*omgsoannoying*

[saarzi]

Why do so many buyers wait 3-4 days to pay for something (by Paypal) that costs $1.50?

Waiting til payday?  lol Drives me nuts!

[thecatspjs]

I don't think others were insulted by the omgsoannoying OP - just very annoyed.

the insults appeared further along in the thread

[jessicadazzler97]

If it's annoying you, ask for immediate payment.

A lot of people are genuinely busy people, and they may just forget about it until they suddenly think, "hell I've got a few hours left to pay!!"

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

I don't think others were insulted by the omgsoannoying OP - just very annoyed.

the insults appeared further along in the thread

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I was only stating that I was not insulted by anything in the OP, in reply to a post that mentioned being insulted by the topic in general - but (and correct me if I'm wrong, 'cos I'm happy to be so), what you're basically saying is that some people were annoyed that someone else found something annoying that they wouldn't find annoying, so conveyed that annoyance.... I personally am not annoyed that someone else found something annoying that I wouldn't find annoying, so should I be annoyed that other people do find it annoying that someone thinks something is annoying when they don't?

I dunno. I'm confused now.  

[thecatspjs]

I dunno - maybe read the posts and the responses in the order they were made and where relevant who they were in response to.

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:
I dunno - maybe read the posts and the responses in the order they were made and where relevant who they were in response to.

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Did.

Thanks for the (presumptuous) advice, that once again doesn't respond to anything I said, just implies I've got something (non-specific) wrong. So very tiring. 

[springyzone]

I'm like DG, I didn't take the original post to be a huge whinge as such or about a big problem, just a bit of an ironic comment.

I would also agree with someone who said ebay wasn't set up originally for instant payments, it wasn't that sort of site.

I recall those days well. I used to pay via direct deposit (no paypal back then) and I used to go into the branch. I can recall the consternation a couple of times when I had to travel a couple of suburbs to find a branch. That used to be one of my pre purchase questions after that-what bank will i need to pay into??

Back in those days, there seemed to be a lot more home sellers around too.

I get a sense though that ebay is like a huge ship that is changing course. The little, occasional, private sellers, well, I'm not sure ebay particularly wants them around, it has become more complicated to sell now. I understand all the reasons why ebay has made changes. well, most of them. 

I think what we are seeing now though is a gradual change over to professional sellers-either small or big & with the growth of other online buying sites & the way ebay advertise this site (fast and fre, money back guarantee etc), a change in buyer expectations.

The day is coming when I am pretty sure instant payment will become much more the norm on here. Ebay isn't the same beast it was.

[dotm2004]

I don't think they're waiting till payday   ..... they have the $1.50 in an investment account and they don't want to lose the interest !!!

I know it's not a joke, but ya gotta laugh  

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[casbit33]

I don't know why people take days to pay, they don't usually give a reason.

I am a very patient person. I wait 10 days for payment before lodging  a no payment case. In that time i will resend the invoice and a couple of reminder emails. I know a lot of others only give 4 or 5 days and thats ok, i just like to give them every opportunity to pay.

[janeababe]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

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@thecatspjs wrote:

I don't think others were insulted by the omgsoannoying OP - just very annoyed.

the insults appeared further along in the thread

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I was only stating that I was not insulted by anything in the OP, in reply to a post that mentioned being insulted by the topic in general - but (and correct me if I'm wrong, 'cos I'm happy to be so), what you're basically saying is that some people were annoyed that someone else found something annoying that they wouldn't find annoying, so conveyed that annoyance.... I personally am not annoyed that someone else found something annoying that I wouldn't find annoying, so should I be annoyed that other people do find it annoying that someone thinks something is annoying when they don't?

I dunno. I'm confused now.  

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DG  🙂

A noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster most.  ^^^



Cats.. DG's post was to me.... thats ok... i'll get over it.. oh wait, i wear rat slippers these days!  

[i-once-was-bump]

Wow, the OP  asked 2 questions and instead of answering them some have had a whinge because the OP dared to ask a couple of rhetorical questions..

It is all very amusing, can't any one have a bit of a whinge here anymore?

Anyway I have to wonder why it would take 3 days to pay for a $1.50 item.

It doesn't matter if you allow 10 days for payment, what can be achieved by waiting days to pay $1.50?