I will report them as non paying.   One reply got to what I thought I was asking.  That ebay will reset a buyers feedback to zero if they haven't bought anything in a while?  Does anyone know about this?

[buyselljack2016]

One reply got to what I thought I was asking.  That ebay will reset a buyers feedback to zero if they haven't bought anything in a while?  Does anyone know about this?

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that is flap doodle. It will show as zero  for the past 12 months, but the feedback (XX) remains.

you can click on my (99) to see that.

I am zeros for the past year as I have not purchased for a while, but the (99) remains, and if not set to "private" it would all be displayed.

[fern*wood]

The percentage reverts back to zero if no feedback in the prior 12 months, but the lifetime total number doesn't. 

If you wish to avoid the problem, just list your items as fixed price/buy it now with immediate payment required.   I don't even bother with the immediate payment thing, but have not had a non-paying buyer in years.

[peteb123]

I looked at the current buyers history, he has been member since 2019, he has a total feedback of zero.

I still don't understand it.  4 and a half years, no purchases, no sales.

[buyselljack2016]

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@peteb123 wrote:

I looked at the current buyers history, he has been member since 2019, he has a total feedback of zero.

I still don't understand it.  4 and a half years, no purchases, no sales.

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Some open accounts, and just window shop for years, and years.

[peteb123]

I guess that is it.  It is easy enough to open a membership. thanks