How long do you wait for payment - Shot Talk

**VtDivot** · iTrader: (0) #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:25 PM

Ebay sold my Scotty and am awaiting payment. The dude that won has 0 feedback, but the guy who got outbid by $2.50 has outstanding feedback. How long do you usually wait on a buyer?

**clemsonhacker** · iTrader: (0) #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:27 PM

how long has it been? has he contacted you???...if its been a week and no email from him id contact ebay and see what they say...then give the other guy a second chance to buy it

jojosasser · iTrader: (0) #3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 04:59 PM

I always put in the description how long they have to send payment for the item; usually 1 week. If it goes beyond that I'm usually understanding as long as they keep communication with me.
Joey

**rob0225** · iTrader: (0) #4 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 07:30 PM

I state in all my auctions they have 48 hours to send payments. I only accept PayPal. If they are not ready to send the money when they buy it, they can go somewhere else. Otherwise, I will NPB and relist.

I know that may sound harsh, but I've got better things to do then to track down a payment.

And I always ship the next business day following payment.

Robert

**Augster** · iTrader: (0) #5 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 08:06 PM

This is SO what I've been going through....

I forgot to put a "must be paid within 5 business days" in my auction. THREE WEEKS I have been waiting for payment. The buyer claims that they are getting their credit card set up through Paypal. I know that takes time, which is why I was lenient for the first week. Then they said they'd get me the money by the 22nd. Now they claim they will send it Friday when everything clears Paypal.

Since I had forgotten the disclaimer, I emailed Ebay on what they think is a reasonable amount of time. I'll let you know when they get back to me.

The buyer is now an unregistered user, but they have also emailed me saying they will be paying Friday. I finally said F***-IT and relisted the item. What a waste of a month.

From now on, I am doing every auction like Rob does. 48 hours. If they aren't ready to pay, don't bid.

VT, If I were you, I'd contact the second bidder with the second chance offer before they buy one elsewhere. If the initial bidder finally gets back to you, tell them you sold it "in your shop" or whatnot and forgot to pull the auction. What they hell do they know? They have ZERO feedback. Though, in this scenario, I wouldn't leave any feedback for them, positive, nor negative.

**VtDivot** · iTrader: (0) #6 (**permalink**) 05-30-2007, 08:52 PM

I can't contact the second bidder it is against ebay rules. I can offer a second chance offer, but I'm at least going to give the guy with zero feedback the benefit of 48 hours to make contact

Fastback · iTrader: (0) #7 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VtDivot

I can't contact the second bidder it is against ebay rules. I can offer a second chance offer, but I'm at least going to give the guy with zero feedback the benefit of 48 hours to make contact

i'd give it a week, then do a second chance offer on the other guy

you can file a dispute through ebay to get your money back from the sale, which ebay takes in case you dont sell it at all

i went through this recently..

**VtDivot** · iTrader: (0) #8 (**permalink**) 05-31-2007, 07:48 AM

All for nothing, dude payed this morning. I guess we all had 0 feedback at one point

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