Strange behaviour by a buyer.

masonic

indiegirl wrote:

Really? I thought that eBay removed listings after 90 days, therefore rendering the listing as 'complete'.

I'm sure I read that you have 90 days to leave feedback... might be wrong though

Well I can still see the listing for an item I bought on the 14th May!!

It does become more difficult to leave feedback after 90 days, but it is still possible.

richto

NO it isnt. You cant leave new feedback after 90 days. Only followups to existing feedbacks.

If I think a buyer is likely to retaliate I diary it for 89 days in Outlook. Otherwise I do it straight away (usully to those that dont reply at all to the UID)

masonic

richto wrote:

NO it isnt. You cant leave new feedback after 90 days. Only followups to existing feedbacks.

If I think a buyer is likely to retaliate I diary it for 89 days in Outlook. Otherwise I do it straight away (usully to those that dont reply at all to the UID)

Oh, then I suppose biblejohn and soolin were lying in this thread then?

buggu

richto wrote:

NO it isnt. You cant leave new feedback after 90 days. Only followups to existing feedbacks.

If I think a buyer is likely to retaliate I diary it for 89 days in Outlook. Otherwise I do it straight away (usully to those that dont reply at all to the UID)

Thats what i thought, since it does state you need to leave a feedback within 90 days. As for a response to a negative feedback left,i guess that could be done whenever you want.

soolin

richto wrote:

NO it isnt. You cant leave new feedback after 90 days. Only followups to existing feedbacks.

If I think a buyer is likely to retaliate I diary it for 89 days in Outlook. Otherwise I do it straight away (usully to those that dont reply at all to the UID)

Sometimes it is possible to leave feedback after 90 days if you know how, although every now and then you come across an auction where the 90+ option doesn't work. I think it all depends when ebay clear their cache.

The 90 day rule is when the item disappears from your feedback page, after that it is more difficult to leave feedback and a lot of people rely on the other party not knowing how to do it.

I certainly have left feedback after day 90.

Soo

wolvesinwales

Here's an update to what has happened so far :

I reported it as unpaid he replied with :

hi matte,i emailed yyyou explaining why i havent paid for this item,i do appologise,can we agreea mutual dispute?

I Replied :
I agree you e mailed me saying why you would not go ahead, but checking your feedback i see that you have since bought the same game from someone else !I want all my e bay fees back for the listing.

He replied : no actually, my sisterr used my acccount to buy it for my birthday,then when you put in an unpaid iteem strike i found out what my present was,so thanx.can we not agree a mutual dispute? how much were the listing fees? 50p?

I have checked bid times and they were both within 20 seconds of each other so i am pretty sure he is lying, what do you suggest i should do, just leave it, can he leave me negative if he hasn't paid ?

soolin

Whatever you do don't file a mutual NPB as your buyer can tick the wrong box and you lose your FVFs and he gets no strike.

Your options are to either ask for your listing fees to be paid say within 48 hours and only then start the 'mutual' process. Or, just say that you always follow the ebay guidleines in these circumstances and therefore have no option other than to go through the NPB process, then go for a full NPB. YOu will get your FVFs back and the buyer will get a strike but the good thing is that he can't stop that process.

Either way he can still leave you feedback. Although, at some date this month the feedback rules change and from that date buyers who do not respond to a NPB dispute lose the baility to leave feedback for that transaction.

Soo

masonic

So he expects you to believe his sister used HIS ebay account to buy his birthday present at the same time he was actively using it and he is now disappointed with you for ruining the suprise??!! :rolleyes:

I would do as Soo says and I would politely inform him that you have already set the wheels in motion. This person needs to learn to bid on one item at a time.

Kaminari_2

I think the main thing we are forgetting is that when he won with the highest bid he entered into contract to buy the item at that price. It is irrelevant if his sister bought him a copy or he got a copy for his b’day or if he won another copy in another auction. When he won with the highest bid he entered a binding contract to complete the transaction irrelevant of other circumstances.

wolvesinwales

Thanks for all the helpful comments and tips. I am certainly going to follow it through mainly because he is trying to lie his way out of it and to then try to blame me for ruining his birthday surprise is ludicrous ! if he had e mailed me in the first place and explained he had bid on two and was in a predicament i might well have just accepted it.