Hi Everybody, I do not understand why buyers are so rude,I  believe that sellers deserve better,I pay as soon as possible/either as soon as auction is finished or BIN. They should consider themselves extremely fortunate to have folk willing to go to so much effort,They should also consider that fact that if they tried the same action outside of eBay it would be considered by Law to be shoplifting.

What do you mean by deserve better? I have never felt that a buyer HAS to pay straight away, why should they? There is nothing in the ebay policy that says they must. If I was concerned about getting paid straight away I would have instant payment required on my listings.

Effort? What effort would that be? Most of us sell on ebay because it takes less effort and is cheaper than running a real world business and I certainly don't put any more effort into selling than is required to make it worth my while ]:)

If they tried the same action outside ebay how would it be shoplifting? Rather it is the equivalent of walking round the store putting things in the trolly and then leaving it in store and walking out without the goods, it would only be stealing if they received the goods and didn't pay and any seller who posts before they get payment id effectively gifting them the item.