My other hobby is repairing vintage computer keyboards. (If you prefer, just say pre-1995 keyboards.) After I repair a keyboard, if it's not something I really, really like, I just sell it. I do all of my selling and most of my buying on ebay. I buy and sell two to four things a month. I'm not incredibly high-volume.
I attempted to sell daughter 2.0's iPhone on ebay, as she got a new one for Christmas. I set up the auction as normal and almost immediately got a bid ... from a user with zero feedback. I've sold stuff to people with zero feedback, so I didn't think much of it. Then I started getting more 0 feedback bids. And bidding wars between them. The phone sold to one of these folks with 0 feedback. Who never paid. Yay.
I found out that ebay does not have a feature to block bidders with X amount of feedback. So, five days later, I relisted the phone. I clearly posted that I'd cancel all 0 feedback bids. I had to cancel two bidders. The iPhone sold and was paid for. It went for about $130 less than the first time I posted it.
I also sold a computer (old laptops/luggables can have nice keyboards) to a member with 900-ish positive feedback. Never paid. After a week or so, I asked ebay to cancel the bid so I could relist it. I haven't sold yet.
I sold a keyboard to another member with 35-ish feedback. Almost a month later, he gave me "neutral feedback" with the reason given as "case is not ..." and that was it. User wouldn't return my ebay messages. So, I've put in a ticket for ebay to remove that feedback.
The bad thing in all of these instances is that I wasn't allowed to leave negative feedback for these "people." That's not very fair. The buyer should take some responsibility.
I attempted to sell daughter 2.0's iPhone on ebay, as she got a new one for Christmas. I set up the auction as normal and almost immediately got a bid ... from a user with zero feedback. I've sold stuff to people with zero feedback, so I didn't think much of it. Then I started getting more 0 feedback bids. And bidding wars between them. The phone sold to one of these folks with 0 feedback. Who never paid. Yay.
I found out that ebay does not have a feature to block bidders with X amount of feedback. So, five days later, I relisted the phone. I clearly posted that I'd cancel all 0 feedback bids. I had to cancel two bidders. The iPhone sold and was paid for. It went for about $130 less than the first time I posted it.
I also sold a computer (old laptops/luggables can have nice keyboards) to a member with 900-ish positive feedback. Never paid. After a week or so, I asked ebay to cancel the bid so I could relist it. I haven't sold yet.
I sold a keyboard to another member with 35-ish feedback. Almost a month later, he gave me "neutral feedback" with the reason given as "case is not ..." and that was it. User wouldn't return my ebay messages. So, I've put in a ticket for ebay to remove that feedback.
The bad thing in all of these instances is that I wasn't allowed to leave negative feedback for these "people." That's not very fair. The buyer should take some responsibility.