01-08-2020 09:01 AM - edited 01-08-2020 09:04 AM
Four sales since I was put on to MPs:
Sale #1: one item, hasn't paid
Sale #2: one item, has paid
Sale #3: 9 items, requested invoice, paid a few hours later
Sale #4: one item, has paid
Basically, the only notification I got that #3 had even happened was because she requested an invoice - I did NOT get the "Your eBay item sold!" emails until she paid.
For the other three, however, I got "Your eBay item sold!" emails immediately ... even though #1 hasn't paid yet. For #3, I got two "Your eBay item sold!" emails 10 minutes apart - the first saying she hadn't paid yet, and a second saying she had. The difference between the two was only apparent when opening the email, because as I said, the subjects were identical.
It's inconsistent and NOT helpful, to be honest. A "payment notification" email of some sort would be extremely helpful. Likewise, it isn't super helpful to only tell me someone has committed to buy multiple items when they pay ... some people commit to buy and don't request an invoice, they just wait for me to send it to them.
Obviously, any issues with this can be solved by the seller simply checking their hub, but I feel like, because the "Your eBay item sold!" emails are essentially back-to-front from the old system, many sellers will be tripped up by this.
It's also confusing that, in the Payments tab, it says "processing" for payments when the buyer has actually paid ... what that means is that the funds are being processed to go into your account, NOT that the payment is processing. The payment by the buyer has been made and the orders are awaiting postage.
MESS.
on 01-08-2020 03:06 PM
Well seeing I am getting them okay, I don't reckon it's an ebay problem.
on 01-08-2020 03:10 PM
Same here.
One from eBay and one from Paypal for every sale.
01-08-2020 03:44 PM - edited 01-08-2020 03:44 PM
Mine are only coming from Paypal. I haven't changed anything. Obviously working for some and not others.
on 01-08-2020 03:48 PM
on 01-08-2020 04:15 PM
I have never relied on emails to tell me if something is sold or paid. I log into eBay for that information. That is the only reliable source as far as I am concerned.
on 01-08-2020 05:00 PM
on 01-08-2020 06:00 PM
on 01-08-2020 06:09 PM