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Strapper_Squared

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Another eBay dud...
« on: May 24, 2007, 07:29:51 AM »
I eBayed a swamp monster for a buddy a couple weeks ago.  When the auction ended, I sent the invoice.  I didn't hear anything from the buyer.. so I gave it a couple days and re-sent the invoice.  Another day or two and I didn't hear anything, so I started the non-paying bidder process.  As soon as I filed the auction as being a N.P.B. auction, I received a message from the buyer stating "Postal MO sent" and the date..  A few more days passed and nothing arrived.  So I sent another message.. and again got the same message, "Postal MO sent".  I waited a couple more days, but nothing shows up in the mail.  By this time its been two weeks and nothing from the buyer except two lines of text sent.  I wrote back last weekend stating that payment MUST be received in my mailbox (or paypal account and provided my pp address again) by this Friday.  Well, hadn't heard anything back and nothing has arrived as of today.  I'm not really expecting to find anything in my mailbox (or paypal account) tomorrow, but I'm still hoping.  Up until this point, the buyer had perfect feedback.. but now I'm going to be forced leave negative.  I hate to do it (especially since I have a feeling I will be receiving a retalitory feedback from the user), but I really have no choice.  I can appeal the feedback with eBay, but they never remove it unless the person leaving it agrees.  There used to be a loophole that if you could get the perosn leaving FB to include your name, eBay would remove it (now they just delete your name from the feedback).  Maybe I'lll get lucky and they will be too lazy to leave feedback (just like they were too lazy to send payment)... worst case I will be able to respond to their feedback...and my other postives should speak for themselves...

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mrbowlingnut

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2007, 03:34:32 PM »
Nope they will hit you with negative back it happened to me a few years ago, the a-hole was selling seconds as firsts and i warned him to just pickup the ball and give me back my money. I hit his feedback first and the a-hole hit mine back, ebay is something i use but honeestly a huge FFFing joke on the same hand.

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2007, 03:39:03 PM »
Strapper,

A little advise on the feedback issue for you.  There is a time limit on how long you can leave feedback, 60 or 90 days (something like that).  Just wait until the last possible moment to leave your feed back.  Odds are that by the time they notice, it will be too late to leave the retalitory feedback for you.

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2007, 03:48:24 PM »
That's why feedback should be held private until both parties have posted it.  Too bad e-Bay doesn't do it that way.

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2007, 03:55:25 PM »
I agree, they really need to re-vamp that entire process.

Strapper_Squared

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2007, 04:10:52 PM »
Thanks for the heads up... I never thought of the last-minute F.B.  Sneaky, but fair.  I like it!

Thanks,
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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2007, 11:46:28 AM »
Did you finish the non paying bidder process?  I'm not sure they can leave you feedback at all if you have finished this process.  I've had a number of these people that never paid, I went through non paying bidder, left them negative feedback, and never got any feedback left for me.  A couple of them tried to get me to change it and such, no retaliatory ones left for me.  I would check that out to, Strapper.
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Strapper_Squared

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2007, 12:48:09 PM »
hmm I don't know.. now that you mention it.  I will check it out.

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OK.. checked it out.  eBay states that:
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Feedback and Unpaid Items

Buyers and sellers may leave Feedback for each other on transactions involving Unpaid Items even if there was a mutual agreement not to complete the transaction. eBay encourages all users to leave appropriate Feedback about their trading partners.
Unpaid Item strikes do not affect a user's Feedback Score or Feedback Profile.



So looks as if the buyers can (if they are inclinded to) leave feedback even after a non-paying bidder claim has been filed.

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Re: Another eBay dud...
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2007, 01:11:36 PM »
Feedback is something you shouldn't worry over too much IMO.  Most people are more than capable of seeing what happened based on comments and can see a retalitory negative.

I have one against me because I bought a flash card I bought and paid price plus shipping and didn't get it for almost 2 weeks.  I left a neutral because of that once I did get it.  I got a negative because I lied and got free shipping.  I was PO'd but kept it between her and I.  But anyone can see the negative was in retaliation for the neutral I left.
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