Non payment

[pzazz12]

I am getting totally fed up with the number of bidders who do not pay.  It is definitely on the increase and I am not sure quite what measures eBay are taking to counteract this.  I know the bidder will get a strike but how does this affect their ability to bid in future. Does anyone know? I do feel eBay needs to instigate harder penalties for non payers.

[eastern-lights]

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@pzazz12 wrote:

I am getting totally fed up with the number of bidders who do not pay.  It is definitely on the increase and I am not sure quite what measures eBay are taking to counteract this.  I know the bidder will get a strike but how does this affect their ability to bid in future. Does anyone know? I do feel eBay needs to instigate harder penalties for non payers.

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If you have your preferences set to block buyers with two or more non-payment strikes, as most wise sellers have, you will not be troubled by persistent non payers. And persistent non payers will be unable to buy from a lot of sellers.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bmgt/buyerrequirements

[tressygirl]

At the moment eBay have an option ,  well all sellers have been opted in,   with the option to opt out,  excuse the many options here,  to select an immediate payment for anyone who accepts an offer,  they are thinking of rolling this out for auction winners too.

I rarely do auctions but find payments nearly always come late,  but to be expected in a way as few may watch an auction to the end to know they have won, and only realise when seeing eBay sending them a message ' Congrats you've won,  please pay now'.

Yes,  non payers do get a strike for non payment 2 leading to a restriction on buying from many sellers for a full 12 months.

New members do get restrictions on the number of bids they can initially place, even more so if they are the ones not paying when winning.

[pzazz12]

Many thanks, now at least I understand the 'strike system

[pzazz12 · Accepted solution]

Many thanks will go into preferences now.

[petesean2316]

Should`nt be any strikes, they should either pay or lose the right to bid. if my relisted item sells for less than the auction before am i paid the deficit? no, so i`ve been punished and winning bidder gets a slapped wrist over and over. Ebay not sticking to their own rules. when you bid yo are entering a binding contract.

[*help_no_brakes*]

Did you read the link provided by eastern-lights?

[eastern-lights]

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@petesean2316 wrote:

Should`nt be any strikes, they should either pay or lose the right to bid. if my relisted item sells for less than the auction before am i paid the deficit? no, so i`ve been punished and winning bidder gets a slapped wrist over and over. Ebay not sticking to their own rules. when you bid yo are entering a binding contract.

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IF every seller used the system properly (cancel sale after four days citing non payment and setting their preferences to block non payers) then after a second offence buyers do lose for some while the right to bid. Banning for ever for a first offence would be rather over the top. Like jailing a shop lifter for life. And you can ban them from buying from you for ever.

You are being emotive when you use the word "punished", you are not being punished as you have not done anything wrong. Not everything in life goes smoothly but when it doesn't it is not "punishment". It is just one of those things you have to take in your stride if you want to auction stuff on Ebay.

You can avoid non payers on Ebay if you sell Buy It Now and don't send out offers.