pacray
Well-known member
Anyone else noticing an increase in ebay deadbeats?
[RANT ON]
Ever since ebay changed the rules so that you can't give negative feedback to bidders, I have experienced an annoying increase in deadbeats. There is no consequences if someone bids on an item and decides not to pay, but the seller can often experience a financial loss of $50 or more for fees such as a gallery listing and assorted other non-refundable fees.
I had an auction running for a game with many bidders, lots of watchers, and 4 or 5 folks who had emailed me for shipping quotes. Then a couple days before the auction was to close, a lady from Michelle Garland from Dearborn Heights, MI, (100% feedback rating of 129) hit the Buy It Now. After several days of hearing nothing with repeated attempts to contact her, I finally get an email saying: "CAN U CHECK, MY HIGH BID WAS S999.99". I responded asking if she hit the BIN by mistake, but she hasn't replied.
It just doesn't seem right that someone can cause financial loss with no personal risk to themsleves. I would love to get in on a class action loss suit against ebay for something like this. I am sure there are millions of people out there who would be happy to join in.
[RANT ON]
Ever since ebay changed the rules so that you can't give negative feedback to bidders, I have experienced an annoying increase in deadbeats. There is no consequences if someone bids on an item and decides not to pay, but the seller can often experience a financial loss of $50 or more for fees such as a gallery listing and assorted other non-refundable fees.
I had an auction running for a game with many bidders, lots of watchers, and 4 or 5 folks who had emailed me for shipping quotes. Then a couple days before the auction was to close, a lady from Michelle Garland from Dearborn Heights, MI, (100% feedback rating of 129) hit the Buy It Now. After several days of hearing nothing with repeated attempts to contact her, I finally get an email saying: "CAN U CHECK, MY HIGH BID WAS S999.99". I responded asking if she hit the BIN by mistake, but she hasn't replied.
It just doesn't seem right that someone can cause financial loss with no personal risk to themsleves. I would love to get in on a class action loss suit against ebay for something like this. I am sure there are millions of people out there who would be happy to join in.

