Non Paying Bidders

[conda]

I have two non-paying bidders. If I offer the items to someone else, or relist them and file NPB with ebay, can they still neg me?

 

thanks

[yuppicide]

I just had an argument with a guy on eBay. I got my account restored. I sold something for a whooping 99 cents. My auction said I take money order only. He insisted he would send me a certified check. I don't want a certified check. It's not about the money, heck I was losing money 'cause I'd have to go cash the money order somewhere.

 

Anyway, you can file an unpaid item dispute and say both people agreed not to complete the transaction or something. If the other person agrees to it they will not receive an unpaid item strike.

[MrRetroGamer]

He insisted he would send me a certified check. I don't want a certified check. It's not about the money, heck I was losing money 'cause I'd have to go cash the money order somewhere.

 

Just to play Devils Advocate here , what is your preception of the differences between a money order and a certified check? I'd personally put certified check higher up on the food chain than money order. Also, depositing either of those forms of payment into a bank account shouldn't cost any money, so why take a loss to pay someone to cash it?

 

To answer the original posters question, yes they can still neg you if they want, unless they are NARU'ed before they get a chance to do it.

[adams_ale]

There's no simple solution to retaliatory negatives. It's not fair, but that's life. Negative feedback should only be to warn other e-bayers as to a bad seller/buyer, not for revenge. The best way to leave a deserved negative is to be patient and watch the clock to see how many days you have left to leave feedback. You have 90 days from the end of an auction to leave feedback. Ebay's clock isn't very precise, but if you leave a negative say one day before your time expires to do so then you stand a better chance of the receiver not noticing until it's too late to strike back. I suppose you would really have to be pissed to take it this far though.

[kevin242]

It's not about the money, heck I was losing money 'cause I'd have to go cash the money order somewhere.

 

I always ask for Postal Money orders, they are easy to cash at any post

office. Chance are wherever you are you are near a PO. I used to keep

a few small MO's in my wallet for emergencies, and just stop in a PO

if I needed some cash...

[sku_u]

It's not about the money, heck I was losing money 'cause I'd have to go cash the money order somewhere.

 

I always ask for Postal Money orders, they are easy to cash at any post

office. Chance are wherever you are you are near a PO. I used to keep

a few small MO's in my wallet for emergencies, and just stop in a PO

if I needed some cash...

 

Ditto. These days I'll take a postal money order if someone asks me. Otherwise its paypal only. Certified checks are too easy to fake as are 3rd party money orders.

[Artlover]

He insisted he would send me a certified check. I don't want a certified check. It's not about the money, heck I was losing money 'cause I'd have to go cash the money order somewhere.

 

Just to play Devils Advocate here , what is your preception of the differences between a money order and a certified check? I'd personally put certified check higher up on the food chain than money order. Also, depositing either of those forms of payment into a bank account shouldn't cost any money, so why take a loss to pay someone to cash it?

 

Glad someone brought this up because I was wondering the same thing. There is no difference between either form of payment with regards to what is required to exchange them for money. Given the choices, Certified Check is logicaly better.

 

To each their own. Personaly, if I was going to impose an illogical payment requirement, I'd be a little more creative. I'd demand payment to be based on the barter system and request a number of concrete blocks equal to the cause value, shipped to me at their expence.

[Artlover]

Ditto.  These days I'll take a postal money order if someone asks me.  Otherwise its paypal only.  Certified checks are too easy to fake as are 3rd party money orders.

 

I think fake 3rd party money orders are a less signifigant problem then half brain dead clerks who have no idea what they are doing creating it wrong, and it being worthless when it gets to where it's going.