posted on October 13, 2000 05:55:38 PM new
Since today is only Friday, Tuesday's check might truly be in transit.If you do not get it on Monday, I would e-mail her to send another by Express Mail or at the very least priority and if it is not received by Friday, I would apply for credit and relist I had one string me along for a month for a $19.00 item. The check was either in the mail or going to be sent. The last e-mail stated she found the envelope among a stack of ones she had planned to send out and was sure "this was not the first time I had Bad Luck" I applied for credit and relisted and got $17.00 for the item from another bidder and I never did get her check
buyhigh
posted on October 13, 2000 05:55:51 PM new
FUNNY, but I am in SAME BOAT! First time in the 1.5 years of selling I have to go thru this. Mine isn't quite that magnitude.
Buyer won an auction & then purchased an additional item from website, but NEVER PAID. Keeps telling me check in mail, wrong adddress, etc. This week she won another auction, "had to get one for mom." I'm like.... thank you for winning this auction, and by the way, I'm still waiting for payment on the first... have you sent that out yet?
posted on October 13, 2000 06:46:42 PM newMaui: She's only paid you $40 out of $275, yet she's still bidding on your items, right?
A great customer is wonderful, but a great customer who doesn't pay is a deadbeat.
My 2 cents: If the check isn't in your hands tomorrow, cancel her outstanding bids and email her (cc to SafeHarbor) that for both of your sakes, you are requesting that she not bid on any more of your items until she is paid up completely. Tell her that you love having her as a customer, and as soon as she has cleared up her "account" with you, you'd love her to bid on more items again.
posted on October 13, 2000 07:57:57 PM new
You have encountered an addict.
I have a relative who is addicted to shopping. Her husband tried to retire and it lasted 2 months. She would not stop spending. When she would go in a store that had Amish quilts for sale you or I would buy one maybe. She would buy 6 or 8 and say they are going to be Christmas presents. I would have left her long ago.
posted on October 13, 2000 08:02:07 PM new
WOW Maui that's too bad, Tell her to Express mail the payment and then you will return the other check with the items. But have to ask are you going to keep the $40? Sounds like a layaway to me and you're entitled
Ain't Life Grand...
I'd check auctions she's won from other sellers. Look carefully to find an experienced, reputable seller who might be in the same boat that you are in. E-mail that seller and diplomatically ask if they are experiencing any difficulties as well with the same buyer (mention the excuses you've been given).
posted on October 13, 2000 10:15:04 PM new
Maui ...... Have you considered asking her to pay via BidPay? It might even be worth offering to cover the $5 fee for her? She only needs to use 1 item #, for each $100 lot. I know this will mean you have to eat $15 in total [for $275 worth of merchandise], but at least you would be certain [or not] that the check was indeed in the mail.
posted on October 13, 2000 10:33:04 PM new
Maui, sorry about your "buyer".
This is a great time to try out the new bidder search feature though. On eBay, click on search, then bidder. Then, if you do a search on completed items, it will show in the right hand column who she bought stuff from...you won't have to look it up!
That'll save you some time if you want to contact another seller.
Good luck...I know how easy it is to get strung along.
posted on October 14, 2000 03:03:03 AM new
man oh man, i relate!
i have alot of regular bidders that end winners that totally take advantage of time frames of paying.. they think i am their storage unit til they are ready to unload.. some go months at a time until they say 'tally it up'
forget that! i am not selling for show.
i get a blah feeling when i see their on a bidding frenzy... wish they'd take me off their bookmarks.
enie
deja deja deja vu believe it and it will come true!
posted on October 14, 2000 03:27:07 PM new
Maui, sorry about your "little problem"!
Can't you just reuse the pix from the old auctions, or relist the whole auction[s], without unpacking, reironing, and taking new pix? Eventually you'll HAVE to unwrap stuff when you ship it to its new owners, but why give yourself the grief of doing it right now, when you are still upset? Just use your old pictures and take a breather from looking at the stuff in the boxes.
As a mainly buyer/sometimes seller I have to say that I think you should at the very least do what was suggested regarding leaving 1 neg fb that states the simple unemotional facts of your dealings with this person. Let me tell you why I feel that way.
First of all, you have already left positively glowing feedback for this buyer on 4 items already. If I were another seller and saw she had bid on so many of my items I would do a little feedback surfing and find how many winning bids she has had with you and think that she obviously honors her multiple bids. I would assume that, since only 1 positive from you would be considered "unique and count towards the final rating", you probably did not waste your time leaving a string of glowing positives and just let what you had previously said stand for all of your dealings with her.
Also, I believe that she would NOT in fact retaliate. Why do I say this? Because she has only left 31 comments and received 112 pos/2 negs and has only issued 2 neutrals herself.
As a seller, I would NOT hesitate to take "the hit" of a retaliatory feedback in order to warn others of a potential problem bidder. I have only a 62 feedback rating (70 pos/0 neut/0 neg) and a negative would tarnish my rating much worse than someone with a 500+ rating. I just feel it is my "duty" as a community member to participate in the fb. If I want to enjoy the benefits of positive fb I should also not allow others to enjoy the benefits of FALSE feedback perception.
I would not leave 17 negs as I would deem that to be petty if I were reading it. Besides, why waste that much TIME.
My opinion only and by the way, YOU HAVE GORGEOUS STUFF!!
I am sorry you are dealing with this problem and would just like to reassure you that if you were to take a negative from her it would be painfully obvious that it was not earned especially if you simply respond to it by stating "She did not follow thru with 17 bids & is retaliating."
Best wishes,
- Shari
"For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the Protected will never know."
posted on October 14, 2000 08:32:49 PM new
I had somebody like that Mauimoods. I finally sent an email stating that I needed the money in X days, and if payment was not received, I would have to send the items that were paid for, and request credit from ebay for the rest.
The bidder will either pay up fast, or won't. If she doesn't pay right then, she never will.
Also tell her in the email that she is not allowed to place anymore bids on your auctions, and that if she does you will report her to safeharbor at ebay, since bidding on a seller's auction when a person had been warned not to is a violation of ebay rules.
File all 17 NPBA and in 10 days if the money hasn't arrived file 17 credits.
This is a bidder that needs to be shut down. With 17 pages of bids, this bidder is addicted to bidding.
