Do I have to sell to someone that is "not a registered user" on Ebay?

[Salvador]

Got a question. I had a guy bid and win one of my auctions a few weeks ago. I didn't hear from him for a week and then I did hear from him and he said that he'd make payment in a week. Well.. I just noticed that his user id is "not a registered user" now. Does this mean that I don't have to sell to the guy? I'm worried about messing up my user id if he decides to neg me for not selling to him. Can he get his user id back within 2-3 months and neg me for the heck of it?

TIA,

Sal

 

[jyates]

If he responds to your contact and does send the money within the time frame you listed in your auction
I would sell to him and not worry about his standing on Ebay. But I would either get certified funds in the
mail or make sure you are shipping to a confirmed paypal address before you accept paypal from him.

Check out his user feedback and see what kind of comments he has and it may give you an idea of why
he's been unregistered.

Jim

 

[thomsbrain]

just make him pay first, you can't go wrong.

 

[Salvador]

Well.. Here's the deal.. The guy was a new user about 5 weeks ago. It looked like he signed up and bid on about $1,500 worth of stuff. At the time, he had a 0 feedback rating and it still had the shades next to his id. Since I didn't hear from him right away, I requested his info and the guy lives in Bahrain. What it looked like he was doing is having someone in the US buy the goods for him from Florida.

Because of this info, I was all set to fill out the NPB Alert and not sell to him. About a week after the auction closed, I did get an email from him. He said that he needed a little time, but the payment would be made in 7- 10 days. It's been 9 days since I last heard from him and still no payment. I just checked his user id today and it shows as being unregistered now.

The puzzling thing is that he made 2 transactions within the past month and received excellent feedback for it. The funny thing is that one of the items was an item exactly like mine, only used and for $30 more (when my item was only $60). What blows me away about this auction closed a day after mine and he apparently wrapped up that sale within a week. The seller was even from my area in Chicago. Now.. I had to ask myself why he chose to complete that auction because it was much later than the other auctions and it was for a rediculous amount of money for that item. I don't get it.

Anyway.. I just sent the guy another email asking him about his user id. I'd really like to sell this item, but I don't want to get a negative if he reinstates his user id within a couple months and is pissed because I sold the item on him. I think I've given him a reasonable amount time to make payment (nearly 3 weeks now).

Thanks for listening. What would you do?

Sal

 

[Draknor]

Hmmm - contact eBay about this?

I've heard of scams in the past where users overseas allegedly use US "buyers", and it turns out to be a big scam triangle somehow, but I don't remember exactly how.

At any rate - 3 weeks is a long time - I'm not an eBay seller, but I would think you should be clear of any obligations after such time.

Just my $0.02!

 

[astroview]

Well generally, if you setup terms for when he has to buy from you by, or by when he has to send payment to you by, and he doesn't you don't have to sell to him if you don't want to. I would contact him one last time, and ebay if he doesn't get back to you.

BTW, I live in Chicago too Sal, whereabouts are you?

 

[shurato]

sounds a little fishy...if he is no longer a registered user then you have no obligation to sell to him right? because officially ebay probably wont cover you incase of any mishaps. Ya never know...but just to be safe i say just re-list it and get your final value fees back from ebay.

 

[ChrisIsBored]

Sure.... his "friends" stolen credit card which he used to open a PayPal account will help fund his purchases until you send him everything needed. It's obviously fraud. Don't trust it, even if the money comes directly from PayPal, don't trust it. Within 30 days that money will probably be reversed. I've had it happen to me before.

 

[vegetation]

Yes, he can. I've had this happen to me before. But remember, a negative is far better than losing the item and shipping fees due to fraudulent funds.

I'm worried about messing up my user id if he decides to neg me for not selling to him. Can he get his user id back within 2-3 months and neg me for the heck of it?

TIA,

Sal

 

[vegetation]

Ebay wont do anything for you, even if the buyer is registered and you suffer from fraud. They don't care since they (ebay) already took your money and you aint getting it back! But on the other hand, to get a user unregistered is quite a feat, so this guy definitely has some serious issues going on.

Originally posted by: shurato
sounds a little fishy...if he is no longer a registered user then you have no obligation to sell to him right? because officially ebay probably wont cover you incase of any mishaps. Ya never know...but just to be safe i say just re-list it and get your final value fees back from ebay.

 

[CaesarX]

No, you don't have to sell him anything. It sounds like he got caught for fraud and eBay deleted his account. If he doesn't like it, he can't really do anything about it because he can no longer leave feedback. Besides, it is customary for a payment to be made within a certain time frame, i believe 10 days.

 

[psianime]

Relist

 

[b0mbrman]

When you get NARU'd, Ebay sends you an email saying that you're still responsible for bids you made...fees you owe...

But I wouldn't sell it to him...he got NARU'd for a reason and he has nothing to lose if he screws you over (yes, buyers can screw you over)...

What's the worst he can do? He can't nega-feedback you...

 

[CFster]

I sold a Radeon 9700 to a guy on eBay via Paypal and he paid me - after he received the item they issued a chargeback from my account. I'm out $350. The police still can't find the guy. Turns out he stole somebody else's credit card. eBay and Paypal won't do a damned thing for me either.

 

[Salvador]

Get this.. I just got a reply from one of the guys that completed a transaction with this guy from Bahrain. Apparently, this guy took a PayPal payment from a credit card and shipped to Bahrain. Doh! Maybe that's why he completed that auction?

When I found out that this guy was from outside of the US, I sent him a message telling him that I'd only ship within the US. This is before I ever heard from the guy. Maybe that's why he followed through with the other auctions because they were willing to take his credit card PayPal payment and ship to Bahrain.

I did tell this guy to watch out for a chargeback on his credit card, which seems very likely. It looks like he set up his account, bid on US merchandise, had it shipped to him and he's probably going to default on the payments when he gets all the stuff that he can. That's my guess anyway.

Thanks again for listening.

Sal