posted on December 30, 2000 08:10:47 AM new
I think I have my first deadbeat bidder...
Auction closed on 12/12. Didn't hear from him, so I sent an other EOA on 12/14 - he said he wanted to pay by money order. Ok, I wait for it to come, allowing extra time for slow mail and the holiday. On 12/27 I email with a reminder that I had not received payment yet. Have not heard a word from the bidder.
What is my next step? Do I do the Non Paying Bidder Alert at this point? Do I have to send him another reminder with a warning that I will NPB in so many days?
He has 0 feedback - always has, but has been registered at eBay for nearly 2 years. He also won some other auctions at the same time - I would think if he paid for those he would have gotten feedback by now...
Anyway, my question is do I do a NPBA now, or warn him again first???
posted on December 30, 2000 12:00:51 PM new
Yes...
Unless there is good reason NOT to file the NPBA, file it asap. You have to wait another 10 days after filing before you can file the FCV form, so the sooner you do the first, the sooner you can do the last.
When don't I file the NPBA after 7 days? When the person has stellar feedback, or it's right around the holidays (slow postal mail...see my other post I made where someone postmarked an envelope on the 18th and it got to me on the 29th!)
If they have low, neg or no feedback AND havn't responded to any email (I send one within an hour of close, 3 days and 6 days).... the 7th day gets the NPBA, and the 10th gets the final request for response... then one final one a day before I file the FCV form as a final last warning. Note: THis is to the "non-responders" only. I'm a lot more lienent on people who respond to each mail.
posted on December 30, 2000 01:46:02 PM new
I needed advice for non responsive bidders as well, and the 3 and 6 day reminders sound reasonable... I've got one auction that will be 3 days tonight with no response, so I'll send them a "second notice" tonight... Maybe that will be enough to prod them to let me know if they are still alive.
I did do the NPBA this afternoon, and got a response quickly - they say it was mailed on Wednesday... it was not here on Friday (and I have not checked my PO Box today) - but it will probably be here by Tuesday... (I hope, it's a large sum and I could use the money!)
posted on December 30, 2000 08:30:33 PM new
I'm having a lot of problems with deadbeats, the worst time this year. One woman keeps telling me she sent the check TWICE. It's been about a month and nothing has come. What do you folks do when the deadbeat likes to chat and string you along? I think some figure you'll either get tired, get busy with other auctions and forget, and/or they can outlast the 60 day FVF wait if they talk a good story. I have another who put a spam block on incoming mail from me. I called and got his "roomate". If I don't get a contact in a couple of days it's NPB Warning city.I understand you have to wait 7 days from EOA to file a NPB alert, then ten more for a FVF.
It looks like the deadbeats/slow pays have learned ways to manipulate the system to avoid/delay payment and avoid an NPB Warning sticking.They have flimsy grounds for an appeal to ebay. I've started looking at feedback before EOA. I had to cancel one bidder with 8 negs for deadbeat bidding and a line of retaliatory negs. Boy was he hopping when I did. Tried to bid twice [some will, watch your auctions]and exploded after I cancelled the second round. I told the jerk to grow up. Life is too short to fool to long with deadbeats.
