Ebay non paying bidder

[et0609]

I sold my MB Bluetooth cradle on Ebay last week. It ended on Sunday. The winning bidder has no feedback at all and hasnt paid.

I sent the buyer the invoice, then 2 reminders, one on Monday after 24 hours and another yesterday after 48 hours. Its now been 3 days and Ive had no payment and no replies.

According to Ebay I cant leave any - feedback, all I can do it file a non paying bidder dispute. But that has to be left for 7 days after and all they do is ask him to pay which Ive done 3 times.

Do you think Im being unreasonable offering it to the next bidder. I think Ive given the buyer long enough to pay and he has ignored my messages.

Thanks

 

[trando]

I would send the first buyer an ultimatum to pay by a certain date otherwise you will assume that he is not interested in it and offer it to the underbidder. In my experience it does take some buyers a little time to sort themselves out. Keep a copy of the emails and that way if it ends up disputed you've got copies of all the relevant bits.

 

[verytalldave]

98% probably a scammer.
However, there are SOMETIMES events which crop up that can delay proceedings.
For example I once paid for an item which never arrived.
Despite trying to contact via email - AND phone - nothing.
2 weeks later the item arrived with a note of apology. The seller was involved in a bad road accident and ebay stuff went by the board.
There MAY - JUST MAY be an explanation. But in this case I doubt it.

 

[HughJarse]

You signed up to ebay therefore you have to follow its rules.

Id wait, email the second bidder and be honest, if they want it theyd wait.

 

[JumboBeef]

I've given up with eBay because of all the non-paying bidders now.

 

[EDZ649]

If you do it properly through ebay and file a non paying bidder report you will be entitled to a refund of your fees if it is found in your favour.

 

[Baron_Samedi]

It could that your buyer is going to be grief but,

Getting eBay involved after less than four days is a bit unfair.. especially with the public holiday.

 

[SilverSaloon]

just offer it to the next bidder down (if the price is right).

best way to avoid lots of non payers is to make sure they hold a paypal account and their credit card details are linked to their ebay account - only then can they bid.

this is available in your selling preferences in "my ebay". keeps 99% of the bad guys away standard auctions from my experience.

 

[et0609]

Thanks for all the advice. The guy did in fact pay today, with a note demanding he receives it straight away as hes going on holiday. Needless to say I didnt rush to the post office and what terrible luck, I just missed the last post.

To be honest I rarely sell or buy anything on Ebay. I would like to think most people on there are trustworthy, but in my experience, when things go wrong, Ebay dont give a monkeys.