if they haven't paid by now they wont 99.99% of the time.

chances are a competitor with same item ran up bidding on yours to draw attention to theirs or some kid bid on it.

file unpaid item case and dont relist til case is closed 4 days later .

better luck next time.

Ignorance is bliss

yea sorry. been there done that too many times . I sell under a differant id. time is $ and Id say youve been patient enough. I give these deabeats the minimum of 4 days than i open a case. they get 8 days total...plenty of time to send payment or at least communicate

Ignorance is bliss

Well, I have gone ahead and opened an unpaid item case. It's been 2 days. I finally sent another piece of correspondence to the buyer. They replied that they are 11 years old and have to wait to get the funds from their parent in order to pay me. I only accept pay pal so I am not quite sure how an 11 year old got a pay pal account to make this purchase, unless its their parents. In any case, is there some sort of age limit to being an "ebayer" or could this actually be legit?

Thanks again for everyone's input so far.

Well, I successfully closed the case and re-listed my item. Today, I got another bid on it......BY ANOTHER '0' rating ebay user! This has got me worried. The listing has not ended as of yet, but I fear this going to end much like my last transaction did.

You could set your account to block bidders without a paypal account. That might cut down non payers since any clown can open an ebay account with just an email address but you actually have to put in some finantial info to get a PP account.

In certain categories there are old people who like to pay with check or money order but no one is likely to want that in video games.

Rather then checking that they buyer has "0" feedback you should look to see when the buyer has made their account.

I have dealt with my fair share of 0 feedback buyers and there is nothing wrong with that as long as they pay ... every buyer has to start somewhere.

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"Well, I have gone ahead and opened an unpaid item case. It's been 2 days. I finally sent another piece of correspondence to the buyer. They replied that they are 11 years old and have to wait to get the funds from their parent in order to pay me. I only accept pay pal so I am not quite sure how an 11 year old got a pay pal account to make this purchase, unless its their parents. In any case, is there some sort of age limit to being an "ebayer" or could this actually be legit?"

Wow that sucks ... kids should stay they hell away from ebay and parents should protect their accounts more.

Oh you should block the buyers who you have opened cases against to avoid them buying from you again!

http://stores.ebay.com/Krazy-4-Games