I agree.  I have had 3 non payers last month and this month-my first!  However, I also wonder if maybe something awful might have happened to these people where they 'aren't able to possibly  go to ebay (or anywhere) EVER again.

We're dealing with millions of people.  Accidents and casualties happen every minute.

I AGREE! HAVE SO MANY OPEN CASES & YET IF THEY FINALLY PAY, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU? AND IF THEY DONT I CANT LEAVE ANY COMMENT! AND HOW ARE OTHER SELLERS TO KNOW NOT TO SELL TO DEADBEATS? WHAT ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE BUYERS? CANT MENTION THEY ARE DIFFICULT. KISS BUYERS ASSES. BEND OVER SELLERS!

Buyer feedback is useless since they can just go to a "buy-it-now" auction or bid on your item on the last few seconds. 

These buyers are a cancer to the system.  Cut them  off!

They, their spouse, children, mama, grandma, papa, should be banned for life!

I spent a half hour with 3 different reps and then was cut off on Sunday.  I have had 6 non payers in one month.  Small change stuff...no reason for non payment.  I asked one of the reps why a buyer could not be charged a 10% "restocking" fee to the seller if the buyer did not pay.  "Oh, we can't do that, we document it and if the buyer has alot of non payments we take sanctions"....who gets those sanctions?  I then asked how does a future seller know to block a buyer so that another seller doesn't get scammed...oh that is private information!

I am ready for an attorney.  I think it is illegal for ebay to charge fvf on MY ACTUAL shipping costs when the only persons I'm paying is the post office and paypal...I think it is illegal for ebay to FORCE me to accept returns after someone can wear my items and return them to me used...I think it is illegal for ebay to protect non paying bidders...it is a CONTRACT...hello?  I think that there are many issues that ebay is "testing" their power on...and I think we should seriously take a look at proper business practices.

I was also told I could write ebay...yeah, right!

Boy do I agree with all of you sellers. I have two non-payers this month..they just "changed their minds"..they had no personal problems. I think not being able to leave negative feedback is discrimination and hurts other sellers. I do look at feedback alot if a sellers is a bit off and make a judgement whether or not to buy. I can't do that with a buyer and that is just plain WRONG.

I also agree with shipping costs not being included with final value fees, BUT...I charge actual fees. Many sellers inflate the cost and lots of people who only buy don't know what the actual charges are, so they get something for $5.99 total with the shipping only actually costing $1.50..but they don't have any idea so they leave feedback on the total price. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I am truly glad I don't rely on this selling to live...lol!

i totally agree with u, ebay is a joke, i got a big problem with a item a never receive, they tranfer me to paypal..... paypal never care, they just check my item to fedex and just because fedex have delivered the item to the city (fedex never provide the exactly address at the wed) the just close the case. ebay now said is imposible to open a case lollll they the same people... unbelieble they got my money.... i have to close this ebay joke with paypal son.

In the last two months I have had many, many non payer's.  Best thing you can do is open that case 4 days after non payment and come back 4 days later to close.  Don't wait any longer then that.  Ding them quick. 

I actually had a gal from France bid and win my item, then ask me if it has the leather strap on it, I said no, she said I don't want it.  Can I have my money back????  Very irritating for sure. What did I do??? Gave her darn money back, filed a claim to cancel transaction, and on like the last day she agreed. 

hmm did they just not pay? did they try to work it out with you?

sometimes we have to all work together to make things work easier for all. if you have that many non payers you must sell a lot also   personally ive had reason to not want to pay, i always try to work things out with a seller. offered to pay costs.

I've even offered to pay for the product and let them keep the item... i didn't realize how unreasonablely high their shipping was.

they still wanted me to pay for shipping and all....another time

my fault... i didn't notice the item was broken. said in the auction

that it was... again i offered to pay for the item and let them keep it... again they said no.

personally i think this all relates  to the out of control shipping gouging going on. btw i sell and buy.

so ya in my opinion we need to all work together.

These complaints will never go away will it?

Let's reword this a bit: Which "genius" made the Ebay organization decided that sellers could no longer leave negative feedbacks for bidders? Who knows, but I'm sure some of you know the reason.

Even though I fully support the idea, there is a chance that after sellers gain the ability to give unpaid bidders negative, more people will whine to bring back the old system that made buyers leave in the first place.

You can still put buyers on blocked bidder list and share it around so all the sellers would ban the person.

Like many have said, Ebay employees don't take notice of suggestions here so you guys should contact customer support.

I had my first experience with an item being "bought", but then never paid for. Great, I got my listing fee back, but I should be able to leave feedback for that customer. And yes, they should only get to do that a limited amount of times before Ebay requires immediate payment for all of their purchases.

I am dealing with a buyer as we speak who will not pay or respond to any of my messages. When I look at his feedback, I see that he has done this to around ten sellers this month alone. Sense they can't leave negitive feedback, they are forced to leave positive feedback with a negitive message. I will probably end up having to do the same. How many times can a buyer get away with not paying for their items before eBay does something about it, and why don't they enforce their own rules when it comes to deadbeats?