Everyone knows eBay changed their feedback policy. This is not good new for sellers, not at all good. As a former seller on ebay I know first hand the kind of slanderous feedback Non-Paying bidders and Difficult buyers can leave. Always two sides to a story. Not anymore on ebay.
Sellers will not be able to leave any negative or neutral remarks for the buyer.
This is extremely frustrating. You cannot alert other sellers of these NON Paying Bidders. Checking the buyers feedback used to be beneficial for the seller to check the buyers feedback. Hey, if other sellers complained about Non Payment or difficulties; then you had an option to terminate their bid or block them from purchasing.
This is a HUGE disservice. Of course eBay makes money. They invoice you immediately upon the close of auction. Per their terms of agreement you must allow the buyer 7 days to pay and another 8 days for them to respond to the claim. In the meantime you owe the money and must pay ebay or they can freeze your account. Fair?...NOT! You are out the listing fee, final value fee and potential buyers. Its a tough market and people are not much into being out bid. Of course it varies on what you sell.
What can we do? A lot!!! A new site "WhateverEbay.com" is a place for information and for sellers to post alerts on buyers. Just for sellers; Buyers are not allowed to post. This site is free and full of information.
There are many other sites allowing Buyer to Rant and Rave but not many for Sellers. Time for Sellers to stand up and let Buyers know that Sellers will unite.
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