Buyer wants to delay despatch

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I sold a low value item on Sunday and buyer paid straight away. I went to package it up today only to notice that they have asked me to delay despatch until 5th May as they are away.
Ebay is telling me to despatch by 25th April so if do as the buyer has requested do I end up with a black mark from Ebay or could I mark as despatched on the 25th but not actually post it until the 5th.
Ebay is telling me to despatch by 25th April so if do as the buyer has requested do I end up with a black mark from Ebay or could I mark as despatched on the 25th but not actually post it until the 5th.
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nothing bad will happen if you hold onto it until the 5th like the buyer has asked. they can't complain about late postage because they asked for it, and that's the only way your seller metrics will get altered, if a seller marks you down on stars in the feedback section.
you could mark it as dispatched and hold onto it, but when you do that it'll send the buyer a message saying their item is being posted, and they might then get upset as they might think you didn't listen to them, and this may result in even more messages being sent to explain
I've not sent something well past the dispatch date as the buyer said they would collect from me personally, and I got a red "Dispatch overdue" reminder on the dashboard for a few weeks until they collected it, but just ignore it
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