The bidder had a feedback score of -2 (5 negative & 3 Positive). All the
negative feedback was for non-payment. The problem is if any 4 of these
sellers had claimed a credit against the bidder's record, ebay would
have kicked him/her out. I strongly urge sellers always to reclaim
credits for non-payment... the penalty is much worse than negative
feedback for a member which only buys on ebay.
Also, I do not understand why ebay does not suspend accounts where
bidders have records like this (5 bad feedbacks in one run!).
(...) I know that I would do this more often if it wasn't such a pain in the butt. And it's even worse now that you have to file a non-paying bidder alert before you can even get a refund. I think that they make it such a pain on purpose to keep (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)