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@my*mum wrote:

I think I have just had my first echeque.

 

buyer initiated payment on the 13th November.

 

I had the little hourglass symbol there and when I hovered over it said being processed through paypal, and gave me an expected clearance date of 18th. Had a look in PayPal and it said something like payment pending...

 

It has just cleared a few minutes ago, so now I have the solid dollar sign indicating item is paid for and it tells me I have to post it.

 

But when I mouse over the dollar sign, it says payment was made on the 13th.

 

So even if I post it today, it will still look like it took me 7 days to post it.

 

I hope thatmy postage time DSR's don't get dinged!

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Hi Mum!

Not in the least dodgy!

I pay for 90% of my purchases via echeque.

Buyers & sellers are informed of clearance times (most of mine clear in 3-5 days).

Surely no buyer would be such a dumpkopf as to not  allow time for the echeque to clear before they expect you to post items.

A blizzard of emails keeps the buyer informed when they clear-at least my inbox indicates so.

Hmmm..............I may have to consider the dumkopf bit!..............I'm no Rhodes Scholar.............but how come the bleedin obvious is so difficult to grasp for some buyers?

I feel for you sellers having  to deal with the Great Unwashed.