non payer

[quintessentiallyenglish]

My buyer hasnt paid for items he won on 18th but when I decided to send another invoice the Ebay system wouldn't let me saying it had already been paid! But it hasn't.

As it is furniture, the buyer said he would pay cash on collection, promising every day to pay but still no payment and no collection. He is clearly messing about.

I want to cancel asap so I can relist but also want to ensure I can leave bad feedback for the non payer to make other sellers aware he's a timewaster. What is the best was to do that ensuring the non payer cant mess up my 100 % feedback rating. cheers

[ruby*tuesday]

Open an Unpaid Item Case in the Resolution Centre. You can close it yourself after 4 days. Your Fees will be Refunded. The Non Payer will receive a Strike on his Account. 2 of those and he will find it difficult to Buy from most Sellers who have set their Blocked Bidder Requirements to Block Bidders with 2 Strikes in 6 Months.

Neither of you can leave Feedback.

[quintessentiallyenglish]

But I want to leave bad feedback.
The non payer strike is a waste of time, its easy to get round by having several accounts so doesnt penalise the buyers who are messers.

[*vyolla*]

Well you can't leave a neutral or negative because there's no feature that enables you to so, and sellers who try and leave a negative comment on a positive rating get a defect against their account for breaching eBay policy, and their comment is removed, so pointless.

The non-payer will get a strike against their account, sellers can set their Buyer Requirements to block bidders with 2 or more strikes. You can't get around this by having lots if different accounts as eBay have ways of linking them.

[quintessentiallyenglish]

So basically what you're saying is good sellers cannot leave bad feedback for a proven time waster! That stinks.

[*vyolla*]

Yes, that's what I'm saying.

A negative doesn't prevent a non-payer from continuing on their merry way and bidding but not paying, but 2 non-payment strikes will. The strikes stick to their account for a year.

A non-payment