posted on August 13, 2002 07:36:52 PM new
How is it possible for a Yahoo bidder to have no e-mail address on file? It just shows up as None. I sent an e-mail to his user name @yahoo.com but I doubt he will get it. And judging from the patchy feedback (the newest from May) I seriously doubt I will get paid.
What else should I attempt in the way of contact and how long do I have to wait on Yahoo to file NPB? Thanks!
posted on August 13, 2002 09:29:48 PM new
Kiss it off. Even with credit cardverification with both sellers and buyers there are a lot of deadbeats at Yahoo. If I get any kind of a unknown user error on the email I give the buyer an instant negative and tell them I'll change it if they get their act together. That has got to be the only way to help rid the site of deadbeats.
posted on August 13, 2002 09:49:48 PM new
I just had the same thing happen with an auction of mine. But in my e-mail notification, it was there. I just received an e-mail from the winner as well. And it was from the [email protected] email address. Since you already sent it to the Yahoo address, give it a few days and see what happens.
Also, I have had this happen on ebay quite a few times, but with bad e-mail addresses. Usually those people will e-mail you in a couple of days from another e-mail address requesting payment info.
If you haven't heard anything in about 10 days, then start the NPB FVF process.
Good Luck
posted on August 14, 2002 11:01:07 AM new
Thanks caffeitalia!
I went back through each of the notifications and on 1 out of the 6 (didn't get an e-mail for the 7th auction) the bidder's address was shown. So I just fired off another copy of my won e-mail and hopefully everything will go ok now.
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Tanya
I live in my own little world, but it's ok, they know me here.
posted on August 16, 2002 03:28:10 AM new
this happened to others on the general yahoo message boards over there, so it wasn't the bidders it was a glitch at yahoo.they said seems ok now.i am very careful before negging before checking with the community,usually is yahoo lately good luck
posted on August 16, 2002 07:09:17 AM new
If the bounced email says 'user unknown' I will give them an instant negative, especially an unrated buyer. With Yahoo you can change the feedback yourself so it is no big deal but it is an excellent way to communicate with an uncommunicatable buyer.
Yahoo itself does not care if the users have dead emails and communicating with Yahoo has always been a huge joke.
