posted on September 9, 2000 08:57:16 PM
It's happened again. Had an auction won by a "deadbeat" bidder. Filed for fees and relisted the item. It's now going for more than 3 times the original price and I've still got a week to go! And this is not the first time this has happened! So, while I'd much rather have winning bidders actually come through with the bucks, sometimes there's a silver lining behind that dark cloud.
there is sometimes a sliver lineing to in the dark clouds, but lets not get carried away here.
dead beats are a bad thing they are as dark a spot in online auction sales as a shill or a dead beat seller.
you are haveing some luck on bids with a item that is being resold cause of a dead beat but buy next week this item still could be a night mare the winner could still dead beat the winner could still pay with a bouncy check the winner could be a email night mare wacko for the next three months for you the winner could be the same dead beat the frist time with a second account and email.
I dont want to rain on your sliver lineing and rust it on you and I wish you luck but no matter how much your Item sells for the dead beat cost you double work double time and has tied money invested in inventory a week longer then you hoped.
it has added one more negitive feed back to the mounting list of negs at ebay as well as now knowing there is one more buyer in the online world many will not want or allow to bid on an item of theres.
the internet has made the world a far smaller place there is only a small number of buyers out there for us all to deal with if we give 1 neg to 6 for every one new buyer soon and many wont sell to new buyers many wont sell to buyer with one or more neg ebay and any online auction site will be filled with sellers who cant or wont sell.
wish you Good luck with your sale for sure.
but there is nothing good about dead beats NPB notices refunds or negitive feed back.
of 4 million items for sale just on ebay if 10% lead to dead beats and neg feed back that is 40,000 negs times 4 years is 160,000 negs
to many negs = bad buyer bad seller if the percentage may be higher then this some people have two or three negs a month dead beats bad checks bounced email damage goods supossed over charged high shipping and handleing. then there are people NARUed for vero auction policeing none payment of ebay fees shilling listing candy under antiques and what not Just how many buyers you beleave there are out there if say even 30% of buyer are sellers as well
posted on September 9, 2000 09:54:41 PM
10% of 4 million would be 400,000 x 4 = 1.6 million...just thought I'd throw that in just in case anyone was interested. Now that makes your point even more valid!
posted on September 9, 2000 10:31:14 PM
Well your success has less to do with the deadbeat than the variability of bidders and their bidding on eBay.I just noticed a price variance of 16:1 for the same exact item.
Very few deadbeats bid heavy (they aren't called deadbeats for nothing...they're often pretty cheap on their bids too).
The only real thing you can thank your deadbeat for is the delay in getting paid.
posted on September 9, 2000 10:33:34 PM
My Goodness! I certainly hadn't considered these cosmic implications of my deadbeat bidder. I was just commenting that, sometimes when bad things happen (I don't think I said or even implied that the deadbeat bidder was a "good thing"an unforseen positive thing can happen. And while filing for the FVF and leaving the "neg" took a little time, I'm still quite pleased with the "new" auction. Cheerio...
an unforseen positive thing can happen. And while filing for the FVF and leaving the "neg" took a little time, I'm still quite pleased with the "new" auction. Cheerio...