Buyer refuses to pay, claiming child placed bid: What to do?

[Hercules]

One time a buyer was an ah*le through out the auction, then he won so I said the dog ate it and got a nasty neutral in there after I cancelled.

[rsot]

When they sale is close with unpaid "strike", they can't leave feedback - it becomes blocked. If they refuse to cancel, they can still leave a negative feedback - just happened to me.

[pod]

Originally Posted by rsot

When they sale is close with unpaid "strike", they can't leave feedback - it becomes blocked. .

The very second you mark it unpaid thats it? They cant do anything on feedback?

[rsot]

Well once you mark it unpaid - they can still leave feedback (they can leave feedback anytime they want upon winning a sale) - that's the sad reality of eBay. Feedback cant be left after an unpaid sale closes.

[pod]

Originally Posted by rsot

Well once you mark it unpaid - they can still leave feedback

Feedback cant be left after an unpaid sale closes.

Its that window between the two I'm not cool with. Any person that has no respect to even reply to a message over a week is too volatile and can leave a neg because you dinged them

[rsot]

And that's why you can close an unpaid case in 4 days of opening it - yes you're looking at a week length. If they leave neg feedback and unpaid closes without payment then you can live chat with eb ay to remove it.

[pod]

as much as I want them off ebay because I know full well they do it over and over, its just safer to cancel and let it close on its own. You still get fees back

[holymoly]

This happens all the time...don't worry about it. You lost time, not money!

[saeric]

Done deal. I didn't even know I could recoup my listing fees until I read all of your posts. I cancelled it, and just relisted the item. Frustrating for sure, but at least Ebay does one thing right. Thanks for all the replies.

[kris]

Originally Posted by holymoly

This happens all the time...don't worry about it. You lost time, not money!

But actually... you ARE losing money. At least I am. Happened to me today. 7 day auction closes at a really good price (for me) and I'm happy to know those funds will be in my Paypal account, and can be transferred to my bank account. I'll have the money I need for whatever it is I need at the moment in just a few days. Then I get a message from the winner... 'Please cancel this sale. Sorry. I hope you dont mind.' Well actually I DO mind.

So I send off a Second Chance Offer... knowing full well I will NOT receive a reply, and then relist the item for another 7 bloody days. Which now makes it a minimum of 10 days until I get my money. Not to mention, I relist the same item every week anyways... which results in me losing one weeks profits for this particular item. So yes, I do #!%#ing mind.



Ok. I'm done venting. But it still is unbeleivably irratating.