Who crapped in your cornflakes pal? To call most sellers a leech is worse than NH referring to "scumbag" buyers (of which there are plenty of) that take advantage of sellers on a regular basis. Scumbags are always trying to scam people no matter what the arena happens to be. That's the nature of a scumbag, be it a seller or a buyer, they are a scumbag. You know what they say about shoes and if it fits. By the way, the "ART" of buying low and selling high is called arbitrage, not leeching. However, taking a single word out of a post and making it all encompassing to fit your agenda is much more parasitic.
If a buyer bids on an item and wins, then does not pay, then will not pay after 2-3 messages and never even answers any message. Then they are SCUMBAGS, plain and simple. (I had two in January)
You (wrongly) call out NH for using the word "scumbag" to describe bad buyers - which is the RIGHT word to use by the way, and then you call people who buy items and then resell for a profit leeches and say you have no respect for ebay sellers? If anyone here deserves a "timeout" its YOU.
Nobody mentioned drive to their house and knock on their door?
Why on earth would you take my comment personal unless you are one of those bidders who bids on things randomly and then decides AFTER you've won if you really feel like paying or not ? THOSE are the people I was referring to. The ones who could care less that a bid is a legal contract to pay for the item if you win the same way that my acceptance of your bid is a legal contract to sell you the item at that price. How would you like it if half the auctions you WON resulted in the sellers simply deciding they don't feel like following through ? It's not Walmart. My time taking pictures and typing up a description and posting the listing is worth something. Add to that the fact that once the auction is over Ebay takes their fees. Now since YOU have decided not to pay I have to file a claim, fight with Ebay, and wait a couple of weeks to get those fees refunded ? You have ALOT of nerve calling me out because I think non-payment is a scumbag move.... Do you have some sort of personal issue with me calling for me to get a time out over a name that was made in reference to bad Ebay bidders and certainly not directed toward any individuals on here ? It sure seems that way. Of maybe you're one of those deadbeat bidders and you took it personal ? If so please NEVER bid on any of my auctions. I'm tired of people like that wasting my time. You made reference to bad sellers ? Well at least the feedback system as far as sellers are concerned still works as originally intended. If someone advertises something and it's not as described you leave them a negative and let the world know how they operate. When a bad buyer simply decides not to pay there is no longer any method in place to warn other sellers that the guy is a deadbeat. Buyers can ONLY be left a positive rating. Could you please explain to me what the point is in that ? Learn to read dude.. I didn't call ALL buyers scumbags. I reserve that name for those buyers who make a commitment to pay for an item and then simply decide not to. I'm old school from a time when a mans word was worth something and if you said you were going to do something you damn well followed through. If you're not like that it's cool but don't attack me for for having morals. And this comment is the most ridiculous thing I've read today.. " most sellers feed of others misery aquiring used items at a bargain price to resell at a profit. Thats called a leech. I have lost all respect for ebay sellers today." Do you yell and holler at the manager at the grocery store because he paid less for that dozen eggs you're buying that what he's charging you ? Come on man, buying low and selling at a profit is what makes the world go around and it's part of EVERY aspect of your life. You think people who supplement their income a little by selling on Ebay are "leeches" ? You should get a time out for that comment...
