Another ebay poor tactic

[CMAC]

As I've posted before, I'm very new to ebay and therefore following the rules closely, responding to emails within hours and paying for any goods bought within minutes!
However, I've come across a tactic where someone selling something similar to you buys it from you then doesn't pay or respond to emails, ebay say they are allowed 28 days to pay so the poor seller has to wait all this time, or the person sells their own product and offers another one to the losing bidder who if purchases then buys yours and flogs it on to their second buyer.

Poor practice or smart business person (the one I know about is run as a business)

 

[Moff]

Could you not use the" immediate payment required" checkbox to prevent this practise from happening :

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/pay/require-immediate-payment.html

 

[thecraw]

As I've posted before, I'm very new to ebay and therefore following the rules closely, responding to emails within hours and paying for any goods bought within minutes!
However, I've come across a tactic where someone selling something similar to you buys it from you then doesn't pay or respond to emails, ebay say they are allowed 28 days to pay so the poor seller has to wait all this time, or the person sells their own product and offers another one to the losing bidder who if purchases then buys yours and flogs it on to their second buyer.

Poor practice or smart business person (the one I know about is run as a business)

Never seen or noticed this before however I ain't been looking for it!

 

[HNewby]

Never noticed anyone doing this before...seems quite clever to me though

 

[DavyW]

not much of an ebayer myself but can you not report them for it?

 

[CMAC]

not much of an ebayer myself but can you not report them for it?

report for what, being shrewd in business!

if they do it regularly and DON'T pay then you can raise a case against them with evilbay, however most people just re-list or offer to someone else to save the hassle.

 

[moogie]

Ive been on ebay Buying & Selling for nearly 10 years, probs 2000+ Transactions, and

1) Ive Never noticed this practice before
2) Ive Never gave Anybody 28 days to Pay, I Invoice, then if No Response or Payment within 48hrs I Invoice Again, and if NO payment in 7days I lodge a Non-Paying-Bidder Alert to Ebay, and wait a further 7 for response/Payment

I also put the above in MY payment terms and conditions too