Non-paying ebay bidder question....

[Damion]

I'm not aware of any particular "gotchas", but I've basically taken the same approach in the past with NPBs. Usually I'll just re-list the item and leave the NPB a negative. I would imagine that there is a method for marking the item "paid" on your end.

As I see it, if the winner hasn't either paid, or contacted me within a reasonable amount of time (especially if I have to contact them first), all bets are off. (I've been more careful these days about mentioning a "timeframe" for payment, usually 7 days.)

[Damion]

gizmo350 wrote:
@ Astral

I hear ya brother and your post is appreciated as being one that offers practical and thoughtful advice. I haven't taken any action on the auction as of yet. Time came down to the terms of the auction and I was seeking opinions and council.

I belong to many other forums where I could have asked this question but AO is one of my favs because of the sensible people here.

I apologize if I came across half {bleep}ed. I like your example of gentle feedback. Plus I don't need any return fire on my 100% feedback score.

Anyhoooo, I'm gonna kick this around this weekend, drink a few High Life Lights, get naked and listen to Elvis. Ha, just kidding, I don't like Elvis!  

 8-)

Yeah, my apologies if I sounded a bit harsh in my above advice. I should reiterate the "reasonable" part... also, I would only leave a negative in a situation where someone won an auction, then decided they didn't really "want" the item they bid on, completely wasting my time. (Happened to me on an auction for a Blizzard 1260 card.) Otherwise, leaving neutral feedback (or positive in the case of an honest mistake) is certainly a more compassionate route.