eBay

7816paulw · ‎23-10-2025

Hi , can anyone advise how to deal with time wasters ? A buyer made an offer which I accepted, then failed to pay so I had to cancel the transaction . This is happening quite often . Is there anyway of giving them negative feedback for wasting everyones time ?? The system is weighted against the seller if we cant , after all, ebays policy states a buyer is entering into a legal commitment to buy, but ebay never follows up on these people ???

**peaseblossom** · ‎23-10-2025

eBay don't allow negs for buyers and neg comments on the positive rating can be removed. An Unpaid Item cancellation puts a non-payment "strike" on their account. Too many of those and their account will be suspended.

Put their ID on your blocked bidder list:

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BidderBlockLogin

And use this link to put a general block on buyers with a history of non-payment, etc.:

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences

tick "Update block settings for active listings" and then save changes at the bottom.

tobiasd4 · ‎23-10-2025

You can opt in to immediate payment for offers.

Buyer makes an offer, selects payment method before submitting offer.

If you accept offer, payment is immediate.

You can also do this for BIN items.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/listings/selling-buy-now/adding-best-offer-listing?id=4144&st=3&...

7816paulw · ‎23-10-2025

Many thanks , thats really helpful. Its driving me mad lately, buyers seem to be doing this more often, and we cant leave neg feedback - I wish ebay would change this ! Best P

7816paulw · ‎23-10-2025

Thank you ! Its very annoying recently as it seems to be happening much more often! I wish other people could see a strike- neg feedback would be very useful - come on ebay do something about it !!
Best P

tobiasd4 · ‎23-10-2025

Years ago sellers could leave negative feedback for buyers, but it was a right mess.

If all sellers cancelled as unpaid after 4 days and set requirements to block buyers with 2+ strikes in 12 months it would have better effect than false feedback.