You get your Final Value Fees refunded by eBay when a buyer does not pay and you follow the correct procedure.
Hello 'james',
Once you've filed your Unpaid Item cases and got all your fees back, you might like to add
those particular irritants to your blocked bidder list:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/manage_bidders_ov.html#block
No sense risking their return. Then, from the same page you can block all those equally irresponsible
louts with 2 or more Unpaid Item strikes, as they tend to be repeat offenders:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/manage_bidders_ov.html#set
You'll notice no end of ways to block people from buying your items. But as every successful seller
knows, if you block too much you won't sell a whole lot.
If you are one of those people for whom the mere thought of an unpaid item makes you apoplectic,
then perhaps you should set up your listings with a fair price using Immediate Payment Required:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/pay/require-immediate-payment.html#works
This is the one and only way to stop unpaid items. And best of all, you won't have to block anybody.
That is why so many sellers like this option. It maximizes your sales whilst completely eliminating
unpaid cases.
Happy selling 
@dmil8030 wrote:
Hello 'james',
Once you've filed your Unpaid Item cases and got all your fees back, you might like to add
those particular irritants to your blocked bidder list:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/manage_bidders_ov.html#block
No sense risking their return. Then, from the same page you can block all those equally irresponsible
louts with 2 or more Unpaid Item strikes, as they tend to be repeat offenders:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/manage_bidders_ov.html#set
You'll notice no end of ways to block people from buying your items. But as every successful seller
knows, if you block too much you won't sell a whole lot.
If you are one of those people for whom the mere thought of an unpaid item makes you apoplectic,
then perhaps you should set up your listings with a fair price using Immediate Payment Required:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/pay/require-immediate-payment.html#works
This is the one and only way to stop unpaid items. And best of all, you won't have to block anybody.
That is why so many sellers like this option. It maximizes your sales whilst completely eliminating
unpaid cases.
Happy selling
For some sellers who sell more than one item to a buyer, Immediate Payment would lose sales, not maximize them.
I have been running a few auctions and got lucky on some best offer listings. average wait for payment seems to be 2-3 days.
Lemme see. I sold something I did not think I would sell, that quickly, or for that much? I can wait. My "personal" lag time for getting immediate stuff done is, wait for it, 2-3 days. Buyers are doing the same thing. I am good with it.
Lemme see. I sold something I did not think I would sell, that quickly, or for that much? I can wait. My "personal" lag time for getting immediate stuff done is, wait for it, 2-3 days. Buyers are doing the same thing. I am good with it.
<<For some sellers who sell more than one item to a buyer, Immediate Payment would lose sales>>
<<...that "IPR" can really foul up a multiple-purchase transaction, since it's impossible for a buyer to combine several items ...
.... new cart system coming (sometime) to eBay.ca ...>>
I don't see how Immediate Payment Required would cause a loss in sales, not to those sellers who
want to be paid and never have to wait for payment, - or worse, get no payment.
It is best suited for those sellers whose heads explode every time they get an unpaid item.
Sure, some sellers leave all doors open and are very flexible about payment. But then, they're not
the ones showing up on the boards grousing about unpaid items.
For buyers who wish to purchase multiples, they have always been able to contact the seller and say
which items they wish to purchase (if a shipping discount is to be forthcoming.) The seller can take those
listings out of IPR, or refund any overcharge. Perhaps I just don't have a lot of sympathy for people who
are so perennially uncivil that they find themselves unable to send a kindly worded note if inquiry to a seller.
Even in the old days before the cart, multiples could be purchased one-by-one on ebay Canada. A nuisance,
but with those sellers who offer sinfully low-priced items, what's an extra minute or two out of one's life?
I've done it, so I suppose it just doesn't seem that big of a deal to me. For the impatient, there was always
the option of going to the UK or US and using the carts there.
And I don't know why people keep saying that the Shopping Cart is not yet here, not when I've had the Shopping Cart
on ebay Canada for months now, fully functional.
Hello again 'rose-dee', and thanks for that very nice response.
I'm at loose ends today, haha, and probably have too much spare time.
<<... the cart roll-out .... issue recently at the April 23rd Wednesday discussion...>>
Yes, I remember reading about that at the time, but couldn't figure out what all that ebayese mumbo-jumbo
was about since I'd had the shopping cart feature for so long. From the day it first appeared it has been a constant,
and I used it right away and it worked great. I just assumed everyone would have the same thing. Weird how some
do and some don't.
Weird, weird, weird.
<<Personally, I've found that "IPR" has caused issues with buyers wanting to make a combined purchase.>>
I can see that, and when I'm shopping it is certainly easier and indeed preferable (for me) when the seller does not
use it. But then, I always always pay right away. (Unless the auctions are going on all week, at which time I send a
note to the seller explaining that I would like to nibble away at her items for a few days).
<<...not everyone has the funds available to pay instantaneously for an item they want >>
Right. And you, like many sellers, are probably pretty easy-going about small delays, e-cheques, and giving
the buyer a bit of time to pay. Some even allow 2 weeks or more, if the buyer sends a note.
I never once suggested Immediate Payment Required is the best way to list, period. Nor did I imply that
by listing that way the seller will get more sales than without.
IPR is the best option for those sellers who truly are unable to adequately cope with the inconvenience of the
occasional unpaid item. You've seen them, -- filing an Unpaid case and giving the nonpayer a strike is simply not
good enough for them, no-o-o-o-o-o, they want to see all nonpaying bidders beaten to within an inch of their life
and then stuffed feet-first into a wood chipper.
<<I do believe this attracts more buyers, or perhaps more accurately that IPR might scare off some.>>
Right again. And if you are one of those able to just roll up your eyes and get on with it when/if you have a
nonpayer, then sure, IPR would not likely be positive for you.
However, for those people who are so twisted up about unpaid items that they seem to need medication,
they can lower their own blood pressure by setting up listings so that it will never happen to them again.
No one way is best for everyone, and ebay has a 'solution' for every conundrum. People will be happiest
if they find what suits themselves best. For sellers who don't deal well with slow payers and nonpayers,
IPR is probably the 'healthiest' option.
Or so it seems to me. 
Yes, I have to admit that I've suggested IPR to sellers on these boards who complained about waiting a few days for payment and seemed to be so stressed about it that they were unable to function except in expletives (although I don't recall having heard the wood chipper suggestion from any of them - very graphic image! 
).
You are right that for those nervous nellie sellers, the trade-off of possibly losing potential buyers may be worth it for the reassurance of having money instantly in their hands. I probably have a bit more tolerance than many sellers in that regard, so I have a different view of IPR.
I use IPR only where it makes sense not to have a valuable, attractive item sitting in limbo while I wait for payment, or worse -- having the item snatched out of one buyer's hands by another if eBay shows it listed as still available. I'm not certain whether that is still true on eBay, i.e. that an item remains available for purchase until payment is actually made, but I recall it being the reason IPR was promoted by eBay some months ago.
<<... having the item snatched out of one buyer's hands by another if eBay shows it listed as still available.
... an item remains available for purchase until payment is actually made...>>
If the buyer merely adds the item to her cart, then yes, it is still showing as available to other viewers.
Items can be moved in and out of the shopping cart.
If, however, your buyer absolutely wants the item, she needs to click Buy it Now, then Commit to Buy,
in order to take it out of circulation.
The item next appears in her Purchase History. She will then be responsible for payment, - there's no going back.
She does not need to pay right way, though, -- you two can work out whatever terms you wish.
But no one can grab it out from under her if she makes a committment.
I have had screaming profanity laden emails.
There are some folks, who post, that all they want to do is attack people. They go digging into their background and post anything negative they can find.
There are a lot of people who do not play well with others and then take it out on message boards.
There are some folks, who post, that all they want to do is attack people. They go digging into their background and post anything negative they can find.
There are a lot of people who do not play well with others and then take it out on message boards.
