ebay rant

[weewdy]

Why do people bid at the very last minute for something then not pay straight away! I was watching my auction end and within the last 5 mins it shot from 15.50 to 43.00, then a bid went in the last few seconds of 45.00. Now i am still awaiting payment, 2 days on. If they had messaged saying they were waiting for payday or something fair enough i wouldnt have minded. I have 4 items to post and if payment not made by monday i will need to make 2 trips to post office (20 mile round trip).

 

[Mummy May]

That annoys me too - have you messaged to ask them to let you know when they will be paying? I usually do that and most of the time they pay right away xx p,s well done on your weight loss! xx

 

[weewdy]

That annoys me too - have you messaged to ask them to let you know when they will be paying? I usually do that and most of the time they pay right away xx p,s well done on your weight loss! xx

Thank you, i have just sent a message hopefully they will respond x

 

[Vesta]

Apparently some people will bid even if they don't have the money to pay for it. If they know they'll have some money in a few days. I don't think it's right.

 

[maryp0ppins]

They may have used an automatic bidding website or app that does it for them.
They may still pay! You have 7 days to pay after the auction ends so maybe they are waiting until their payday.

 

[KayBea]

i have done this before, i put in my highest bid & won the auction however i was never notified i had won so didnt pay until 3 days later when the seller messaged me..

it is frustrating as i sell loads & it does happen quite a bit. xx

 

[embo216]

This happened to me a few weeks ago, this lady won 4 of my items! No payment ever came

 

[weewdy]

She has now emailed this morning saying she doesnt want the item. Rage!

 

[wishuwerehere]

That's rubbish - this is why ebay needs a better system for leaving feedback on buyers

 

[dgirllamius]

I thought that if you were the winning bidder you were in a legally binded contract and had to pay? Obviously if you didn't want it anymore you could return it but still that's a bit crap to bid and then turn round and say you don't want it.

 

[catty]

Does it not give you the option for the 2nd highest bidder to buy it?
Such a pain, I was selling 6 dresses once and the same person bought them all. I got an email a week later (after id emailed) saying her daughter had done it and she wouldnt be buyig any of them. Was so pissed off! Ebay is a buyers world unfortunately sellers always get the raw deal

 

[Kate&Lucas]

What a tit. I proper hate selling on eBay because of people like that.

 

[maryp0ppins]

Open a non payment case against her anyways, you can do this 48 hours after the auction has ended, you need to do this to get your fees back.

 

[BellaBoo0512]

This is why I won't be selling anything on eBay ever again. I've listed an unwanted unopened bottle of aftershave twice now. The first time the buyer apparently was no longer a user (but managed to bid wtf?!) then the second time the buyer emailed me immediately after the auction ended to say she would pay the following day. It's been 5 days now and still no payment and she isn't responding to my messages. Grr!

 

[rocknrolla]

Yeah that sucks, but open a case to get your fees back and use the second chance offer to the next highest bidder, should sort u out. I do a lot of buying and selling on ebay and those people drive me crazy- i wouldn't dream of just not paying or sayin i don't want it anymore- just rude! Good luck x