> From: Vitaliy <
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> Subject: Re: [OT] What to do if you get a bad buyer?
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> Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 11:53 AM
> Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote:
> > I sell stuff on eBay. I'm curious about what's
> the best thing to do if
> > somebody wins one of my auctions but I don't want
> anything to do with
> > the buyer.
> >
> > For instance, let's say you're selling a
> laptop on eBay and it sells for
> > 200 dollars. Now let's say you go to check who the
> buyer is and you find
> > that his feedback score is 10 and that his positive
> feedback percentage
> > is only 30%. So that means he's got 70% negative
> feedback.
> >
> > In such a circumstance, I'd *like* to just cancel
> the auction, block the
> > buyer, and then just re-list the laptop.
>
> This is expressly prohibited by eBay rules:
>
> pages.ebay.com/help/policies/seller-non-performance.html
>
> > As far as I can gather though, I'd be doing a Bad
> Thing if I refused to
> > sell something to someone who rightfully won one of my
> auctions, and it
> > would probably leave me wide open to the buyer leaving
> me bad feedback.
>
> Yes, and yes.
>
> > But what about if I put the following in my auctions:
> >
> > "Auction is only open to people whose feedback
> score is above 99%
> > positive. If your feedback is below 99% positive,
> please contact me to
> > consider your eligibility"
> >
> > If I were to put that in my ad, would I have the right
> to cancel the
> > auction if a Bad Buyer won it? Also would it take away
> their opportunity
> > to leave me bad feedback?
>
> I believe if you put this type of disclaimer in your
> auction, you will be
> contacted by eBay representatives and told to take it down.
>
> Vitaliy
>