eBay problems
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Elskeggso

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3,100 posts

208 months

Sunday 10th May 2009
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I'm pretty new to eBay so help would be appreciated. I recently sold something too big and heavy for posting, so I agreed cash on collection with the winning bidder, who is now ignoring me completely. What can I do? Can I contact the next highest bidder and offer it to them? I imagine that would be the easiest way.

missdiane

13,993 posts

270 months

Sunday 10th May 2009
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You can open a non paying dispute with them, which will find you getting your listing costs back (I think)
You can also second chance offer- which is where you offer it to the second highest, as long as you have left it long enough for the other one to stop ignoring you.

How long has it been? and what is the winners feedback like?

Elskeggso

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3,100 posts

208 months

Sunday 10th May 2009
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Its been about a week of ignoring me. Can I make a non-paying dispute even if they haven't received/collected the goods?

bimsb6

8,548 posts

242 months

Sunday 10th May 2009
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request buyers details from ebay sometimes phone numbers are included .

rfisher

5,042 posts

304 months

Sunday 10th May 2009
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Happens all the time.

The best thing to do in an ideal world would be to hunt them down and kill them.

Failing that you can either relist it and claim your fees back by opening a non-payment dispute, or offer it to the next highest bidder. AFAIK you only get charged once if you sell to the next bidder and not the original winner.

Elskeggso

Original Poster:

3,100 posts

208 months

Sunday 10th May 2009
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Can't get through to him on the phone, I'll just offer it to the next bidder I think. Thanks

Elskeggso

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3,100 posts

208 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Sorry to bring this back up.

I've offered a second chance to the next highest bidder, to no avail. I've opened a non-paying dispute with eBay regarding the original winning bidder, and I've yet to hear anything back about that. I've also emailed eBay about crediting the original selling fee, and they've yet to get back to me. I've relisted the item to sell it again, but if nobody gets back to me about these issues, how can I go about getting the original selling fee credited? confused

You can count the times I've used eBay on one hand, and I very much doubt I'll use it again, pile of wk. Thanks for any help

missdiane

13,993 posts

270 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Think you have been unlucky frown have had 95% of sales go through no problem.

Keep going with dispute, stick to your guns and open another dispute if it lets you to make sure they see.

Elskeggso

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3,100 posts

208 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Cheers Di, just a case of being patient then?

missdiane

13,993 posts

270 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Has anyone confirmed you have opened a dispute, can you go online and check it's status etc.? I can't remember how mine worked now

Elskeggso

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3,100 posts

208 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Yeah, it just says the buyer has not responded to the dispute banghead

missdiane

13,993 posts

270 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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IIRC if they do not respond then in 7 days they close dispute and you get money back

Elskeggso

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3,100 posts

208 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Cool, that'll do me nicely. Thanks

missdiane

13,993 posts

270 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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take a read, they have 7 days smile
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/unpaid-items.htm...

Good luck smile

Edited by missdiane on Wednesday 13th May 20:56