posted on May 29, 2001 07:08:40 AM new
I know, we were all there once. I've been selling on ebay for almost a year now and I've noticed a lot more bidders with 0 feedback ratings. Always have had one now and then but not as many as the last few months.
The problem is that the last 3 auctions I've had that closed with a 0 feedback bidder never finalized. Either no payment or the back-and-forth emails with no payment after weeks. I even had one person email me 6 weeks after winning an auction asking how much she owed. She did not respond my 5 previous emails.
So my question is, do you see a higher percentage of 0 feedback bidders and do you have trouble with them not completing the transaction? Does anyone require a certain feedback rating of your bidders?
On one hand I'd like to give everyone a chance but on the other hand I'm getting discouraged at the number of NPBs I've had lately.
posted on May 29, 2001 07:40:16 AM new
I'm seeing an increase in deadbeats over the last month, but not exclusively with zero to little feedback.
I recently had to file FVF on a bidder with over 400 feedback. Also, I have a bidder who won an auction from me on Fri. with feedback of 26. Her emails bounce and her phone number is disconnected. I reported her to eBay and before they could suspend her, she "unregistered" herself, whatever that means, according to an email from eBay.
The really bad part about this is her feedback indicates that back in April, a seller gave her a neg for having an invalid email address and never paying! If this "buyer" had been reported a month ago like she should have been, she wouldn't have had the chance to do this to anyone else. http://bjgrolle.freehomepage.com
posted on May 29, 2001 12:30:20 PM new
Never had a 0 Feedback Deadbeat. I find most of the ones I get to have between 20 and 30 feedback. Sweated out a bidder that had a -1 last month. Didn't cancel his bid, because the neg. read like the seller had a problem - one of those really nasty, ranty kind of negs. Buyer paid with PayPal a few hours after the auction ended. Left me great feedback and he now has a zero feedback again. You just never can tell who is going to be a problem buyer.
