Have I made an ebay enemy?

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Posted By: Jason

I'm sure many of you have sold on Ebay. Have you ever had a cringing feeling that comes when a guy with next to no feedback bids on a lot of lots?

This guy has three feedback including two books under a buck and a six dollar card.

To other bidders I imagine he looks like a shill.

To me he looks like a guy that doesn't intend to pay me the four hundred bucks or so that he is into with me already. (I hope he gets outbid)

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Posted By: DD

That has happened with me in auctions. You can either hope they get outbid, or if you know the item will sell for a good amount, regardless of their bid, just cancel the bid, and block the user from bidding anymore.

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Posted By: Sean Coe

Jason, I've had several winners with low feedback recently, including one newbie with no feedback at all. Was I a little worried-yes. In the end though, they were all class acts who paid on time with great communication. Your bidder may have been testing the water with his first few purchases, and now satisfied with his Ebay transactions is willing to spend more.

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Posted By: petecld

I agree with Sean, guy could be smart and just testing the waters until he was comfortable. Remember, EVERYONE has to start off at zero feedback.

When selling my comics I had MANY bidders with low (under 10) feedback and thankfully I had no problems. The one problem - a bounced $6 check - came from a guy with high (200+) feedback. Go figure. . . .

I wouldn't worry until you know there is something to worry about.

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Posted By: Jason

I have no problem letting new guys bid. After all we were all new at one time ourselves.

My auctions close in about 1/2 hour so we'll see how many he wins. If he doesn't win any at least he was another bidder that helped me realize better prices. =)

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Posted By: warshawlaw

If he is a new ebayer, he will probably be very diligent.

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Posted By: Julie

before they close, and then ANOTHER 7 BEFORE THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE IN, YOU START GETTING paranoid, i KNOW THAT! tHE GUY WHO WON MY cRACKER jACK pLANK FOR $600+--i MUST HAVE LOOKED AT HIS FEEDBACK 15 TIMES; HE NEVER BOUGHT OLD STUFF, JUST REFRACTOR STUFF, AND HE'D PAID A LOT OF MONEY, BUT JUST FOR SOME MODERN INSERT CARD, ETC. AND HE WAS LATE PAYING! i NEARLY HAD A FIT. bUT HE FINALLY PAID...

You really get nervous, though...(excuse caplock...)

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Posted By: Jason

I should clarify that I had a real bitter dispute with some deadbeat ebayer and when I saw this new bidder suddenly bidding on piles of lots. Visions of this guy getting me back flooded into my head.

Turns out that yes its just a new ebayer, and they only won the cheaper Playball's I had up for auction. So I think all is well.