Umm no, he got the stamps for free, by bouncing the echeque, I just didn't also lose the ebay fees.....the "automagic process" is the probably default process that opens an unpaid dispute after 30 days (I turned it on and left it at the default level which I think is after 30 days)
PAYPAL wouldn't cover the loss because I'm not supposed to ship till the echeque clears.
He bought first items ($600) and paid instantly, then a couple days later told me he had problems paying for the 2nd batch of items ($700) - I called PAYPAL and they told me it was a system glitch (PAYPAL usual answer 101) and they explained what he had to do. He used an echeque this time, which I treated as ok since he'd had problems during his earlier attempt to pay and the first payment went through ok (as far as I knew at that point) and he was smart, he kept saying don't worry about it we can just cancel the transaction. A day or two after the echeque batch of lots was mailed, I got notice that the first instant payment was reversed by the bank, which was a serious annoyance because now I realized I was going to lose both batches of lots (this is when I learned that the PO cannot stop a item from being delivered the 2nd one had not been delivered yet). PAYPAL covered the first loss because it was eligible, but they would not cover the 2nd which was frustrating to me because I talked to them about the situation. As you can tell this one still irritates me.
That buyer has tried to buy burn me under 4 different IDs, names and addresses now. It was the 2nd time that he succeeded, the 3rd and 4th times I was on to him and the first time he said things in his pre buying questions that caused me to block him before he bought. (The buyer is in Ontario). He has a flaw (consitency) in his ebay id or name or address that allows one to link them all together.
I also have a Chinese "group" buying once a year, it appears they have a very interesting and effective way acquiring 1000s of items from a whole host of sellers for free. I was able to link them via their postal code. I advised ebay of what they are doing but to be honest with the chinese group and even the buyer above, I do not know how ebay/PAYPAL would ever be able to identify/link them given they keep showing up with different IDs and names and addresses each time.....
While eBay and other online selling venues have been an excellent way to expand my selling base, I do have to say that I have been in business for 35 years now, and I've lost more items/$$$ in the last 2 years to "crime" than the 33 years before that. Very frustrating, and simply another thing one has to build into the "cost model". (and to be fair/clear, this is not only through eBay, I've lost material through "crime" through other sites as well).
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