Okay, I didn't check my messages or emails - my bad. 5 days ago I won an auction I had forgotten I was bidding on. I realised this morning, and paid, then called the seller to make sure they knew immediately I had paid. They told me that yesterday, they'd offered second chance to the next bidder down, and resold the item.
Again, ok, my bad for not checking my messages. But the only one they sent me anyway was 3 days ago, asking when I would pay. I paid this morning, 5 days after. There was nothing in the auction about how long for contact or how long for payment. What do sellers normally do? Is this regular practice? I've had some bad luck lately with sellers doing stuff like this (the last one took a higher offer he'd received via inbox after auction close, relisted the item and had the other person buy it for more, THEN left me a negative comment because I left him one!). Is 5 days an unacceptable amount of time these days??? When I rang, the lady was quite rude, and also told me it was okay to leave a negative comment in feedback (which this one has ALSO done) and i'm lucky they left it to me in a positive comment! What the hell??? It's been ages since I bought lots from ebay, but i'm getting turned off by the whole experience at the moment! Is this normal of Ebay these days?
