Wondering if those with more experience can advise me about this.
My DD had a gadget she was given for Christmas - it retails for about £120. She decided that she has hardly used it and when I looked on ebay there were some new ones on there being sold by proper business retailers and also about 3 or 4 used ones on there. They were popular and selling for a good price - up to £100 including postage and seemed similar to DDs one. So we talked about it and decided it was best to sell it now rather than let it get older and probably lose more value if a new model comes out etc.
I waited until the Sunday and put her one on for sale. A couple of days later I noticed that some used ones that had previously "sold" were back up for sale again. They said they were being relisted as sales had fallen through or referred to "timewasters" bidding on them. So it seems that for some reason people are bidding on these items with no intention of buying them.
Now on Sunday night after 7 days, our one sold for a similar price and guess what the buyer hasn't paid or messaged us. Now I know it is only Tuesday but I just have that gut feeling that we are getting the same timewasting treatment as the other sellers got. I even had a look at who is bidding on them and it seems to be people who are "new" to ebay and I suspect it is the same people. Our buyer joined ebay in February so again a totally new buyer.
I guess there is not much I can do except wait and process the sale as unpaid after a certain number of days and then start again. But I cant stop it happening again which is frustrating. I was wondering why people do this? Is there some reason I don't know about??
Sorry this is a very long question - thanks to those who have read it all!