posted on February 19, 2001 07:37:05 PM
I couldn't agree more! But the problem is that I don't think they will ever require buyers to register a credit card in order to be eligible to place bids.
PS...sharkbaby likes the nofishing rule!
[ edited by sharkbaby on Feb 19, 2001 07:38 PM ]
posted on February 19, 2001 08:10:42 PM
Making deadbeats pay= me having a private dinner with Shania Twain, Brittany Spears,and Catherine Zeta-Jones, then going to my place for a "snug-fest".
Making ebay refund listing fees is all the above in a space ship waiting for the moons of Jupiter to set.
I start all my sentences with "Why doesn't ebay..."
posted on February 19, 2001 09:14:27 PMWhy can't the deadbeat be billed through their credit card for the listing fees.
You want a serious answer?
No one can be billed through their credit card for anything that they did not authorize. Each charge must be individually authorized. If it is not authorized, cardholder is entitled to get the money back, and the merchant who charged the card gets punished.
posted on February 19, 2001 09:56:45 PM
flamoral: Your proposal doesn't account for the credit card fees. The seller would probably get stuck with those.
Requiring buyers to register a credit card will likely drive away buyers and result in lower auction prices.
You are right, not everyone in the U.S. has a credit card. Many of my auction winners still pay me by check and money orders. I am happy with this because there are no fees for accepting them.
-Trey
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"If your mind can concieve it, and you believe it, then you probably can achieve it."
posted on February 19, 2001 10:34:14 PM
SG52,
Deadbeat means the last (winning) bidder. The authorization for the transaction is the winning bid. The only way that happens is with a password to get the bid in. It's not anyone but the deadbeat doing that. The deadbeat, by bidding, is signing a contract with the seller.
That's what the poster's gripe is about. The seller should not be out ANY money because a loser get carried away on a keyboard.
ebay won't acknowlege that and keeps the fee no matter what. As a venue, ebay needs to hire more bouncers before they let the creeps come in. God knows they make enough money to verify who uses their site.
posted on February 20, 2001 02:12:19 AM
I agree. Bidders should be billed automatically when the auction ends. Bidders who don't own a credit card could fund a credit account with eBay. If you can't pay, don't play.
posted on February 20, 2001 02:42:31 AM
I had a deadbeat bidder default on a $60. record album....After promising payment for a month, she told me she'd "changed her mind" and no longer wanted the item!....I neg'd her, and so did several other folks...to the point where she was NARU'd.....then, after a couple of months, she emailed me asking if i still had the item (I did)....after more false promises, no sale....so.....after some quick research, i found she had a website that sold items by the same artist. I posted warnings on the artist's newsgroup...several of her friends on the newsgroup replied to my post (over 20 times), mostly to defend her.....but, the thing is, each reply brought up the header for my original post, containing her name and the word "WARNING", pretty much rendering this deadbeat "dead" in the water....with a little help from her friends...hehe.
2nz
posted on February 20, 2001 08:19:19 AM
Once again, deadbeats are very profitable for ebay. Many times we pay double listing fees and quite a few sellers are unaware that they can apply for a refund of the final value fee. They have absolutely no reason to go after deadbeats, and why would they when they are making buckets full of money off of them?
posted on February 20, 2001 11:05:46 AM
By not refunding the listing fee, the seller has a financial stake to take the time to collect on the payment rather than voiding the sale after ten days and relisting.
