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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I bid on several old magazines from a seller. They were $0.99 each. Auctions closed on 3/25. I sent a check in last week. Today, the seller started reporting me to ebay as a non-performing buyer. My bind is this: based on the emails I am receiving I am getting one non-performance report for each item I won, so there will be seven of them coming in today. My understanding is that with enough of these coming in, I could be suspended by ebay. Obviously I am going to send the seller an email about it. Do I have to respond to each one? Is there a penalty if I do not? Has this happened to anyone else and if so what was the disposition?

here is one way to get yourself in trouble on ebay
 

Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>Adam, if you now note on eBay that the check was mailed 3/25 and later show that it was cashed, you won't be banned. eBay mostly wants you to respond. So go onto eBay and fill out that payment was sent or whatever is your explanation.<br /><br />I once had a seller cash a substantial check and not ship the items. He said he hadn't received payment. Luckily, my bank provides online scans of my checks, so I emailed the seller a picture of his autograph. I received the items, and beleive he was disorganized rather than dishonest.

here is one way to get yourself in trouble on ebay
 

Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I add that most experienced sellers know that, both coming and going, mail can be delayed and is unpredictable when there's a holiday.

here is one way to get yourself in trouble on ebay
 

Posted By: <b>PASJD</b><p>If you have a completed transaction you should be able to get the seller's phone number. I would just give him/her a call and clear up the misunderstanding.

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>the grand total of the transaction, including shipping is $9

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Posted By: <b>Lentel</b><p>Some of the smallest sales are the ones people go the most bezerk over. I dont know how many times I have checked a persons feedback and seen back and forth negative feed backs on items less that $5.00, kind of cracks me up

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Posted By: <b>tbob</b><p>is to file a non-bidding alert 6 days after an auction ends. If a guy won't take Paypal but needs a money order and you go down to the post office and get it a few days after an auction ends and mail it out a few days later, a seller needs to realize the mail takes a while to get the m.o. to the seller. When a seller jumps up and immediately filed a non-paying bidder statement with ebay a week after the auction ends, he'll get no more of my business. As a seller I always wait 30 days to make sure payment is received before doing anything. I guess some people have no clue. When you have over 6000 positive feedbacks and a 99.9% feeback rating you'd think the seller would not be so rash.<br />The name of tobeeecat goes on my list to pass over in the future....

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>EbAy rules say you don't even have to contact the seller until 3 days after the auction ends. If this happens to be a Saturday, then you aren't going to be able to get a money order and put it in the mail until Monday. 5 days has just passed before payment can go out. Then it takes up to week before payment arrives. It seems that it would make sense for eBay to put a lock on nonpaymnet claims until 14 days had past. But this makes too much sense, so it will never happen.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.