Increase in eBay Non-Payers

[chaddurbin]

ebay's been great for me (besides the fees hike). i've bought and sold around 1000 items never had a deal go wrong where i lost money.

counting today i've had 3 deals gone bad in the bst where i lost money...in about 70-80 dealings. bst right now is still way better than gsb in term of eye balls, and it's free.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

ebay's been great for me (besides the fees hike). i've bought and sold around 1000 items never had a deal go wrong where i lost money.

counting today i've had 3 deals gone bad in the bst where i lost money...in about 70-80 dealings. bst right now is still way better than gsb in term of eye balls, and it's free.

You lost money on the BST?.....How did you manage that? If someone ripped you off I would like to know about it. As far as more eyes on the BST than GSB, no doubt, for now....that will (hopefully) change with the paradigm shift in the future.

[Doug]

I had plenty of slow or non payers back in the day, but now I usually list everything on eBay with as a Buy it Now listing and I just select that option where the bidder has to pay before they can purchase the item. No more problems and most of the time everything sells in a day or two instead of having to wait for a week long auction to run its course.

[Bridwell]

If you relist the items on ebay, be sure to mention that you had a 'non-paying bidder'. Otherwise, it might look like you were shill bidding your own items. When I see an item that just sold and was relisted I get suspicious of the seller. You don't want your buyers to get the wrong idea.