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Non paying bidder offers to pay my fees if I agree to a mutual.
Avoriaz
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I sold a DVD player for about £120. The buyer has over 100 feedbacks at 100% so it looked good. Unfortunately he has not paid and can’t pay as he was relying on getting a loan. He has sent me a lengthy sob story about going bankrupt a few years ago and finding it difficult to borrow money. He also told me he had also just defaulted on another expensive purchase.
I told him he should have learnt from his bankruptcy not to buy things he can’t afford.
I also told him I had started a claim to get my final value fees back and that he would get a non paying bidder strike for that, plus possibly another for the other purchase, plus negative feedback from me and probably also from the other seller.
He has now offered to pay my listing fees of about £2.50 if I agree to a mutual agreement not to proceed.
What should I do?
1) Proceed with the claim, get my final value fees back, relist and hopefully sell it again and get a listing credit for the first listing. Give him a richly deserved negative and make sure he gets a NPB strike as a warning to others.
2) Accept his £2.50 and agree to a mutual. I still get my fees back and I think I still get a relisting credit so I am £2.50 better off. He avoids a strike though I suppose I could still leave negative feedback.
If I give him a negative I risk a retaliatory negative feedback in both options so maybe I should insist that he gives me positive feedback before we proceed with the mutual.
I suppose I could then renege on any deal but I think that would be mean. I prefer to be honest if possible.
I’m bloody angry about it as the DVD player may sell for far less in January. The runner up bidder rejected a second chance offer.
Comments, opinions and suggestions please.
I told him he should have learnt from his bankruptcy not to buy things he can’t afford.
I also told him I had started a claim to get my final value fees back and that he would get a non paying bidder strike for that, plus possibly another for the other purchase, plus negative feedback from me and probably also from the other seller.
He has now offered to pay my listing fees of about £2.50 if I agree to a mutual agreement not to proceed.
What should I do?
1) Proceed with the claim, get my final value fees back, relist and hopefully sell it again and get a listing credit for the first listing. Give him a richly deserved negative and make sure he gets a NPB strike as a warning to others.
2) Accept his £2.50 and agree to a mutual. I still get my fees back and I think I still get a relisting credit so I am £2.50 better off. He avoids a strike though I suppose I could still leave negative feedback.
If I give him a negative I risk a retaliatory negative feedback in both options so maybe I should insist that he gives me positive feedback before we proceed with the mutual.
I suppose I could then renege on any deal but I think that would be mean. I prefer to be honest if possible.
I’m bloody angry about it as the DVD player may sell for far less in January. The runner up bidder rejected a second chance offer.
Comments, opinions and suggestions please.
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Its always annoying with NPBs but I would just get them to agree to the Mutual Agreement and relist. I wouldnt even bother with a negative....the short term feeling of satisfaction you get will go when they neg you back....is it really worth it?
Insisting on the listing fees being paid as well as getting the fees back through a mutual agreement is a little cheeky....unless you paid for upgrades to the basic listing fee in which case you dont get these back through a Mutual so you might still want some compensation from them.0 -
Really depends on how you feel, but get fees back first.
Season of goodwill?0 -
I wouldn't extend anygoodwill to a NPB. As you say, by not selling before Xmas, you are going to lose out in terms of selling price when you relist. NPB are the evil of eBay and I've had a few in the past. I deal with them all the same... a nice little strike!!!Cashback Sites
Quidco - £285.07 (Since July 07)
Bank Charges
HSBC - £4210 RECLAIMED!!
Nationwide, Cahoot, Alliance and Leicester - I'm coming for ya!0 -
I always give NPB strikes, however I've never been in a situation where the buyer has offered to pay my fees.0
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if you go through the non paying bidder
route you get your fees back anyway,
plus you will still get a relist credit.
also he wont be able to leave feedback
for you either.
Dont be taken in by this scammer from
the sounds of it its not just you he is
trying to con
it this situation I leave a neg
non paying bidder auction fees refunded from ebay
they cant retaliate from that plus it
helps other sellers who if they spot
it can remove and block them.
especially when they are trying to
sell something where there are
genuine bidders with good reliable bids
for their item.Lets face it if you had
spotted a neg like that while your
auction was running you would have
removed his bid as well
From the sounds of it he is desperate
because three strikes and your out,
looks like he may already have two
strikes against him and he is trying
to cling on.:j:j:j0 -
£120 for a dvd player and he cant afford it, get your fees back via a claim, tell him to get a dvd player at asda for £14
dont bother with feedback unless he leaves you some or unless you want other buyers or sellers to be aware of the transaction, he made you lose out on a sale before christmas, it will be harder to sell the dvd player with the sales after christmas.0 -
I’m not insisting on that and I did not make any such suggestion to him.
He made the offer unprompted by me.
He should pay for listing fees and final value fees. He wasted your time by bidding and then deciding he no longer wanted it, the relist option which you get for a NPB still costs money and you only get it back if the relisted item sells.
I'd insist he paid all the associated fees before letting him off the hook. He must be close to suspension to grovel like this. If it were me I'd probably give him a strike, you're probably not going to get as much money selling it after Christmas.
I wouldn't bother with a negative, you'll probably get one back.0 -
How can I check if he has a NPB strike or strikes already?
Does it show on his feedback summary pages?0
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