[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by ijusluvit

I'm confused. Can you explain why you don't sell to people unless they have 15 feedbacks, write you, etc? If someone uses paypal or sends you a certified check or money order, THEY are the ones taking the risk, not you the seller.

That's not the problem. It's the kids who sign up, bid on your stuff, win it, then don't pay or ignore your payment requests or don't read the description or assume all kinds of things without asking in advance of bidding. You have to wait a certain amount of time before you can resell it and go through a process that could take a month or so to resolve with the ebay people. You're out fees until it's all cleared up and your merchandise is off the market. Not worth the problems to me. It's a personal thing from experience. Each seller is entitled to do their business as they see fit within the ebay rules. Always read the feedback of bidders or sellers you're wanting to do business with and if they have less than 100%, read the negatives carefully. If bidders have bad feedback for not paying or troublemaking I also won't sell to them either and I put all this in my ads plus I write clear, unambiguous ads. If you read lots of negative feedback you'll find much of it is not warranted and given by newbies. I'm not willing to risk my good reputation as I don't need a sale that badly.
A seller with 100% and several hundred or thousand good feedback is not much of a risk to do business with.
Like everything else in life, there are a few who cause the most problems for everyone else.