Now what? A Russian bid on my item

[packerbacker]

I had someone bid on an ebay item and won the bid but they haven't paid and it's a Russian mailing address. What do I do to get it cleared off my listings as sold and relist it?

 

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[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

If you are not set up for automatic non paying buyer, file a non paying buyer complaint. Fairly quickly ebay rules in your favor, removes the possibility of you getting neg feed back and relists your item for you. Set it up for automatic, never have to monkey with that sort of thing again.

 

[packerbacker]

Thanks a lot!

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

My pleasure. What sort of packers do they have in Northern California?

 

[JustinNH]

I had the same. I set it up to ship to only US, but that is not enough... you need to specifically block all countries you do not want.

When it happened to me, the buyer could not pay as they needed me to invoice them for shipping costs prior... so I did not and it went to an unpaid item case and closed out in my favor. When that happens, they cannot leave feedback. May not be the right way to handle it, but it did specifically say US only, so I didn't feel bad.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Some of those people in foreign lands pay big $ for stuff. International sales seem to be the most lucrative. I put a huge handling fee in the shipping calculator for international sales. Why limit your client base?

 

[Paleo_joe]

I shipped something to Russia and had no problem. But, we did have a conversation in email about shipping and so forth, so it was clear it was a real person who wanted the thing.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Sure, but what really matters is if they pay me

 

[Paleo_joe]

Yeah, that is one small detail.
BUT - I just remembered - I had an international buyer who choked on the shipping, so I canceled the transaction -- and it gave me a ding on my TRS score! From now on, I will do the unpaid item thing and not try and help the buyer out with a simple cancellation.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Yeah, that is one small detail.
BUT - I just remembered - I had an international buyer who choked on the shipping, so I canceled the transaction -- and it gave me a ding on my TRS score! From now on, I will do the unpaid item thing and not try and help the buyer out with a simple cancellation.

Exactly. A guy tried that on me recently (email asking for me to cancel after he got the auto unpaid case opened) but ebay site tells you (when you try) that you are still paying their fees and the guy gets to leave feedback. I responded to the case to ebay and they said "as a courtesy this time they would waive the fee" in a nearly incomprehensible personal email written by at best a first grade monkey in some country where English is not his first language- ( some courtesy to me like I needed a courtesy? ) So I started the procedure again and same deal, so I wrote ebay about it telling I will be happy to cancel so long as I don't pay for the fun and he can't leave feedback. They struck they guy.

Far as I am concerned it is an attack on you if someone pulls that crap. Negative feedback is serious and I have no inclination to pay money for their goofs, let alone having jerked me around. My worst fear is some of these low feedback stalkers will complete the transaction and then burn me. The get blocked forever. anyone that exhibits that sort of stupidity and risk to me is blocked. No alternative.

I even block the fools that start idiotic protracted email question sessions. 90% of the time I point out that the answer is in the listing and cut and paste if for them with quotes. If they are that stupid how is this going to end well for me? Or they are fishing for you to contradict yourself so no matter what arrives they can go not as described and black mail you. Love the twits that want you to subsidize shipping.

And thanks for reminding me, I forgot to block that guy already and will attend to it forthwith.