PEOPLE WHO BID & DON'T PAY!!!

Yes the buyer gets an unpaid item strike but honestly what does that do?

Two strikes in a year, and sellers can automatically block that ID.

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Personally, I don't need members telling me that I'm ranting. It's a legitimate problem, and going through the process of an unpaid item dispute doesn't cut it. Obviously you can't force someone to make a purchase, and no one is suggesting that, but what is the big issue with giving buyers negatives if they don't pay?

I genuinely feel for my fellow sellers who invest time into creating, and watching their auctions. It's annoying watch your item getting bid on by 10 or more bidders, only to have some lame buyer come along, win the item, and welsh.

Strike? Yeah, big deal! So it will restrict them from bidding on items "if" the seller is keen enough to know that they should select the option in their preferences.

How I can have an item as "buy it now," and still not get paid...it's beyond me!

Ebay needs to tighten up. Sellers bring you money, and traffic. It's a joke that I'm constantly dealing with people not paying. I should be able to give them their "strike" sooner, instead of waiting another 8-9 days just to relist it, then watch the selling clock count down all over again.

Bring back negatives for buyers. It's only fair, there are crappy buyers out there. Stop making it so easy for us to have our time wasted.

I agree, I am so tired of people winning and not paying.  I am now going to have to list my Raquel Welch wigs for a third time urgggg!  The first time I auctioned them the winner told me she did not have the money in her paypal account and to please sell them to someone else, so instead of filing a dispute (takes too long), I cancelled her winning bid and received my final value fee back and re-listed them again, the auction ends after 18 bids, the high bidder retracts her bid and moves up the second person to be the winner.  This winner tells me she was outbid and was not aware that the winning bidder retracted her bid, so she won, and that she had already purchased another wig.  She does not want to pay for my auction!   Why are there no penalties for these bidders?  a strike against them? (haha)  I can't give them negative feedback, so the seller has no recourse.  Ebay wouldn't be in business without us, they should protect us better than this.