Do people get their thrills out of doing stuff like this

I listed a few of my old DE razors for sale on ebay in the last few weeks. I had a bloke buy a couple and then asked me to hold them as he wanted to bid on some more that I had just listed. Sounded reasonable to me. In the end the buyer won 5 of my auctions. He's now MIA. I've sent him a few invoices and notes but he hasn't responded. It's now been a week since the last auction finished and I've heard nothing.
Why do people do crap like this? Do they get a thrill out of ruining someones ebay sales. It just makes no sense to me. I just hope that ebay lists him with 5 lots of negative feedback.

Maybe he died?!

He could be in the Gray Bar Motel, the internet there really sucks. :D

That sucks - sorry to hear that.
I'm sure the same dude sniped me on the last 17 auctions I've bid on.

Wow, hope he is just a deadbeat and not just... dead. Though not paying up, might make you want to kill him lol :).

That bites!

That does suck so much.
cause listing alot of the same items the same week brings in more bidders.

I would report him to ebay and paypal w/ 5 seperate no pay no responses, should be enough to get his account shut down I would think.

What is his feedback record like ? The last couple of years sellers cannot leave negative for deadbeat buyers but the overall track record of positive completed transactions should indicate whether he is bogus or for real. Hope he finally comes through for you.

A lot of Werry Swenge people out there.

Some people get their Jollies in funny ways. I used to sell watches a good bit and I'd put a Buy it now price on and some dude (almost always from one of a few select countries in S.E Asia like Indonesia for example) would Buy it now closing the auction and then they would simply disappear.

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

A lot of Werry Swenge people out there.

Some people get their Jollies in funny ways. I used to sell watches a good bit and I'd put a Buy it now price on and some dude (almost always from one of a few select countries in S.E Asia like Indonesia for example) would Buy it now closing the auction and then they would simply disappear.

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I got thrils from just simply gathering up more stones and hones lol.
But part of that is paying for them right away so they would get shipped right away.

That just sucks. Maybe this will help, its what ebay says to do to resolve unpaid issues.
What to do when a buyer doesn't pay (unpaid item process)

John I am sorry to read this. I hope it all works out for you.

Sorry to hear this, John. I've seen your auctions, as many here have also, I'm sure. You always have top quality goods.

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Originally Posted by johnmrson

I listed a few of my old DE razors for sale on ebay in the last few weeks. I had a bloke buy a couple and then asked me to hold them as he wanted to bid on some more that I had just listed. Sounded reasonable to me. In the end the buyer won 5 of my auctions. He's now MIA. I've sent him a few invoices and notes but he hasn't responded. It's now been a week since the last auction finished and I've heard nothing.
Why do people do crap like this? Do they get a thrill out of ruining someones ebay sales. It just makes no sense to me. I just hope that ebay lists him with 5 lots of negative feedback.

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Send me some pics. I collect.

I had this happen to me this summer with an item I was selling.
I made it clear that payment was due within 48 hours. Fellow didn't pay up so I sent several messages giving him an additional 96 hours to contact me with a date I could expect payment and if not I would sell the item to someone else and open an unpaid item claim against him and any funds sent would be immediately refunded.
Never heard back so I did a second chance offer to the next highest bidder and opened my claim.
Two weeks later he emailed back asking me not to sell it to someone else. I told him it was too late and didn't hear back from him.