eBay No Pay

I have been buying and selling on eBay for nearly 18 years. My experiences, both as a buyer and a seller, have been very very good. I have only been disappointed in what I have purchased a handful of times and for most of those transactions, it was because I did not pay close enough attention to photos or the descriptions of what I was buying.

Only once was something misrepresented by the seller. It was my first Pentax Spotmatic and the seller did not disclose corrosion in the battery chamber that had found its way into the camera. I paid nearly nothing for that body though so I just chalked it up to experience.

Lately however, there is a new trend; Buyers place a bid, win and never pay.

This has happened four times to me during the last 8 months. It’s more a nuisance than anything because I eventually re-list the item and it sells. Once it was an international buyer and the other times, US buyers with positive feedback.

The buyers do not respond to communications and just simply ghost me. I don’t get it.