A couple of questions...

Lobell

Sorry to ask yet more questions...

Are there any repercussions for sellers for leaving a false positive in feedback. I have just closed an unpaid item case and the non-payer will get a strike. Checking her feedback, she has received at least one other strike in the last few days (for a item not dissimilar to mine - both low value) but has bid on and paid for other items in the interim. Obviously the other seller has left a false positive in her feedback and I am tempted to do the same...I know the buyer can have it removed but I feel it's really unfair that sellers don't have anyway way of flagging up these time wasters. However, I won't if it means I'll be hit with a policy breach or the like...

Second question...
Is posting to Italy always a disaster? I've never dealt with an Italian buyer before but someone bought an item of mine on BIN last night. Item is worth around £15...is there any merit in sending by International Signed For (I'd have to absord the additional postage cost) or would I be ok with airmail and a certificate of posting and be prepared to claim if it goes AWOL? I should add that the buyer has 100% feedback (over 400 transactions as a buyer) and appears to have bought a lot from UK and worldwide so doesn't look like a chancer on the face of it.

TIA

cyberbob

If you leave a false positive the buyer can get it removed and you will be reported. A strike will do far more damage than anything in feedback. most sellers have there preferences set to exclude those with 2 or more strikes so they effectively ban themselves from ebay.

Italy well I would never send a high value item but a £15 item I would just send with proof of posting. Ive sold quite a few amazon things to Italy with no problems. I have had a problem with one ebay thing though. its not the buyers you have to worry about with Italy its there postal system which can be a bit random

Lobell

**update**....and more questions

My non-paying bidder whom I issued with a strike has paid today.....by echeque!!:mad: Do I still have to sell to her? Can she neg me even though I've been through the dispute process and she's got a strike. I am disinclined to send the item even if the echeque clears but would prefer to avoid a counter NPS claim if possible.

This really isn't worth the hassle for a fiver, is it? :rolleyes:

Premier_2

If the claim is done & dusted and it was declared the buyer was a non-paying bidder, I think that is considered the end of the transaction.

I wouldn't be inclined to send the item ... but you can't keep the money (if it clears) if you don't

Lobell

I contacted the other seller who had recently issued a strike against same buyer to see if the buyer had tried to pay after closure of the dispute and, lo and behold, she had also received an echeque. Seller cancelled it and messaged buyer to explain that the transaction was complete and that she wouldn't be sending the item. Buyer sent another echeque almost immediately!!

I can't decide now whether to try to cancel the echeque or wait for funds to clear and then refund...

VanyaHargreeves

Remember to block her next time.

Lobell

VanyaHargreeves wrote: »

Remember to block her next time.

Have already done so.