Hi everyone, I hope you are doing good. If you sell on ebay; you are familar with an auction winner that doesn’t pay. Did you know you could get your auction fees returned if a high bidder doesn’t pay? You can get all your money back, the fees, any final value fees, auction extras, everything.

It’s not right, that someone bids on an auction knowing that they can’t or won’t pay for it. Sellers on ebay get stuck with all kinds of charges because the auction was successful. Most sellers just pay for the auction. They don’t go after any fees returned that they are entitled to receive, if an ebay user doesn’t pay. Sometimes the buyer may take several days or weeks before they respond or pay you. But with a little tender care you can have most of your buyers pay with a friendly reminder.

If the high bidder doesn’t pay, there are several steps you can take. After each high bidder wins one of your auctions, the item goes into “My ebay”. My ebay is a place you can go to manage your ebay account. Just go to the items you have sold section. Now you will see all the items you have sold. Next to each item sold you will also notice the high bidder’s name. There are icons on each item sold that you can use. Just float the cursor over the icons until you see reminder. You can send each high bidder a reminder every 3 days.

If they don’t pay by the third reminder; ebay will give you back, all the fees you got charged for that auction. Just hit the refund auction fees button. Usually by the second reminder the high bidder will pay. Nobody wants a bad ebay account. Ebay goes by the 3 strikes and you’re out rule. If it is reported that you won 3 auctions and didn’t pay. Ebay will suspend your account. That’s why most high bidders will pay you by the second reminder.

Don’t ever leave a negative feedback unless; you have reminded them to pay 3 times and you got your auction fees refunded from ebay already. This way, if the person decides to give you a revenge negative, you can have it removed. This is one of the only ways ebay will ever remove a negative. It may take ebay a few months to remove it, but they will. I usually send the buyer a personal email, to remind them on the second reminder. This is usually enough to remind them.

Sometimes people bid on dozens of things every day, so they may forget about your auction. Just remember to be nice and professional in all your reminders to pay. Don’t ever threaten anyone to pay. If you follow these guidelines, you will have almost all of your winning bidders pay you.

Thanks for reading my blog. See you all tomorrow.