Selling �750 item to ebayer with zero feedback and purchases

[what..the?]

Yes the item is worth alot as will postage and the item will finish lunch time-ish tomorrow. I have not sold on ebay before this is my first time but have been a buyer many times before. I did not state on my listing that I would not except zero feedback bidders but now I which I had!!

I will of course plan to receive a personal cheque and wait for it to clear before the item is sent out. I understand that if no one out bids this 'zero feedback bidder' he will be the winning bidder, and if he does not pay I can possibly offer it to others who have bidded or have to re list it which would be annoying because it cost �15 approx to list it.

Can someone tell me of any action I can take, is it risking selling to him, can I stop his bid - reject it???

[kempie]

Looking through the eBay Help section, zero feedback appears not to be a valid reason to cancel a bid nor as a basis for blocking a Buyer from bidding, whereas negative feedback is.

You may find some useful information here...

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/buyer-requir ements.html

[Daave]

my answer is a bit late, but maybe, youll get bids in the last few minute of the auction, most acutaions get bid on in the last few minute etc..

post us a link once you've sold it.. i wanna see what it is!!!

[Ethel]

Your buyer has far more to worry about than you !

No selling record, so there is nothing to say you are trustworthy. Cheque only so very difficult to get problems resolved.

I think you are worrying too soon. Your bidder could be a very experienced eBayer who is bidding on a new identity to stop his family seeing what he is buying.

If you do have a non-paying bidder, you can report him and get the final value fees refunded, and re-list without paying another set of listing fees.

Hope it all goes well!

[Birt]

Wait at least 2 weeks for the cheque to clear fully. Just because it shows on your statement does not mean it has cleared fully.

[kempie]

Further to Birt's warning about accepting cheques for eBay items: it is not unheard of for a cheque to be refused by the issuing bank 6 weeks after it is presented. If this happens, then even though your bank let you draw against it after 4 days or so, they will just deduct the amount from your account, send you a letter to tell you, and there's not a thing you can do about it.

Although a cheque may clear within a few days it may not be "given value" by the issuing bank until weeks later. A way to avoid the risk of this is to ask for a Special Clearance on the cheque. This costs you around �12 and your bank will repeatedly pester the issuing bank by phone until it explicitly confirms or refuses the cheque.

For future reference, an alternative payment option is by BACS transfer; it is totally free, totally secure, takes exactly 3 days and cannot be withdrawn after payment is made.