I think I would rather be dealing with no feedback than what I'm dealing with now. I have a girl who has won 12 of my auctions over the past three weeks and still has not paid for any of them.
I'm getting antsy.
I would say it's about time for you to do the "non-paying buying" route. Ebay states that after two days of non-payment, you can go to the "resolution Center" and open up a claim. They will send the buyer a "reminder" and then after four days has past and you still have not recieved your payment, you can get all your money from final value fees and offer "second chance" offers to your closet bidders or you can relist.
I am doing that with my Thor now. I gave the 3 days it states in my auction and have just sent the request in for non-payment.
Also, guys, as something I had in my old Ebay template and totally forgot about until now (and the fact I am not totally sold on the Ebay sellers protection), you should add into your shipping 'rules' -
... Due to the possibility of accidental abuse to your {books} after they have left my hands, Insurance is recommended at an additional cost to you of {$3}. Your books will leave just as described, but I can not be held responsible for damages sustained to your {books} while in transit. ...
Now that is something I use to have in my auctions ... well similar ... I think ... and again, I am not really up to date on anything has as far as seller protection in this matter, but if they don't cover you ass for package damage, I would suggest putting something similar to what I have above in your auction template. Just to cover you.
I only remembered I didn't have it in mine when I added insurance on a package in my last shipment, as the buyer has never left feedback and they had a rating of only 7 at the time. I wanted to make sure I was covered. haha