very first sell on eBay - Page 2

the sale ended at night and he paid the next day and I shipped that day after work

I've never had success with 2nd chance status for a bidding-non-payer item. Like it has been said, by that time (usually for me almost 2 weeks after the "sale" to get things squared away to start again) the 2nd place person is no longer interested. I do well with not having many bid non-paying customers (maybe 2-3%) and chances are someone else might buy it next time its offered. Most of my stuff isn't for much coin so I just roll with it.

Originally Posted by ScrappinRed

You're welcome to read it for yourself straight from Ebay: What to do when a buyer doesn't pay

"If the buyer doesn't pay, you need to manually close the case in the Resolution Center within 36 days after the listing ended, in order to receive a final value fee credit.

If you haven't closed the case on the 37th day after the listing ended, we automatically close it and you won't receive a final value fee credit. Also, we won't record an unpaid item in the buyer's account."

Oh, I believed you... Just saying it's a crap policy to have.

Originally Posted by JustInTime

Ya, same here. I have it set to the most restrictive possible but I've been finding I've been getting more and more non-payers who are either new to ebay, or have extremely low feedback. The last month out of out of like 10 auctions I've put up, a good third were non-payers.

Where in your account setup are you able to change these settings on who can bid? I have gone through everything I can find (including searches in ebay help) and can't find anything to limit these options. I've been doing $100-200 per month of sales - the only thing I can think of is that you have a store and that gives you better options?

Originally Posted by 4barrel

I have gone through everything I can find (including searches in ebay help) and can't find anything to limit these options.

When you make the listing
You are given a chance to pick Buyer Requirements
As far as blocking non paying >> Best you can do is block those with 2 or more unpaid strikes
and as far as Feed Back >> Best you can do is block -1 Feed back score >> which makes NO sense since Buyer ID's can ONLY get Positive Feed back

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I have my account marked to automatically bar any buyers that have 2 strikes against them, it'll weed most of them out.
I get maybe 1 every six months.

How do I do that? I am having bad luck with non-payers right now....

Originally Posted by JohnC4X4

When you make the listing
You are given a chance to pick Buyer Requirements
As far as blocking non paying >> Best you can do is block those with 2 or more unpaid strikes
and as far as Feed Back >> Best you can do is block -1 Feed back score >> which makes NO sense since Buyer ID's can ONLY get Positive Feed back

I don't have an Ebay store and I have not seen these options....

Originally Posted by CCRcameron

I don't have an Ebay store and I have not seen these options....

No eBay store needed
Towards the bottom of the sell your item page
last section is >> Add other details