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]

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

I'm no Rhodes Scholar.............but how come the bleedin obvious is so difficult to grasp for some buyers?

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Nor am I, but I have come to learn that what is obvious is different for different people. 

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Point taken-I am suitably chastened & will immediately commence self  flagellation & tear out  what hair I don't have left!

Again I sincerely feel for you guys who have to deel with difficult buyers...........Plagarises Mum.....numpties!....love that term!

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No need for chastening - I was just making a (customary, for me, unamusing) joke at the expense of all those who think their finger is the heavenly glory. 

Spoiler

For context, if necessary, the pertinent quote (from the Bruce Lee story) - Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory

[repentatleisure1952]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

I'm no Rhodes Scholar.............but how come the bleedin obvious is so difficult to grasp for some buyers?

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Nor am I, but I have come to learn that what is obvious is different for different people. 

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Point taken-I am suitably chastened & will immediately commence self  flagellation & tear out  what hair I don't have left!

Again I sincerely feel for you guys who have to deel with difficult buyers...........Plagarises Mum.....numpties!....love that term!

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No need for chastening - I was just making a (customary, for me, unamusing) joke at the expense of all those who think their finger is the heavenly glory. 

Spoiler

For context, if necessary, the pertinent quote (from the Bruce Lee story) - Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory

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Hey DG , I thought it was quite amusing!!!

[1sweetap6v8]

None of us are, but its really not about if they are smart enough to no better or not, its simply used as an excuse buy most, the others are just wired differently im afraid.
What has been highlighted here quite clearly is that eBay do not have a perfect system in place it is neither fair in some areas to the buyer and like wise to the seller as highlighted in this case.
It is these minor cringe worthy rules that continue to raise there ugly heads and fester each time eBay decide to add delete or modify rules and or policies to there system. It needs to be more transparent and honest towards all parties involved. They could start with opening there books to public scrutiny.

[thendreamer]

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@my*mum wrote:

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

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the most annoying thing about them is ebay is horrible at syncing cleared echeque payments, i had two that was cleared sit on my waiting for payment screen for over two weeks.

[harley_babes_hoard]

Echeques Grrr.

[*crikey*mate*]

LOL - it was like they were trying to taunt me! It;s like "we have your money, but we're just gonna dangle it in ya face for a few days - now keep you're grubby little mitts off it whilst we wave it in front of your nose...

don't you touch it, noooo sirreeeeeee

and just when you think you might nearly get it, we might just take it back and say "just trickin'"!

[jawsnine]

I still have an echeque "awaiting payment" that has been cleared on Paypal and in my bank account for over a month. Ebay and Paypal have both thrown their hands in the air not knowing what has gone wrong.

[phorum_junkie*]

It is a lot of years since I first used the term numpty or numpties on the boards and had many posts and emails asking what it meant lol. It is in very common use in the UK and it was funny to see it being used by more and more people on the boards.

As for echeques I cannot understand why sellers object to them so much, if a buyer pays straight away with one it usually clears in under a week which means it is cleared sooner than an instant payment made in the last few minutes of a dispute being closed and there is no chance of a bank chargeback.

[davewil1964]

I have had a few echeques in my time.

None of them bounced and none of my stars were trashed.

I wouldn't anticipate problems; enough come along anyway.

[nevillesdaughter]

I do that too, but still get dinged in the DSR's for postage time - to the degree that now I often post before they clear. I know it's a bit risky, but to date I've never had an e-cheque bounce. I'm currently still sporting 1 low DSR for postage time from a buyer in WA (I'm in Brisbane), who took over a week to pay, then paid by e-cheque, and when I sent the note about waiting for it to clear, responded with a message saying it wasn't her fault because "there's money in that account".

I think some eBayers either don't understand the e-cheque process, and think they're sending someone (Paypal, eBay?) a message by dinging DSR's.

Here endeth the rant.

Marina.