Thread: What would YOU do???

Since ebay changed their policy a seller can only leave positive feedback. No negative feedback option. Believe it or not the fear of a negative kept both buyers and sellers somewhat "honest" when it was reciprocal.

Now they say they will put a "strike" against the non paying bidder but beyond that your only option would be small claims court AFAIK. I'm too nice a guy to go that far...... really am. A PITA but I would just chalk it up. As Dylan mentioned there is the second chance offer if you had more than one bidder.

I'd charge him/her/it the ebay/paypal fees and relist it, or I'd offer it to the next bidder at their max bid, which should only be a few dollars off the top price

Selling to someone who doesn't want to buy leaves a bad taste in my mouth

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

I'd charge him/her/it the ebay/paypal fees and relist it, or I'd offer it to the next bidder at their max bid, which should only be a few dollars off the top price

Selling to someone who doesn't want to buy leaves a bad taste in my mouth

This seems to be the most logical thing to do, if they are willing to pay the minimal fees to let themselves off the hook, I would offer it to the runner up or re list it. I would also let my friends know who the non payer is.

It is a pity that these things happen.

But honestly, I would just offer it to the second highest bidder, and if he/she doesn't want it, re-list it.
You have had 650 good ones, 1 bad isn't all that.

Thank you for not posting the person's user name in the thread. As you know it is not allowed to bash sellers or buyers here. There are times it is unfortunate that this is not allowed but there are many more times when it is the proper protocol. SRP, as a third party, would not know which side was more correct in the dispute. Besides that, 1) there are many unsatisfied people that don't know the issue is with them and not the product 2) some may use it as a weapon against people they dislike for other personal reasons. Anyway, the only way you can share your experience here is through PM's to your friends, as long as they don't complain to the Mods about the messages. Best of luck to ya.

I am going to close this thread,,,

There is no right or wrong answer, nothing is going to be resolved here on SRP...

I am not parking this thread so it serves as a lesson why we do not allow these types of threads on SRP...

We are NOT judge or jury, we do not have any special insight here, and these just break down into he said, she said, discussions....and tend to breed hard feelings...

We all sympathize with the OP but there is nothing that can be accomplished here...

That's right... I am responsible for the final value fee for an item that sold for over $400. Now I have to go thru that hassle trying to get it credited. Grrrrrrr.