nefish
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posted on June 7, 2001 05:28:29 PM
I have changed a bit of the wording so I don't unintentionally identify the seller, but I just had to share this part of her/his TOS...
Buyers with with zero feedback have to e-mail me for approval before bidding. Sorry to do this...it's because 95% of those bidders having zero feedback fail to pay.
Isn't that an amazing stat?? 95% of 0 feedbacks don't pay! Wow! 
Seriously, though, in my experience, nearly all of my 0 feedback buyers are prompt payers. If I was a newbie and read that TOS, I'd run the other way.
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litlux
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posted on June 7, 2001 05:38:33 PM
That has not been my experience at all. Perhaps it is the type of merchandise that they are selling, or maybe there is a surprise shipping charge in the end of auction letter with payment details.
The few NPB's I get are usually spread all over the lot as far as feedback is concerned. And a kindly reminder prior to the NPB and FVF filings generally gets the payment.
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MAH645
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posted on June 7, 2001 06:20:02 PM
I find they pay just fine, love them new buyers!
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MUSICMAN12533
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posted on June 7, 2001 06:48:54 PM
Nefish-I get nervous with 0 feedback bidders,although I never had a problem with one.Dont forget we were all 0 feeback bidders at one time 
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mrspock
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posted on June 7, 2001 07:04:55 PM
was this on a high ticket item ?
I get a little nervous when a low feedback buyer bids on my items that are over a 100.00 or so
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nefish
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posted on June 7, 2001 07:08:43 PM
Nah, it was on a $2 clothing item.
(Edited for clarity...)
[ edited by nefish on Jun 7, 2001 07:09 PM ]
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dman3
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posted on June 7, 2001 07:25:58 PM
Thats a silly thing to put in a TOS.
if They are saying 95% of the people with 0 feed back dont pay this is Like saying the odds are 95% that they were a deadbeat on there frist buy as well ?!?!?!?
http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
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wallypog
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posted on June 7, 2001 07:32:09 PM
WOW! Here's hoping that seller has a serious, uh, gift? for exaggeration.
When I first started selling my NPBs were in the neighborhood of 10%. It went down substantially after that. I think a lot of it has to do with the category you're selling in.
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mrspock
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posted on June 7, 2001 07:39:18 PM
2.00 item strange!!!
There was a guy that used to advertise in a area that i buy regularrly
his tos was was full of all kinds of threats and things he was going to do if you didn't pay ect ect
anyway the tos went on and on making threats covering every possible thing that could go wrong and the actions he would take.
I started following his auctions out of currosity and found he sold very little and now he is gone I haven't seen one of his ads in months
you really have to wonder about these peaple.
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susan1232
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posted on June 7, 2001 09:20:43 PM
I was just looking at some auctions and noticed that a buyer had in his/her TOS that they would not accept any bids from anyone that had even one negative fb. I don't know if this is unsual-but what I did think was strange was that the seller only had a fb of 10.
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jrb3
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posted on June 7, 2001 09:51:18 PM
I find my newbie bidders tend to bid higher on items many times.
They are the best to get caught up in bidding frenzy.
JB
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