#5577913 - 04/05/1202:57 PMRe: NPB: How long do you wait?
[Re: mschmidt]
ryanatlasryanatlas
I was posting here when you were in diapers.
Registered: 12/19/11
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Loc: Boston, MA
Originally Posted By: mschmidt
Originally Posted By: DiceX
Tell him that his nephew needs to get a job to pay him back for the auction he won, and that you expect your payment within 24 hours or you'll file a NPB on him.
You might also add "Have a nice day." at the end of the email.
And end up with negative feedback as a thank you
If a buyer doesn't want to pay, there's jack squat you can do to force them - just send them a request to cancel the transaction (which refunds you the FV fees), relist the item and move on.
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Loc: Roseville, CA
Originally Posted By: mschmidt
Originally Posted By: DiceX
Tell him that his nephew needs to get a job to pay him back for the auction he won, and that you expect your payment within 24 hours or you'll file a NPB on him.
You might also add "Have a nice day." at the end of the email.
And end up with negative feedback as a thank you
If a buyer doesn't want to pay, there's jack squat you can do to force them - just send them a request to cancel the transaction (which refunds you the FV fees), relist the item and move on.
Agreed. And make sure you give him instructions that he needs to "agree" to cancel the transaction so you can get the the FV back. If they hit the wrong button and refuse to cancel the transaction, then you don't get the fees back.
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Loc: Your mom's house.
I love the 'I'm sorry, but (insert relative here) used my Ebay account and I can't pay' excuses.
Honestly, if someone sent me that, I wouldn't respond and initiate a NPB and just be done with it, move on and relist. Then, I would hope and pray that he is an Ebay seller, then I would do the same thing right back at him on his listing, but blaming the cat instead of a relative.
#5578001 - 04/05/1203:36 PMRe: NPB: How long do you wait?
[Re: Dr. Balls]
ryanatlasryanatlas
I was posting here when you were in diapers.
Registered: 12/19/11
Posts: 3168
Loc: Boston, MA
Originally Posted By: Dr. Balls
I love the 'I'm sorry, but (insert relative here) used my Ebay account and I can't pay' excuses.
Honestly, if someone sent me that, I wouldn't respond and initiate a NPB and just be done with it, move on and relist. Then, I would hope and pray that he is an Ebay seller, then I would do the same thing right back at him on his listing, but blaming the cat instead of a relative.
#5578102 - 04/05/1204:24 PMRe: NPB: How long do you wait?
[Re: ryanatlas]
musicmetamusicmeta
I was posting here when you were in diapers.
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Loc: Texas
Originally Posted By: ryanatlas
Patience probably is a virtue here but I have been burned soooooooo many times by non-paying bidders that I understand where CC is coming from. In my experience it seems that if a bidder doesn't pay within 24 hours then he or she has no intention of ever paying. That's obviously a generalization but it happens quite a lot. Sometimes I'll even get an email several days after the auction has closed, saying, "I don't really want this. Can you cancel the transaction?" Then why bid? Why bid???
That's a bit to general IMO. When I used to sell on Ebay, they had 10 business days to pay. I didn't bother them unitil around day 7 or 8. I had plenty of winning bidders where the payment showed up on day 10. Again, I haven't sold on Ebay when the new rules went into affect. It's now very much slanted for the buyer.
#5578225 - 04/05/1205:14 PMRe: NPB: How long do you wait?
[Re: musicmeta]
ryanatlasryanatlas
I was posting here when you were in diapers.
Registered: 12/19/11
Posts: 3168
Loc: Boston, MA
Originally Posted By: musicmeta
Originally Posted By: ryanatlas
Patience probably is a virtue here but I have been burned soooooooo many times by non-paying bidders that I understand where CC is coming from. In my experience it seems that if a bidder doesn't pay within 24 hours then he or she has no intention of ever paying. That's obviously a generalization but it happens quite a lot. Sometimes I'll even get an email several days after the auction has closed, saying, "I don't really want this. Can you cancel the transaction?" Then why bid? Why bid???
That's a bit to general IMO. When I used to sell on Ebay, they had 10 business days to pay. I didn't bother them unitil around day 7 or 8. I had plenty of winning bidders where the payment showed up on day 10. Again, I haven't sold on Ebay when the new rules went into affect. It's now very much slanted for the buyer.
