I'd suggest selling at a "Buy Now" price so whoever bids must send you the money immediately.
moooreaa, you sound familiar, have I seen you around somewhere else?
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3phase has some good suggestions!
I'd suggest selling at a "Buy Now" price so whoever bids must send you the money immediately.
moooreaa, you sound familiar, have I seen you around somewhere else?
I'd suggest selling at a "Buy Now" price so whoever bids must send you the money immediately.
moooreaa, you sound familiar, have I seen you around somewhere else?
Just tried to sell my first bitcoins on ebay, and the auction went really well with lots of action and a good final price, but now the buyer will not pay for the bitcoins he won!
Anyone else dealing with this?
It seems like my buyer at least is using ebay to buy bitcoin options at no risk. Since the tank, he has had no reason to pay up
Anyone else dealing with this?
It seems like my buyer at least is using ebay to buy bitcoin options at no risk. Since the tank, he has had no reason to pay up
That seems like only a small problem...
The buyer may even pay, but they can force a chargeback down your throat all the way to your credit card and your bank-account (if you have those linked) for upto 6 months after you got paid. I once got scammed this way and lost 200% on what i sold (the virtual goods i had sent + the chargeback)
Easy solution, stop using them.
Ebay is very difficult to deal with. Good luck with your sales.
In the years I've been on ebay, and about 90 transactions, this has only happened to me once, selling a netbook. And I relisted and made sure his reputation got trashed, best I could...you can restrict to certain types of buyers...stupid of them to not pay tho: why waste the time? idiots everywhere, I guess...
This should be expected on Ebay, the same happens with gold and silver, when there is a sudden big drop in the price. One way to counter this, would be to include a shipping fee in the original auction (I know it doesn't make sense, but it can work) and state CLEARLY in the auction that this fee will be lowered to adjust for a drop in the price of a bitcoin in a trusted exchange (Mt. Gox for instance).
You cannot discount the price on Ebay easily (to prevent fraud), but you can discount the shipping.
Example: BTC is 19.00$ at the moment, so you put up an auction for 17.00$ per bitcoin and 6.00$ in shipping/handling fees (you can offer to send a printed receipt for this, so as to avoid being characterised as a "fake shipping fee"). This way, and supposing that the buyer is aware of the current exchange price, you can adjust the final price of the auction in agreement with them.
That's what I would do anyway.
You cannot discount the price on Ebay easily (to prevent fraud), but you can discount the shipping.
Example: BTC is 19.00$ at the moment, so you put up an auction for 17.00$ per bitcoin and 6.00$ in shipping/handling fees (you can offer to send a printed receipt for this, so as to avoid being characterised as a "fake shipping fee"). This way, and supposing that the buyer is aware of the current exchange price, you can adjust the final price of the auction in agreement with them.
That's what I would do anyway.
Like in the normal life and with other ebay goods - sometimes there are people like this.
If i were you and i had no chance to get with the buyer in contact (after a couple of days of course) i would try to contact the second best buyer or restart the auction.
Usually you can contact eBay and ask for help, but since Paypal (belongs to eBay) is a bit of a problem with Bitcoin it might be that they won't help you.
If i were you and i had no chance to get with the buyer in contact (after a couple of days of course) i would try to contact the second best buyer or restart the auction.
Usually you can contact eBay and ask for help, but since Paypal (belongs to eBay) is a bit of a problem with Bitcoin it might be that they won't help you.
Just tried to sell my first bitcoins on ebay, and the auction went really well with lots of action and a good final price, but now the buyer will not pay for the bitcoins he won!
Anyone else dealing with this?
It seems like my buyer at least is using ebay to buy bitcoin options at no risk. Since the tank, he has had no reason to pay up
Anyone else dealing with this?
It seems like my buyer at least is using ebay to buy bitcoin options at no risk. Since the tank, he has had no reason to pay up
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