I agree that if there is an immediate payment required option, for some sellers it could be worth checking out.
It could be that not every seller is aware of it. I know there are lots of other terms/conditons/situations on ebay that both buyers and sellers aren't always aware of so this could be another one of them.
If the seller says in her ad that people have up to 3 days to pay and a lot of buyers take 3-4 days to pay, then all of them are taking it to the limit and some are in fact going over her limit (though not ebay's).
This might seem off topic but maybe it might help people to think of it from this perspective: I often shop online from a couple of other sites. Their terms and conditions-well, one of them says to allow up to 3 weeks for delivery, another calculates standard delivery as being in 10 business days.
But lately I have been finding the first site is routinely getting things to me in a week and the second site sometimes has things to me in 4 days. Now, how do you think that makes me feel? For those who can't guess, I feel really pleased and relieved to have my goods.
So I am guessing it works the reverse way too, for sellers on ebay. Ebay may allow buyers up to 4 days in which to pay but sellers, being human, are probably going to feel a bit chuffed when payment comes in earlier & they are not kept waiting till the last minute. Stands to reason, human nature.
@janeababe wrote:
@springyzone wrote:
So I am guessing it works the reverse way too, for sellers on ebay. Ebay may allow buyers up to 4 days in which to pay but sellers, being human, are probably going to feel a bit chuffed when payment comes in earlier & they are not kept waiting till the last minute. Stands to reason, human nature.
.....and thats the cruxt of it right there, so if you are selling on Ebay, you know the rules, regulations, conditions set out in Ebays terms and conditions for sellers/buyers... so why whinge about buyers taking 3-4 days to pay? (even if it is only $1.50)
If Sellers dont like it, then dont sell on Ebay! Its not rocket science, and lets face it.... the OP IS GETTING PAID, so I find her topic both insulting to her buyers, and to the intelligence of the sellers on this board! Plain and simple.
As a seller and buyer, I'm not insulted by anything in the OP. I'm kinda bemused by some of the reactions to it, though.
There are no eBay terms or conditions that dictate a seller's payment timeframe, nor how long a buyer gets to pay. There is only a procedure that can not be initiated until 4 days after a sale. That doesn't "give" buyers 4-8 days to pay, it means there's no consequences for them if they take that long. I agree if a seller has in their terms a longer timeframe, it means buyers are meeting the terms and it's not really something to stress over, but to that I will just repeat I didn't get the impression the OP was raging against anything, despite the obviously provocative (to some) choice of words.
I have never understood the "if you don't like something, bugger off" responses either, especially to what was admitted by the OP as, essentially, a minor issue. FGS, no one has to think every single little aspect of eBay, or trading partner behaviour, is perfect in order to justify staying here.
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I get annoyed by heaps of things on eBay, sometimes paying buyers are the cause of my annoyance. Still here.
