Over a $1.75 listing.
It was only a matter of time until I was forced to report a buyer on eBay for refusing to pay for their items. That buyer won a 25 trading card lot for $1.75 on July 6, 2015, with the following description:
"You are bidding on 25 base cards from the 2015 Topps Series Two Baseball series in Near Mint-Mint or better condition. You may select 25 cards from the list below." the auction stated. "Please send me a message with a list of the 25 cards that you would like to receive."
Later in the week, they promised to pay for that auction on July 10. After they failed to honor their commitment, I had contacted them again on July 12 asking them to please choose their 25 cards and submit payment, and they responded by claiming they had no idea the auction was for only 25 cards, but they promised to pay for their cards "ASAP." That's hogwash considering I stressed four times in my listing that the buyer will receive "25 cards."
Later in that week, I had sent them yet another message asking to "please pay for this auction by July 17." That date came and went and I was forced to report that buyer for failing to submit payment. Four days later they continued to refuse payment, and eBay slapped an unpaid item strike on their account, as seen in the image below:
That person has been a member on eBay since July 09, 2007, and their feedback as a buyer is 100 percent positive from 29 different sellers, but only one of those ratings was made in the past year.
Meanwhile, that person's feedback as a seller is mixed. He/she was accused of: refusing to ship an item multiple times while keeping the payment; being deceiving in their descriptions; poor communication; selling filthy items.
Needless to say that buyer can no longer purchase from my eBay account...