Enough eBay! Rant to follow!
I have now sold the same item 5 times to deadbeat buyers. The last one required them to accept an offer so payment should have been the next logical step. All the time wasted. I won't relist it again. I actually have lots to sell but I'm not listing anymore. Relisting one item is enough, I don't need to relist 20. I'm so sick of this.
I don't get the thrill associated with this? Then again I'm not fascinated by shiny objects, or picking dried glue off hands... what was missed while eating it, nor do I eat my boogers.
Small things amuse small minds... is all this equates to.
eBay seems to think everything is ok as they've done nothing to improve the situation which has gotten progressively worse since they removed the seller option to rate the buyer!
Obviously the unpaid item strike is a joke and it does not work. Two strikes in a year, then after the year, you're good to cause grief again? Its like the eBay equivalent to Canada's Young Offenders Act. That does nothing either! The concept is the same, no consequence for actions.
Time for change eBay! This is YOUR responsibility! Stop sending me useless fluff surveys. Ask me the real questions as a frustrated, done with all this fecal matter, seller.
How about:
On sign up, enter a valid Credit Card and bank Account. If you fail to pay after 4 days the charge will go through regardless. Its still a LEGAL agreement and payment is fulfillment of this agreement.
Just for good measure, failure to pay within 4 days also results in an additional 10% penalty to be awarded to the seller for tolerating the deadbeat. Actually, make it 100%!
Accepting an offer or winning the auction by last second bidding requires immediate payment. Both require the buyer being at their computer to accomplish either one, so payment should immediately follow. Failure to pay results in account suspension and the item being automatically relisted.
Trial periods for new members. Either immediate payment, regardless of auction of fixed price, OR, after 1 unpaid item strike the account is suspended. They have 4 days to rectify the situation, if no action is taken (oh, I don’t know... like following through on the payment?!) the account is deleted.
Does this sound hard for eBay to do? Maybe loosing sellers is easier? Enough BS, its time to apply consequence to actions. Those of us who are good standing members have nothing to worry about. Time to weed out the deadbeats.
Until then, I for one have had enough and have started looking for a good alternative to selling (and buying) on eBay. I have not made a purchase on eBay for months and they're not getting anything from me for cancelled transactions from deadbeat buyers. Why am I as a seller paying for this?
If eBay feels the effect on the bottom line maybe they'll finally do something!
