Im sick of eBAY:(

[zljones]

This probably sounds like a dumb question but why the hell would anyone bid with no intention of paying? What would they gain from it? So they can laugh at the seller, for making the seller's life harder? To hope the seller sends the product before receiving payment? They have a bidding fetish? They secretly hate the seller for some reason?
Now I can see how a seller can sell an item and take the money without sending anything in order to run a scam which is bad but they get money, but I see no logic in bidding then running, what is the point? How would you profit from bidding then not paying? I can understand if maybe they attemted to pay then their card was declined or something, but why bid then disappear and not communicate?

[ChiefBenderForever]

Originally Posted by zljones

They secretly hate the seller for some reason?

This is what would come to mind, especially if it happened last week and before. Someone could be upset about something and making life a little miserable for the seller. But you get a name and address with the winning bidder, so can people set up accts with fake names and address ? Does ebay not require paypal acct to bid and also verify name and bank acct ? If not then ebay truly does suck and very easy to make life miserable for any seller you have some beef with.

[drc]

I suspect some people bid then have second thoughts about parting with the money. It's also possible they win multiple items in a rush of bidding, then decide they with didn't win them all. They may have won more than they expected-- or, conversely, shouldn't have bid on so many items.

I would imagine it's rare for people to bid just to ruin an auction. Some people just don't think about the $$/bank account clear enough until they have to actually pay. It's kind of like buying a bunch of stuff at 1am on QVC, but with the next morning chance of deciding not to pay.

Though the item featured here was an awfully expensive item, not the plastic bracelets and SI magazines I was envisioning in earlier two paragraphs.

[Section103]

Net54 has a BST section.

[greenmonster66]

A very Good BST section indeed!!