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@shoppingbag* wrote:

Just an added thought. You only have Paypal as payment and no other options. Could this have something to do with it? For instance, I have three options, so obviously someone picking up, or sending a money order could not pay immediately. I don't know how it worked out that I had one or two that said she had to pay straight away.  I also wonder if it has anything to do with people buying via their phones, which often seems to cause problems. I may be way off the track here, but who knows??

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Having different payment options doesn't stop ebay forcing immediate payment against a seller's will.  I've always offered bank deposit as well as paypal but all my buyers are still forced to pay immediately if they use paypal.  Ebay themselves said a year ago that they're rolling out immediate payment to ALL sellers.  I wasn't one of the first to get it but I've had it a few months and it caused a lot of confusion for some buyers.

The only way to not pay immediately is to select bank deposit when they go through checkout.  One of my buyers did that thinking it'd mean she could request an invoice and then pay by paypal, but once she'd ticked bank deposit I wasn't able to issue an invoice or let her know how to pay using paypal. 

I have the odd person request an invoice when they use the cart but they're few and far between.  I have no idea how many see the link to request an invoice but I suspect most would pay immediately anyway.  Before immediate payment was foisted on me about three-quarters of my buyers never asked for an invoice but just paid immediately.

I'll probably remove bank deposit because it's rare that anyone uses it now, and all it does is enable non-payers to select it in checkout if they have no intention of paying and just want to mess me around.