Seller protection

[1057jeremy]

Anyone know when ebay is going to start offering sellers as much protection as buyers, who they bend over backwards for?

Had 3 unpaids in the last week and there's nothing you can do as a seller other than get your fees back as ebay no longer allows you to leave negative feedback even when it's 100% warranted.

At the moment, they know they can just ride rough-shod over the whole system.

And if you do the decent thing and try to warn others via what ebay calls 'positive-negative' feedback, ebay tells you off.

It's become a very lop-sided system unfortunately

[redwick1]

The non payment dispute is there for a reason and when the dispute closes the non payer gets a strike which is much more effective than any feedback

Two or more strikes and they will not be able to buy off many sellers if they have their buyer requirements set to block sellers with non payment strikes 

The negative feedback option was removed so long ago I cant remember

Have you set yours as tight as you can

https://pages.ebay.co.uk/services/buyandsell/biddermanagement.html

It does not stop all non ;payers but helps

It is not the decent thing to warn others it is not allowed that is why there is no red button for a seller to leave a buyer 

By leaving a positive with negative comment  it is against ebay policy and it is you that get the black mark

[1057jeremy]

Thanks for all the comments.

Yes I know negative feedback from sellers to buyers was outlawed years ago but it's never seemed right to me.

I'm familiar with the unpaid item process and do have a blocked buyer list but didn't know about the bidder management options, so have now strengthened that.

I hope these unpaid strikes on buyers' accounts are as damaging to them as everyone is saying

[redwick1]

The strikes are more damaging on the buyer account than feedback.

As said two or more and if sellers have their buyer requirements set to block bidders with non payment strikes then they will find it hard to buy off many sellers.

All you can do is he best you can with the tools on ebay to block non paying bidders