How to get buyers to pay quicker

Timmy

To be honest I don't mind inflated p&p as long as it's mentioned in the description. If I feel the p&p is way to high I will contact the buyer before bidding to see if he's prepared to lower it if I win. Seeing as it's ebay rules that you can't charge buyers any of your paypal fees I think it's only fair that they should be able to charge for time and effort spent packing and queueing at the PO as long as they're upfront about the charges.

Peakma

I don't really mind inflated postage,as I just look upon it as the final price I'm prepared to pay.What bugs me though is when for example people charge £5. for P&P then it arrives over a week after paying with a second class postage of £1.75.If sellers are going to inflate the cost of the postage,they should at least get your item to you asap.

funkyBase

Peakma wrote:

I buy and sell,about the same amount,approx 5 items of each a month, on average,I seem to get around to listing in bouts every so often.I always try and post first class asap.I love it when people pay instantly,and i can post same day, and there amazed to get it next day.Thats the way I like it when I buy,really annoys me when people inflate the p&p then take ages to bother to post.

I do the same as you. It's great when you surprise people and they get their item within 24 hrs. What I do, is charge as accurately as possible for postage taking in all my costs. I upgrade postage where I can too. If people pick second class and I can upgrade to first (without losing money) I do so. I think it's good and keep people coming back.