A buyer who repeatedly buys and not pay for goods with impunity

[stukola-0]

Hi there. I had someone bid and win on an item (some roof slates) that they arranged to pick up and pay on collection. They never turned up or replied to my further messages. I have since cancelled the order. BUT I have noticed that over a third of their received Feedback as a Buyer  are warnings from sellers saying he doesn't pay or collect; all on similar items. Since sellers aren't given the option to leave Negative feedback, leaving a warning on a Positive feedback comment is all they can do. To me it's very clear that this person deals in reclaimed buildings goods and is attempting to create false price spikes to inflate the prices of his own goods which he most likely sells using a different account. Surely this is against eBay policy, plus he's wasting a lot of Seller's time; it's just not fair. What can I do to bring this to the attention of eBay? I have since relisted the item and made sure to block him as a bidder. Many thanks, S.

[plpmr]

that this buyer is still active and causing sellers serious problems is a situation sellers are to blame for.

you say -

"Since sellers aren't given the option to leave Negative feedback, leaving a warning on a Positive feedback comment is all they can do."

all they can do?

Really, why can they not hit this buyer with unpaid strikes by using the tools eBay gave them?

Over a decade ago sellers were stopped leaving anything but 100% positive feedback for buyers because they abused feedback - leaving false positives is serious feedback abuse , so eBay were correct and sellers continue to abuse feedback.

[stukola-0]

You sound angry, Community Expert. I phoned eBay customer service and I've made sure he finally received his first strike as a buyer. The reason why he hasn't received a First Strike before is because a lot of people, including myself, only use eBay casually and don't have the vast knowledge of how to navigate eBay in such an expert way as yourself.