posted on May 17, 2002 03:02:56 PM
So I filed for 10 FVFs today. Nothing unusual in that...except that 9 of the deadbeats had feedback above 100!
WTF?
I doubt it's just me that they're not paying. Could it be that experienced eBayers know there are no consequences to being a deadbeat? Sure, you might get an NPB warning on your record, but you can get someone from SafeHarbor to remove those.
posted on May 17, 2002 03:12:30 PM
That is unusual - most of the FVF credits that I file for are for bidders with feedbacks under 10, very rarely it's over 20.
How easy is it to get the FVF credit "erased" from your record? I've checked accounts of several deadbeats that ended up NARU after I filed my FVF against them, and none of them are active. I just figured they opened another account (assuming they wanted to do that), but the deadbeat accounts that I helped to kill are still down.
posted on May 17, 2002 04:06:41 PM
It's not hard. I had one removed from my record. Here's what happened.
I went on a two-week Alaskan cruise but took care to send out all payments before I left. Got email from one seller on the second day of the cruise complaining about no payment. I explained the situation and said I would send another check (didn't take my checkbook with me) when I returned. I gave them that date.
To make a short story shorter, they immediately filed NPB then FVF the first moment they could. So I had a warning from eBay when I got home.
I sent 'em another check anyway, which they returned with a snotty comment. I documented all this in a letter to SafeHarbor and they removed the NPB warning from my record.
posted on May 18, 2002 11:32:07 AM
Funny thing with me is, it never seems to matter if the deadbeat has 100+ or 0 feedbacks. It doesn't matter if they have a perfect record or a poor record.
posted on May 18, 2002 03:54:02 PM
I've had people with spotless FB pull that crap on me (non payment, ignore all correspondence). It's not all the newbies causing the problems...
