Sniping Does Not Require Justification!

On Feb 7, 2011, at 9:04 PM, joe lobocki wrote: Oddly enough (and I'm sure other people have different data, I'm just going off what I've observed as an infrequent eBay buyer): I've seen a much higher "failure to pay" rate on snipers. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten sniped on a bid, only to be contacted later by the seller (either unofficially, or officially through eBay's "Second Chance offer"). Sometimes I've seen the seller just relist the item, I bid again, I get sniped again. More than once: by the same non-paying buyer. In some categories (not classic computer related) this failure rate approaches 100%. The only way this is ever going to be resolved is if eBay requires bidders post a deposit for transactions over a certain dollar amount (like $20), which is forever lost if they back out of a deal and they are permanently banned. You know, like a real reputable auction house would typically require. That won't happen, which is increasingly why a lot of "normal" people are now avoiding eBay. It's so rife with fraud and "bad faith actors" (of which PayPal can be included in those descriptions) it's better off just dumping stuff at Goodwill.