Atarian7 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 It's been 7 days so far and they haven't even answered my emails. They have over 4000 feedback and I noticed they have bought and paid for other items since winning my auction. This is the first time I have had any trouble in 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 If they don't answer file a non-pay. The least they could do is reply. I have over 4K too and I've been slow to pay sometimes, but I don't ignore people that ask me a direct cordial question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 About ten days here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaider Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Are you sending emails or messages through PayPal? I for one used an email addy I use for spam mail to set-up my eBay account, due to all the BS emails eBay spams out. I buy so much stuff on eBay, I tend to miss paying for single item purchases where I was also bidding on other items the seller had but didn't win. I suggest you send the buyer a PM through eBay and give them 24 hours to respond, before opening a dispute on eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Good news. They paid today. The woman said she had been out of town and it was on her husband's to do list. She apoligized for the late payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRockets Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I have just the opposite. I can't pay a guy. His PayPal account is set up wrong and won't take money from me (or anyone for that matter!). He does not return emails.... Weird! Guess I won't be getting the NES anytime soon! ; ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonzoGamer Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 If they do not reply i file as soon as ebay will let me, if they do not pay and will not reply to emails chances are they are not going to, i have had to file twice in the last 2 weeks, the gaming deadbeats on ebay seem to be getting bad about bidding and not paying of late 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I email the buyer 2-3 days after purchase, just saying the item is packed and ready to go pending payment (even if I haven't packed it yet - it's just a casual way to remind them to pay). Then if they haven't paid by the ebay deadline which here is 7 days from sale, I file an unpaid dispute. They usually pay after that. If I have to resort to lodging a claim against a buyer then they don't get any feedback from me, even if they leave positive at the end of it. I had one this week, sent them an invoice to remind them - then I noticed their address - it was totally bogus and highly offensive (so much so that I can't repeat what it said here). I contacted ebay live help to sort it out... they were like 'yeah yeah just file a claim at the end of the 7 days.. blah blah ..' so I asked the agent to just quickly confirm the buyers address for me... they were off for 5 minutes or so... then came back saying 'yes sir your absolutely right that is a serious breach of ebay policy, we have notified the internal investigation team and you will receive a refund of fees immediately' haha! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I always pay within minutes of winning if I'm at the computer at the time the auction ends or within 24 hours tops otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 When selling items, state the number of business days you would like to be paid before filing a non-paying bidder. NPB is no big deal - i open cases and cases are opened against me all the time. Just pay the item before the NPB escalated shot clock runs out, and no damage is done. On average, 3-7 business days is what people wait. I would recommend 3 days - why wait 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I do not sell on eBay, but there are types of seller that I hate: a) Sellers who exclude buyers with 2 or more unpaid item strikes in the last 12 months. If you buy hundreds of items a year it is almost impossible not to get an unpaid item strike. b) Sellers who don't allow questions c) Sellers who automatically open an unpaid item case after 4 days, also they have still active listings d) Sellers who open an unpaid item case as soon as possible, but then take a week to ship the item I always give negative feedback to those sellers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojay1997 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I do not sell on eBay, but there are types of seller that I hate: a) Sellers who exclude buyers with 2 or more unpaid item strikes in the last 12 months. If you buy hundreds of items a year it is almost impossible not to get an unpaid item strike. I'm sorry, but I have been on Ebay for 15 years now and I buy dozens of items a month and I have never received an unpaid item strike. Why would you bid on something and then refuse to pay for it? Buyers like that should be banned for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) I'm sorry, but I have been on Ebay for 15 years now and I buy dozens of items a month and I have never received an unpaid item strike. Why would you bid on something and then refuse to pay for it? Buyers like that should be banned for good. I used to buy more than 100 items per month and every month I had a seller who refused to sell, didn't want to combine shipping or send invoices with excessive shipping costs. Worst case was an item I paid, then got a refund and then the seller opened an unpaid item case. Yes, eBay allows that! In 2011 I bought around 1500 games and it is impossible not to get an unpaid item strike. Edited May 14, 2012 by Andre81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I do not sell on eBay, but there are types of seller that I hate: a) Sellers who exclude buyers with 2 or more unpaid item strikes in the last 12 months. If you buy hundreds of items a year it is almost impossible not to get an unpaid item strike. I'm sorry, but I have been on Ebay for 15 years now and I buy dozens of items a month and I have never received an unpaid item strike. Why would you bid on something and then refuse to pay for it? Buyers like that should be banned for good. ESPECIALLY, when they are charging $6.90 shipping per EACH single game but will combine for a few cents more. Their auctions close anywhere from 6 - 10 days in to the future. You go through and proxy a dozen or so of them... then they auto file on the 4th day after your first win, even though you give a good faith communication that you are still bidding on others. THAT'S HOW. There are allot of points of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Just having the same fun with "erie40" now. Bought 2 games from him, shipping was $7.35 each, sent me an invoice with $14.70 shipping now. If he doesn't send me an invoice with combined shipping I'll pay one item now, the other one in a week and give him 2 negative feedbacks. Edited May 14, 2012 by Andre81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Just having the same fun with "erie40" now. Bought 2 games from him, shipping was $7.35 each, sent me an invoice with $14.70 shipping now. If he doesn't send me an invoice with combined shipping I'll pay one item now, the other one in a week and give him 2 negative feedbacks. Did the auction specifically state that they would combine shipping, or did you contact them before end of auction to verify they'd combine shipping? If not, you might have some trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Playing devils advocate on the technicality of the listing NOT offering combined is ridiculous. Either a seller wants a good customer experience, or they don't. Repeat customers are the best thing for business. Penalizing someone for buying MORE of your stuff is asinine. While I would, and have paid separately in the case where a seller won't combine, I've not left them negs over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 If I'm not hard up for cash and it's a small item I give 30 days...now if it is something for several hundred and I need money NOW then 1 week tops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I actually had a guy take about 2 months to pay for a Q-berts qubes a few years back. It went for some pretty good coin so I didn't relist and I just kind of forgot all about it, then out of the blue he paid and sent a message saying he had been in the hospital because of MS or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Microsoft put some guy in the hospital? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Playing devils advocate on the technicality of the listing NOT offering combined is ridiculous. Either a seller wants a good customer experience, or they don't. Repeat customers are the best thing for business. Penalizing someone for buying MORE of your stuff is asinine. While I would, and have paid separately in the case where a seller won't combine, I've not left them negs over it. If I'm buying things from people I know here at AA, I'm already feeling pretty good that the transactions will be positive, and that both sides will be fair. But when purchasing from eBay, where the seller and buyer are relatively anonymous, you really can't bet your money that they're going to have your interests at heart. That's why I always make sure to ask questions before bidding. If I've won the bid, and I then realize I missed something, then I acknowledge it as my problem, pay up, and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I get that to a degree, but if you've gone through and placed a dozen or more bids on some guys list of 244 PS1 games (like Riffraff was doing last week) and you end up winning one, and you still have a bid out there for an item that ends in 3 days, you really don't expect to be yelled at (not saying RR would ever do that, just used his listings as example here). Sellers should be glad you care enough about their products to A) bump their prices, no bids, no upward moment in end value B) that you are wanting to take several things off their hands. You should certainly not have to pay when each one closes, unless it is sans-shipping. I've offered to pay less shipping, then settle on postage once all wins were accounted for, on stubborn sellers in the past. They acted like I pooped in their hand. (It was a poster seller that was asking $25 postage per due to "cost of tubes" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I get that to a degree, but if you've gone through and placed a dozen or more bids on some guys list of 244 PS1 games (like Riffraff was doing last week) and you end up winning one, and you still have a bid out there for an item that ends in 3 days, you really don't expect to be yelled at (not saying RR would ever do that, just used his listings as example here). Sellers should be glad you care enough about their products to A) bump their prices, no bids, no upward moment in end value B) that you are wanting to take several things off their hands. You should certainly not have to pay when each one closes, unless it is sans-shipping. I've offered to pay less shipping, then settle on postage once all wins were accounted for, on stubborn sellers in the past. They acted like I pooped in their hand. (It was a poster seller that was asking $25 postage per due to "cost of tubes" ) Ah, I gotcha now. I missed the point of multiple bids closing at different times. I agree on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryH917 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I normally request payment made within 3-5 days of auction closing. A kid bought a jersey card from me for $1.25 and had problems with his Paypal account. He emailed me and ask if he could send a Money order and I said no problem. If you communicate with a seller, they will normally work with you. No communication from buyer, then Im forced to open an unpaid item case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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