Ebay unpaid item case!! Best Answer!!!?

[Bob]

what happens if i dont pay an item on ebay? This is my first unpaid item, and it said they will open an unpaid item case against me and there may be restricitions on my account? what does this mean?

[thetaxlady474]

You bid, you win, you pay. The seller in turn pays listing fees and a final value fee because he had a winner.

Now you refuse to pay. The seller cannot get his listing fees back, but can file a non-pay dispute. (Gee, I guess it never occured to you to reimburse the seller the money they are out.)

In the best possible world, you cannot bid for 2 weeks at all due to bidding restrictions. In the next best world, the seller filters are all set to prevent you from bidding on their auctions for a month. (Mine are definitely set.)

if you get several non-pay strikes, you get kicked off of eBay forever.

After all, if you aren't going to pay, you certainly shouldn't be allowed to bid.