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cmnkb8
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BIN with instant payment required. Problem solved.
If you run auctions, expect many to take their sweet time. Some people win high-end auctions but don't have money until payday. Others win cheap auctions and just procrastinate on payment (it's human nature).
If you run auctions, expect many to take their sweet time. Some people win high-end auctions but don't have money until payday. Others win cheap auctions and just procrastinate on payment (it's human nature).
wolfmanalfredo
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I always pay right away, usually within the hour depending where I am. From a seller standpoint, it gets frustrating when you've got it all ready to go, and you have to wait 5, 6 ,7 days or more for payment. I put in my auctions that payment is expected within 3 business days, but I understand that things happen in life and if you need more time just contact me. I don't sell much anymore, but when I do, I usually get paid within 3 days ever since I've added that to the description
I don't understand it. If you don't have the money at the time (or within a reasonable time from the end of the auction) don't bid, it's that simple. If something comes up in life and you had the money but it has to go somewhere else, contact the seller and let them know. Don't just string them along and leave them in the dark. I always run my payments through same day so the seller gets their money and I don't forget about it.
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Sjrmn91 said:
exactly. what i dont get is, if you win a card, dont you want it? i sure as heck dont
want it on my desk anymore, and id think you would want it right away. I mean i have
5/5 for shipping speed, so anyone who sees that should be happy to know they will have
their card in 2-3 days. And with as much consignment as i do, id love to get people paid
faster, but what can i do? sigh
JEBJJA
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I had some auctions end last Sunday and I am still waiting on payment for a $3 card and a $40 card....they rest FINALLY paid over the weekend. The problem is I don't want to have to run to the post office every other day so some people have to wait on me mailing stuff out a few extra days after paying.
Keyser Soze
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I agree that it's bad and getting worse. Buyers now know that they can take their sweet ass time, and as long as they pay within 8 days, that sellers do not have the ability to hit them with a neg or even a neutral. I always pay within 24-hours. If I don't have the money at that particular time, then I pay with BML and then when I get the money, I pay off my BML tab
This is just how I roll.
I snipe everything I bid on, so sometimes it may be 10-15 hours after an auction ends that i realize i even won, expecialy if the auction ends at night I also bid/win a lot of stuff. So I send out bulk payments for my auctions won 3-4 nights a week - usually Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
I snipe everything I bid on, so sometimes it may be 10-15 hours after an auction ends that i realize i even won, expecialy if the auction ends at night I also bid/win a lot of stuff. So I send out bulk payments for my auctions won 3-4 nights a week - usually Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
markakis8
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I don't mind the slow payers on one or even a couple items but some people boggle my mind.
I have a guy that bought 66 cards from me. I had to send two invoices as ebay only allows 40 items on one invoice (why I have no clue).
He pays for 26 cards and not the other 40 totaling $90. Now he's on the sixth day and I have the opportunity to file NPB (which I usually do) but I don't want the flood the guys PM's with 40 emails from ebay...so I've contacted him three times in three days...no response...
I told him I would be filing them tomorrow. ::facepalm::
I have a guy that bought 66 cards from me. I had to send two invoices as ebay only allows 40 items on one invoice (why I have no clue).
He pays for 26 cards and not the other 40 totaling $90. Now he's on the sixth day and I have the opportunity to file NPB (which I usually do) but I don't want the flood the guys PM's with 40 emails from ebay...so I've contacted him three times in three days...no response...
I told him I would be filing them tomorrow. ::facepalm::
uniquebaseballcards
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Not everyone is able to cover the maximum amount they bid right away, so requiring everyone to pay auctions right away will simply decrease bids and/or the amount they bid.
schmidtfan20
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I think you want to get paid quickly, but are you willing to put that in your auction listings and risk losing
customers? The option is yours not theirs.
Kevin
customers? The option is yours not theirs.
Kevin
matfanofold
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As already mentioned, either put a BIN that requires instant payment or just learn to accept that you are using eBay which affords the buyers to take their time when paying. Having gripes about things that are uncontrolable (and you willingly agree to the terms), is fruitless.
hive17
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When I go to sell, I just assume 3 days to pay; as in: I don't expect to have the money for 3 days. Knowing this going in, I don't feel the need to get frustrated.
And for those of you that are going to the PO for every small package: why? If you don't want to use PP shipping, then the next time you go to the post office, go to the automated postal center and print a bunch of $2.51 stamps (under "buy another amount" in the stamps purchase screen). Then grab a handful of DC slips and mail that stuff from home.
I go to the PO once every 2 weeks, and that's if I'm selling and trading A LOT.
Incidently, $2.51 is the cost for a bubble mailer w/ DC. I know it's cheaper on Pay Pal, but if you're going to the PO, you're obviously not using it.
And for those of you that are going to the PO for every small package: why? If you don't want to use PP shipping, then the next time you go to the post office, go to the automated postal center and print a bunch of $2.51 stamps (under "buy another amount" in the stamps purchase screen). Then grab a handful of DC slips and mail that stuff from home.
I go to the PO once every 2 weeks, and that's if I'm selling and trading A LOT.
Incidently, $2.51 is the cost for a bubble mailer w/ DC. I know it's cheaper on Pay Pal, but if you're going to the PO, you're obviously not using it.
JEBJJA
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I just opened up a case against my two non-payees since it's day 8.....
RL24
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Yeah, not all eBay shoppers are full time eBay shoppers. Many of them have jobs and lives, families and all of that fun stuff. I have this problem where paypal is blocked at work, I can't quite get it to work on my Blackberry, and I spend about 1% of my computer time on the computer at my house. That's the only one where I can get to paypal.
Not that I actually shop on ebays these days, but when I did, I usually took 3 or 4 days to pay. Sorry. I wasn't really in that much of a hurry to get the card in hand... I'm sorry!! I did always pay, if that helps my case any. When I saw a card I wanted, I set a snipe right away. 6 days later I wasn't thinking "I think today is the day when that card ends..." I'd just check my email one day and oh, look at that, I won!
I do buy the occasional baby toy or CD or whatever... I have noticed lately people will send a payment reminder less than 24 hours later. That bugs me, and I usually get in even less of a hurry to pay.
Not that I actually shop on ebays these days, but when I did, I usually took 3 or 4 days to pay. Sorry. I wasn't really in that much of a hurry to get the card in hand... I'm sorry!! I did always pay, if that helps my case any. When I saw a card I wanted, I set a snipe right away. 6 days later I wasn't thinking "I think today is the day when that card ends..." I'd just check my email one day and oh, look at that, I won!
I do buy the occasional baby toy or CD or whatever... I have noticed lately people will send a payment reminder less than 24 hours later. That bugs me, and I usually get in even less of a hurry to pay.
ccouch (Chad)
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braden said:
~I bet you are one of those derelicts that gets a bill in the mail and lets it sit on his desk for three or four days before paying too, right??
*******!!~
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