Filing a Non-Paying Bidder Alert on eBay

What can you do when your auction winner won't pay?

Your first step should be filing a non-paying bidder report. THis can be filed anywhere between 7 and 45 days after the end of the auction. Unfortunately, if the bidder has alerted you that he or she will not pay before the 7 days is up, you still have to wait until 7 days has elapsed before filing.

Once you have filed, eBay responds by sending out an email to your auction winner. Sometimes this causes bidders to pay for their auctions, because the emails can sound pretty scary to new auction users. Also, once a bidder racks up 3 or more of these warnings, they can and will be suspended from using eBay.

If your auction winner does pay after you have filed a non-paying bidder report, you should go back to eBay to cancel the warning by submitting a Non-Paying Bidder Warning Removal.

You can file for either by clicking on the "Non-paying bidder program" link at the bottom of your "My eBay Seller's Page".

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