Ebay non payer

[tommytaylor]

I've sold off all my unwanted PC equipment on ebay, so far no problem. the last item I listed sold on Saturday morning for £72, it was a last minute bid by someone with 100% feedback but there were several other bids for slightly less. But up to now the buyer hasn't paid but has sent a message saying they will go to the bank on Monday morning.

Firstly why would I be interested in her banking habits and why bid on an item and then not pay. She was around for the closing seconds on ebay to make the bid so would have known they won at the time. If I sold it privately and the buyer said they'd turn up at 7PM to collect it by 7.05 I'd be free to do what I wanted with it if they didn't turn up on time but with ebay I'm now in limbo. I used an action knowing I'd get lower prices than normal but accepted this to dispose of the stuff fast and get it out of the way, this bh is getting the best of both worlds, effectively getting things put on hold for her until she decides what to do.

Surely people that mess around like this should have their accounts terminated, they think its there just for their convenience. I've only go today off work to post the thing, that's why I engineered it to end on Saturday morning. Can I just cancel the bid now and contact the next highest bidder?

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Speed 3 said:

There is no longer any way to complain about this on eBay. Buyers can now only get Positive feedback, hence their 100% score. We've just had an iPhone sale do the same thing. You can't raise a case against a Buyer. I always thought auctions were legally binding contracts, eBay think otherwise. Only option was to relist it.

So a buyer could quite literally scam you for everything you've got and you can still only leave them positive feedback? The only reason I didn't list them on Gumtree was I didn't want 500 texts saying "best price mate" but still got similar on ebay anyway. Think I'll just tip anything else I din't want from now on.

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randlemarcus said:

The ebay T&Cs say they have four days to pay, so ending Sat am only guarantees payment Weds evening. Leave as is, and make sure you also have eccentric posting habits.

Don't know what I can do about the post office situation, if I work 8-4 and 8-12 on a Saturday but the post office is only open 9-4 mon to sat there isn't much I can do. I'm not taking a day off work to lose more than the item is worth, that would be madness.

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Sheepshanks said:

tommytaylor said:

I've sold off all my unwanted PC equipment on ebay, so far no problem. the last item I listed sold on Saturday morning for £72, it was a last minute bid by someone with 100% feedback but there were several other bids for slightly less. But up to now the buyer hasn't paid but has sent a message saying they will go to the bank on Monday morning.

Firstly why would I be interested in her banking habits and why bid on an item and then not pay. She was around for the closing seconds on ebay to make the bid so would have known they won at the time. If I sold it privately and the buyer said they'd turn up at 7PM to collect it by 7.05 I'd be free to do what I wanted with it if they didn't turn up on time but with ebay I'm now in limbo. I used an action knowing I'd get lower prices than normal but accepted this to dispose of the stuff fast and get it out of the way, this bh is getting the best of both worlds, effectively getting things put on hold for her until she decides what to do.

Surely people that mess around like this should have their accounts terminated, they think its there just for their convenience. I've only go today off work to post the thing, that's why I engineered it to end on Saturday morning. Can I just cancel the bid now and contact the next highest bidder?

Think you need to calm down a bit.

I am calm, I'm always calm but can still get annoyed, like I said in another thread, you have to engage with idiots in every aspect of life now, most of them are only interested in themselves no matter what the consequences for anyone else, I can see why people do flip their lid at the incompetence of others.

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Hmm. How strange, just this second had a text to say its been paid for, hope she isn't reading this, I'll probably get a turd return as "faulty" soon.

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Niglebick said:

I expect she’s transferred, as she said she would, & then told EBay she’s paid you. Straightforward- and acted as she promised

How does that work though, ebay tells me that its paid for and says the payout is processing, I usually get it a couple of days later normally, surely she has paid the money to ebay and not directly to me, she wouldn't have my banking details anyway, its ebay that are telling me to dispatch it now.

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BobToc said:

tommytaylor said:

I am calm

tommytaylor said:

this bh

What would you call someone that messes you around, you don't need to by a psycho to slag someone off.

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Now I'm not so calm. I can finally get rid of the last two boxes in my hallway, I've stuck the labels on and I know that the post office shuts for lunch, just gone on google to see whether its 12-1 or 1-2 and it turns out it doesn't even open on Mondays at all. You could park right outside the one I wanted to go to, now it looks like I'm going to have to traipse across town in the rain with a big box under each arm.

Landfill next time.

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bumskins said:

tommytaylor said:

What would you call someone that messes you around, you don't need to by a psycho to slag someone off.

"I've sold off all my unwanted PC equipment on ebay, so far no problem. the last item I listed sold on Saturday morning for £72, it was a last minute bid by someone with 100% feedback but there were several other bids for slightly less. But up to now the buyer hasn't paid but has sent a message saying they will go to the bank on Monday morning."

So the person has done as they promised, you're now branding them a 'messer' and slinging insults around - what a lovely person you are

Thread titled "Ebay non payer" - person has now paid, thread can be closed tbf.

The bank message was sent on Sunday evening, more than 24hrs after she won, my point was she must have known at the time the auction ended that she won but kept me in the dark about the payment issue, whenever I've bought anything off ebay I've always paid immediately as obviously I want it as quick as possible. Its like when people turn up late, it might only be an hour or so but they are what I'd call "messers", if I can manage it then so can everyone else.

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Crudeoink said:

I won an old film camera on eBay last week, submitted a bid and forgot about it as I was racing over the weekend. Paid within 2 days, got the item a few days later. Not everyone is on eBay 24/7 or has email reminders to get them to pay. Needless to say, seller seemed happy, im happy. I think you need to chill out a bit pal.

That's different though, this woman placed the bid in the last few seconds to win it and then didn't bother about it for the next day. Maybe people have different ideas about stuff like this than me, like when you are in a queue at a shop, if I had a problem with something at the till I would step aside immediately and say serve someone else whilst I sort it out yet others will stand there all day trying different cards or phoning the bank etc. Or in Screwfix when there are several tradesmen in the queue behind but the bloke at the front insists on looking at every nut bolt and washer in the place before he will commit to spending 20p.

I would have sent an immediate message the moment I bought it saying I cant pay until Monday but don't worry everything is in hand. Others are only interested in themselves or are totally oblivious to everyone else's circumstances.

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GroundEffect said:

You realise there are many tools available for auction sniping and she could have used them?

I have no idea, all I know is you buy something and you pay for it straight away, I can't tell Sainsbury I will pay them sometime in the next few days, even if I order the stuff on-line I still have to pay there and then.

I'm not too bothered, I've now sold everything I want to and won't be doing it again, I was just explaining why I was a bit miffed about everything. If that's the way its supposed to work then I won't bother with it in the future. I was going to put a nearly new ultrawide monitor on there as well but my mate said he wanted it so I'll gladly give it him instead of doing anymore of that now.

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Collectingbrass said:

I appreciate it might not suit what you are sending if you need additional insurance, but Royal Mail will collect parcels for dispatch from your home address. At the moment it's free for "occasional" users. https://www.royalmail.com/parcel-sending-options?c...

As a result I haven't stepped foot in my local post office since the last time I needed to buy a physical pr0n mag tax disc

First bit of sensible advice cheers. I've done this, they can pick up the parcels from where I'm working tomorrow and they will finally be gone.

Why couldn't ebay have told me this instead of telling people they don't have to pay, I only found out my post office actually shuts for lunch was when I spent half an hour outside it the other week.

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EmailAddress said:

We used to post a cheque for payment in the early eBay days. The Seller could wait for that to arrive, bank it, wait for it to clear, and then ship the item.

I'd imagine the OP would have had an aneurysm by then.

Or, would they have gambled and sent the item immediately, as it was a friendlier, trusting time back in the early 2000s.

... but what if the cheque bounced...

Well no, because that was the system back then, I remember getting clothes and stuff out of the catalogue and you had to wait 28 days for delivery. All I had to go off was my own experience of buying off ebay and I have always paid immediately. I now know its a lot more lackadaisical than that so wont bother in the future.

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boyse7en said:

This is a classic thread in the making.

How many ways can the OP be wrong but still insist he is the injured party?

I'm not saying I'm right, I fully appreciate that's how ebay operates now its been explained, but I am saying I think its stupid how it operates and I don't like it at all, I'm of the opinion that you pay for something immediately once you have purchased it, I don't think you should have the option to give people the runaround once you say you will have it.

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ChevronB19 said:

So any apologies for calling her a bh then?

Well no because I still think she was for not saying anything about the payment for over 24 hrs, just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.

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ChevronB19 said:

This has to be a troll, surely?

Just because I have a different opinion doesn't make me a troll. I'm just a private smuck trying to get a bit of money back for some stuff I bought a couple of years ago, I'm not a big conglomerate that can give credit out or take a big loss because someone wants to play the system, I just wanted to sell some stuff.

There are plenty of times that people a bhes or tts or bds for doing everything within the rules, look at the fuel costs, oil goes down in price - fuel stays the same, oil goes up in price - fuel goes up immediately, all well within the rules but they are still tts non the less.

[tommytaylor]

Look I know we now live in an age where as well as sticks and stones break bones, words do actually hurt people but come one I called someone a bh for taking her time to pay a private layman who has hardly ever sold anything on ebay. All the other half a dozen things I sold they all paid within seconds of winning the bid, it wasn't hard for them.

So my opinion is if she physically bid in the closing seconds then she is a bh for either not paying or saying straight away that there will be a payment delay or on the other hand if she wasn't present and used a sniping tool then I still think she is a bh for using the tool, from what I gather sniping is a lazy mans tools that does genuine bidders out of stuff they deserve to win who actually put the effort in to buying stuff.

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deckster said:

tommytaylor said:

Look I know we now live in an age where as well as sticks and stones break bones, words do actually hurt people but come one I called someone a bh for taking her time to pay a private layman who has hardly ever sold anything on ebay. All the other half a dozen things I sold they all paid within seconds of winning the bid, it wasn't hard for them.

So my opinion is if she physically bid in the closing seconds then she is a bh for either not paying or saying straight away that there will be a payment delay or on the other hand if she wasn't present and used a sniping tool then I still think she is a bh for using the tool, from what I gather sniping is a lazy mans tools that does genuine bidders out of stuff they deserve to win who actually put the effort in to buying stuff.

You are entitled to your opinion.

But your opinion is wrong and you sound like a whiny entitled little bh (DYSWIDT?)

Thats fine, people have different opinions, I dare say if I was sat in a pub with a few grumpy old duffers who have paid promptly in cash all their life they may agree with me If I was in a student union bar with a load of lefty students then they probably wouldn't agree, in fact I'd probably get cancelled, but that's whats so great about life, people have different opinions, no-one can ever be right or wrong, it's just how it is.

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Jazoli said:

This is unreal, are you seriously for real?

You sound like a moaning entitled fool to be honest, just about everyone on this post has told you you are wrong, but you still persist, give your head a wobble man.

how can an opinion be wrong, its what I think. If I punched her in the face then yes I might be wrong then but its just an opinion I have of her.

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AlexRS2782 said:

ChevronB19 said:

Yep. Definite classic thread contender.

Here's another couple from the OP

GP refusing to issue meds any longer - it's all their fault & not OP's even though he moved over a decade ago / didn't tell them and now refuses to register at a new surgery because "no matter how ill I become I will not be sat in a waiting room full of fat tattooed women screaming at little chantel for hours at a time".

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Bad driving from the boyfriend of the daughter of a neighbour in his road - drives a "chav car" and is therefore a drug dealer, but what should OP do?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Don't think you will ever be accused of creating a clasic thread

Toipcs started in the last 20 years - fk all - thanks for your contribution.