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Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:08:17 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.!spamcake!com
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Transatlantic shipping may be part of the issue.
I had one bidder whinge about fixed shipping charges being too high, and
some other misc whinges from other bidders lead me to believe that there
is a non zero fraction of bidders that don't read the listings very
carefully.
Bidders like that may well be more likely to renege on someone across
the pond after they realise what the shipping is going to be.
So far I have a pretty good record of completions, no deal has gone 100%
sour yet.
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 | | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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| (...) You're certainly right about people not reading the listings carefully :-) All my deadbeats have been N American and I do quite a lot of international orders - I encourage them. Just worked it out... 21% non-USA so far this year. It may well (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38B57391.B41BEE42@v...er.net>... (...) I punked out of two auctions (not YOURS Larry) because the sellers were trying to rip me off on the shipping, as if they don't make enough on the sale. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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| (...) I'm not sure what the problems is. I'd say about 1 in 20 - 30 never pay. I'm not sure why this is. Normally is is for low value items - the cost of the MO and shipping may out way the actual value of the item. On a related note, this was in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I don't agree. Out of 234 completed auctions this year I have one possible deadbeat. Out of >500 this year and last I had <10 deadbeats total. I think that's pretty good. Are your figures very different from that, Scott? Kevin (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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