Pretty new to selling things - help!

bigmomma051204

Hi, i put four items on Ebay and they have all sold. They were bought in auctions and not as buy it nows.....each item was bought by a different buyer (all new-ish buyers ie won 15 auctions,9 auctions etc but none are totally new!) but it seems a bit weird - all the auctions finished this morning but none of the buyers have paid yet. I specified PayPal only and i have sent the invoices - is this normal?? I have only sold a few things before on Ebay but the buyers have always paid straight away....was this just pure luck/coincidence?? I always pay straight away so maybe its just because of this that it seems odd to me......??

I just thought one out of four might have paid by now.....? Not that i can get to a post office to post the items anyway lol! Blinkin' snow!!!

Oh - forgot to ask...i just wondered IS there a time limit on people for when they should pay by?? How does that all work??!

steviebabes

Winning bidders have 7 days to pay so I wouldnt get too concerned yet.

cyberbob

steviebabes wrote: »

Winning bidders have 7 days to pay so I wouldnt get too concerned yet.

4 days now before you can open a dispute it changed a few months back. Though They can still pay up to day 8 when you can close the dispute

Its Friday a lot of people buy a few things and pay for them later in the weekend

bigmomma051204

Hiya again - two of the bidders still haven't paid... they won the auctions on the 8th January - this will sound sily but if it is 4 days before i can start a dispute, would i do so tomorrow (being the 4th day since the auction being won) or on Wednesday?? Does that make sense lol? Do i include the auction day in the 4 day rule or not?
One of the winning bidders who hasnt paid has a weird name, it is just made up of random numbers which seems odd ( or maybe i am just suspicious!) and only has 9 "feedbacks"......the other has only got about 40 feedbacks.....does anyone send like a gentle reminder at this stage?? Not sure what i would put "just to remind you that you won said auction on 8th january........??"

Clark80

I normally leave it 7 days at least before chasing or opening disuptes. your safety net is that the items are still with you. It's a bit of waiting game...

cyberbob

I normally send an invoice on day 3. If they haven't paid by day 4 I open a dispute as if they don't pay at least on day 8 I can close the dispute get my fees back and relist

bigmomma051204

oooh do you get fees back then? How does that work - do they give u money back or just let u relist for free? I thought i just lost out lol!

goodboys

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

oooh do you get fees back then? How does that work - do they give u money back or just let u relist for free? I thought i just lost out lol!

Ebay will refund the final fee back to your account, once you have closed the dispute and will allow to relist the item for free (Auction -style listings only) if you qualify.
'Qualify' is nothing but your ended listing should be a Auction style and it can be relisted again in Auction style only for free.....
Hope this helps....

trrk

I would certainly contact them politely before just opening a dispute - they may still be intending to pay and you will annoy them by opening a dispute too soon.

bighec

Hi,

I've sold alot on ebay and usually most folk pay within 5 days.