non-payment on eBay solution>>>

[Lancemountain]

Not sure if it's a viable solution, but man something's gotta be done.

The buyer has X amount of money available. When a bid is made, eBay places a hold on this money and removes it from the account when the bid wins an auction.

I listed a card during the free insertion period, sold for $40.00. buyer had 1 feedback :| so I knew it'd go south. In a few days his feedback jumped to 23, so hope was there. Today he got the boot from too many non-payment strikes.


eBay should place holds on funds in paypal/checking accounts on any bid made. And if it's a situation where you'd like to eventually bid more than what your current bid is (last second bids) there should be an option to "pre-approve" a larger bid on the item.

 

[rookieaddict]

As a seller the last thing you want is for ebay to institute any new construct that limits your audience. Part of the reason ebay has been so successful is due to it's easy accessability. Take that away and we lose a lot of our bidders, driving down final prices.

 

[RiceLynnEvans75]

It doesn't happen in real auction houses, it shouldn't happen on ebay either. Giving that company ebay/paypal too much room to put their fingers into someone's bank account would bother me a lot.