That's a bit dodgy, isn't it?

[*crikey*mate*]

I think I have just had my first echeque.

buyer initiated payment on the 13th November.

I had the little hourglass symbol there and when I hovered over it said being processed through paypal, and gave me an expected clearance date of 18th. Had a look in PayPal and it said something like payment pending...

It has just cleared a few minutes ago, so now I have the solid dollar sign indicating item is paid for and it tells me I have to post it.

But when I mouse over the dollar sign, it says payment was made on the 13th.

So even if I post it today, it will still look like it took me 7 days to post it.

I hope thatmy postage time DSR's don't get dinged!

[digital*ghost]

I've always wondered why eBay haven't introduced an auto-5 star rating for postage time that is reliant on lodgement time (there was mention of auto-5's some time ago, but for some unknown reason it involved delivery time, not postage time - i.e. it was granted if the buyer received their item within a certain time frame o_O), but I can't see how it would be too hard to implement an auto-5 if a parcel was scanned as lodged within the seller's stated handling time after payment, even if it was conditional on a couple of other parameters (not free post or anything like that, more like electronic payment methods were used to ascertain exact payment / clearance date).

[gec2002]

"As for echeques I cannot understand why sellers object to them so much"  Easy try waiting up to 2 weeks for them to clear, and then they don't .  Add another 8 days on top of that time already wasted to get your FVF back and relist.  Very risky to post before they clear, while its only a small percentage that don't clear it certainly happens.

[thecatspjs]

The speed in which ebay seller account e-cheques are processed via paypal never ceases to amaze me.

[peridot55555]

I agree, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  

Yesterday I had a buyer buy 2 items & paid by e-cheque, now today the buyer has bought another item & paid by Paypal straight away.

I have sent them an email asking whether they want me to send the newer purchase with the other purchases at a reduced postage.

I can't understand why they did an e-cheque first - especially when I ask buyers NOT to use an e-cheque.  I've already warned the buyer that the e-cheque will delay posting of the items.