posted on April 25, 2003 10:14:10 PM new
I don't understand this, so maybe one of you more experienced types could give me a clue. I have very, very few non-paying bidders due to the price & what I sell. I know that I am lucky.
Recently, I had a non-paying bidder with an oriental user id and some numbers after it from Georgia. I turned her in, of course, and so did a RAFT of others. She has about 8 negs and 2 positives and is STILL active.
Last Saturday, I get ANOTHER ONE, almost identical, different oriental id, same state, different address, phone #.
I think these "ladies" are one in the same. Now, I have to ask, what's the deal here? I find it very hard to believe that any body's life is that empty!! I have blocked both (or is it one) from my auctions, of course, but I bet you I get another one. What in the world could be going on?
posted on April 25, 2003 11:22:44 PM new
Elementary, my dear Watson. Either she doesn't understand how eBay is supposed to work (you bid, you pay, you get item) AND doesn't understand, or maybe doesn't even notice, the feedback left for her; OR, she understands perfectly, but still prefers to do things "her way": bid a lot, then pay only for the items she chooses to have...turning her nose up at our a-deal's-a-deal principles, and abandoning IDs when those silly little numbers get garishly red.
Either way, bless her heart, she WOULDN'T STILL BE HERE if the sellers she dealt with would GET A CLUE and learn how to file for their FVF credits instead of playing grammar school tattletale games with the blasted feedback system. A neg alone does exactly SQUAT to rid eBay of nonpaying bidders. File for your fees, people. (Preaching to the choir here, I know, but still...)
(Sorry for the shouting, but there's no chocolate in the house. I'm trying to decide whether to go through the park filled with muggers to the 7-11 to get some. Better not...the muggers might get frightened.)
Anyway, just keep blocking her, or canceling her bids if you notice more mutations of her ID before the auction ends. Man, I hope it is only one person and that she's not actually breeding!
posted on April 25, 2003 11:32:36 PM new
I agree mypostingid completely. If thes ellers that had left the negative feedbacks had filed the NPBs as well the bidder would be gone, or at least that buying ID.
I think the problem is that ebay makes it such an extreme PITA to file for the NPB refund and when the seller does go through the process they are only refunded their FVF and not their listing or insertion fee. If ebay would give back all fees lost because of the bad bidder many more sellers would go through the NPB process. On a $3 item the recovered fees are only 16 cents but if the insertion fee were included it would be at least a 46 cent refund.
posted on April 26, 2003 05:12:35 PM new
I filed a NPB & FVF on the 1st one and so far a NPB on the second one. A little research shows the first one has (surprise) changed her id. The second one is a new id! DUH, I guess she got kicked off on id #1, was po'ed with me for filing and did it again on the 2nd id. Geez, I really find it hard to believe any body can be that bored!!!
