sold item on ebay how long for payment?

supermum4

Hi i sold an item on ebay on the 28th may the winning bidder hasn't paid me yet am i expecting payment too soon ? i've already had to relist this item due to a time waster and i have that sinking feeling in my gut again:(. i sent an email to them yesterday asking if they needed my address incase they wanted to pay via cheque but no reply yet. do you think i should just chill out and wait a bit longer . when i win an item i pay straight away or at least the same day.:beer:

hermum

Buyers have 4 days to pay, if they haven't paid after 4 days you can open a NPB , close after another 4 days. Some people are likely to be away or just busy over the bank holiday.

Hammyman

I got paid this morning from a guy who won on the 27th and he is in Slovakia so I was starting to consider a NPB was on the cards. He did contact me yesterday when I sent a payment reminder to say he was waiting for his wages to go into his Paypal linked bank account this morning. True to his word, he paid first thing this morning.

anne211981

Id say at least 4 days although its a drag to wait. but put it in your auction for buyer to pay within set number of days or you will place a none paying bidder flag on their account. (done by disputing none payment) its a moan but you have to do it

Indispensable_Hobbes

I sent all of my buyers messages on Wednesday to let them know if payment wasn't received by 9pm Thursday then items wouldn't be dispatched til today at the earliest as I went away over the weekend. Two paid (took parcels with me to post on Sat lol), one contacted and said they'd pay but didn't, the other's haven't replied or paid, I'm not a mind reader so NBP's opened.

soolin

anne211981 wrote: »

Id say at least 4 days although its a drag to wait. but put it in your auction for buyer to pay within set number of days or you will place a none paying bidder flag on their account. (done by disputing none payment) its a moan but you have to do it

It doesn't matter what you put in your auction as the ebay requirements outweigh any seller requirements.

A seller can open an nPB on day 4 and close it 4 days later and nothing on the auction can change that.

Oliver14

anne211981 wrote: »

Id say at least 4 days although its a drag to wait. but put it in your auction for buyer to pay within set number of days or you will place a none paying bidder flag on their account. (done by disputing none payment) its a moan but you have to do it

As Soolin said you can't enforce anything other then ebays rules so that is pointless.

Also threatening potential customers is not a good business plan.

xemmax

I set up my ebay account to automatically open an NPB dispute after 4 days on my behalf.

Opened one on someone a couple of days ago but they still haven't paid. Very infuriating.

Also had someone win an item from me last week, they messaged me 3 days later saying they could not pay for a further week as they had no money until pay day. Why would you bid on something without having money to pay for it? :mad:

Harry_Flashman

I'm still waiting for 2 from last Sunday

Shame of it is, I've posted off all those who've paid now.

hermum

I sold 3 things over the weekend, only 1 bothered paying though. The other 2 cases opened automatically tonight. I even messaged them both yesterday in case they were away over the weekend & forgot to check when they got home. Nothing, bu55ers

Gothicfairy

Yet again I have 3 NPB open. I waited 7 days and then opened the cases.

One is slightly odd though as it was collection only and he did turn up but 4.5 hours late and I was getting ready for bed (it was after 9pm) so sent him away to come back the next day (he only lives 2miles from me) but he never came back and then emailed me saying it was my fault for not letting collect..
the problem being the item he was collecting was not a hand over at the door type thing, it was a shown working etc and I am not doing that in my Donald duck PJ's
So I am guessing he is not going to pay at all.

I also have one that is a such a low cost item it is silly and the buyer has over 500 feedback.

If I weren't trying like mad to clear my house I am not sure I would bother with ebay as it does seem quite a bit of work.