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iamawahm
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Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: indiana
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 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: why do they bid? |
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| my mom still sells on ebay and has had 3 bidders in the last 3 weeks that have not paid and she had to file npb against them. why do they bid if they are not going to pay? |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: Recommendation: Auction Selling 101 |
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Auction Arses
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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What is your mum (or mom!) selling?
3 non-payers in a row is very unlucky, were they bought by ebayers with a low feedback score? |
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Paula
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| If it was a high-priced item, it may be that the bidder had second thoughts. Does your mom have much f/back? |
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k700
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| That does seem like a lot. I use to get about 1 in 10 non payers, which I could just about cope with! |
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rlineker
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| What is she selling and at what price? |
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Kenix
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Is your mum selling at fixed price or auction? |
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cmking
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| if they are trying to scam your mom into sending them the package first and then "transfering the money via paypal when they receive a tracking number" then they have a reason to bid but not pay |
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screwedbyebay
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Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: why do they bid? |
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| iamawahm wrote: | | my mom still sells on ebay and has had 3 bidders in the last 3 weeks that have not paid and she had to file npb against them. why do they bid if they are not going to pay? |
Mostely just to see if they can mess with someone!
This is unfortunately a rather common thing with e-bay. ANYONE can open an account and bid! Litterally ANYONE who can use a computer. There is no identification requires, and no checking. I personally know persons who have done it, just to see if it can be done. They use a fake name, a fake address, and all, but can still sign up.
Any KID that knows how to use a computer (and which one does not today?) can register as a user. Yes, supposedly one has to be 18 years old to do it, but that makes no difference to the punks out there in cyberland who are bored, or want to see how agervated they can get someone.
A person should have to ve VARIFIED before they can bid on an item, just like they MUST BE before they can list an item. Other REPUTABLE sites do require that bidders also be verified! |
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thecountryowl
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Joined: 14 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: Re: why do they bid? |
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| screwedbyebay wrote: | | Other REPUTABLE sites do require that bidders also be verified! |
Name one successful site that has a fail safe verification system in place, where you can actually sell something.  |
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