Non-Paying Bidder - How many strikes before they are booted out??

[luv4orphans]

I just had a buyer that didn't pay so I filed an NPB with ebay. After 4 days closed the case and should be getting a fee credit which I haven't seen posted on my account yet. But that's not the problem here.

This buyer has multiple sellers that have left false positive and I did the same .  So we know this is a buyer that doesn't pay most all of the time. Yet they are still on ebay bidding and not paying. Out of 50 feedbacks left 30 or so are NPBs. I am certain most seller will file a NPB to get their fees credited. Who wants to pay fees on something they didn't sell.

I also have my blocks on that if somebody has 2 strikes against them they cannot bid. This was listed on ebay.com so maybe not the same when I list there?

Can anybody explain this one. I have had a few sellers contacting me to report this ebayer to ebay but we should not have to call ebay and tell them how to do their job. I thought this was done automatically if constant NPB.

[Anonymous]

Me too but it is not happening.  I have seen some buyers that have over 50 not paid and still bidding on eBay.  eBay just don't care about the sellers even the sellers are the ones that generate eBay billions of $$$$$$!

[femmefan1946]

I read somewhere when a buyer gets 3 negs within a certain amount of time they were out.

Not in the time I've been hanging around, which is since 1998.

Negs are not used by eBay to measure seller performance (and buyers can't get negs).

Only about 40% of transactions get any FB, and I suspect most is left by sellers,who have more skin in the game, with FB being occasionally used by customers to make buying decisions.

They are paying fees on an item they never received money for.

[pjcdn2005]

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@luv4orphans wrote:

You mean to tell me that sellers are not filing NPB claims. They are paying fees on an item they never received money for. And when they do sell it again they have to pay again. I know some might not understand everything on how it functions but not the majority like that you would think. I knew that I read somewhere when a buyer gets 3 negs within a certain amount of time they were out. Somebody in this thread said they never heard of this but I am sure I read it somewhere and didn't dream it up. They did away with that you are saying. Maybe the blocks also?

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If they cancel they do get their fees back.

It's also possible that like you, they left feedback before the case closed.

[nicetocollect]

You're right! I had a bad experience last month with a new bidder, bid on my item and never paid. I was lucky, eBay made me a refund for the huge selling fees that applied but since this bidder has done the same with 2 other sellers. These 2 could not  give him negative feedbacks, they used positive feedbacks to enter negative comments! I would have like to give the buyer a  negative feedback but could not as I got a refund from eBay.

[kh-leslie]

Hello Everyone,

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Thanks for understanding!