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I sold an item 3 days ago it was for pick up from my home and i said i would like payment when winning bidder collected item .The winning bidder is new to ebay they have no feedback but i havent heard a thing from them ,they where the only bidders .I am unsure what to do now i would like to advertise the item again but how long do i wait before im sure that they wont contact me ? I even emailed them with my telephone number but they havent rang .Do i report them to ebay ?

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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    It's only been 3 days.
    Why not ring them?
    My TV is broken! :cry:
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  • susieanne
    susieanne Posts: 448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    It's only been 3 days.
    Why not ring them?

    I havent got there telephone number does it say there telephone number on ebay ?
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    You can request the phone number through ebay

    Link HERE
  • 3 days is not long enough, IMHO. If I were the buyer and you had relisted after 3 days with -no- contact to me, I'd be majorly !!!!ed off.
    :j [STRIKE]Debt Free[/STRIKE] Savings Wannabe! :j
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  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
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    edited 18 July 2009 at 11:27AM
    I would contact the winning bidder using ebay messaging first.

    ... or send an invoice :)

    I wouldn't think of wasting time/money telephoning until at least a week had passed and the buyer had ignored repeated messages.
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
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