how long does someone have to pay for an item after winning the bidding ??

& I remember reading something about buyers not affected by bad feedback ratings anymore ??

whats my recourse ?? offer the items as a second chance to the next guy in line or just re list it ??

anyone have advice ??

you can say in your listing when payment needs to be received by.Has he checked out . I always send them their checkout right away. 3 or 4 days without a responce I will send another email. But i would say 2 weeks with a check or money order after bidding has ended is more than enough time. Before you relist, maybe email to see whats going on.

Contact e-bay.....

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQtZvbQQsofindtypeZ9

and get their contact information. Use www.anywho.com (http://www.anywho.com) and them a call even.

Mark,
Go the ebay site and click on help, then sellers or something similar. The answers to all of your questions are there. You have to file a non paying bidder report and take some other steps to get your fees refunded. Then you can do a second chance offer to the next bidder etc. All of the information is on the site, just have to dig a bit to find it.

10 days is generally the standard.
I got tired of begging for payment, so this is what I do now.
Send an invoice as soon as the auction is over.
Send a second invoice on the third day.
File a non paying bidder report on the 10th day( you can't do it before 10 days.
Close the report when the bidder pays, or after 10 days.
I then relist it, as I have found out second chance offers are usually a waste of the listing fees. People want items, but want the chance to start the bidding at a lower price. If you are doing a fixed price item, do a second chance.
It you click on the link for you item, there will be a link to file the non-paying bidder.
If I'm going to get paid, I usually here from the bidder within a few hours of filing the claim.
Good Luck
Gary

you know, this e-bay thing just keeps getting more complicated. i just had a one week argument with a sellar. i paid for something, he said i didn't, i refused to double pay, he was going to file a complaint, and in the middle of all this, what i bought finally showed up, with him still saying i didn't pay for it, if i didn't pay for it, why did you ship it.....

i don't know....i've had really good luck on e-bay, but it does seem the longer it goes, the weirder stories i hear...

you know, this e-bay thing just keeps getting more complicated......
i don't know....i've had really good luck on e-bay, but it does seem the longer it goes, the weirder stories i hear...

I have been a member of Ebay for a few years now myself and never had any issues to speak of untill now! Heres my story ....


Sale Date:Thursday, Apr 03, 2008, 08:33:51 PDT
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Mon 7 Apr 2008 08:02:59
Hello and good day!
I re-ordered from you due to the great sucess I had the first time!
Since I am not far away, approx 60 miles, the last order arrived very fast , in just 2 days!!!
But I havent recieved the item this time yet, and I understand it's only been 4 days. I just hope it didnt get lost in the mail?
I will be ordering from you again in the future so I hopethe USPS can start getting it right, lol.
Thanks again and I am sorry to be a pain in the a$$ about it. This is more like a friendly reminder incase you got busy and forgot about me:) ... I understand it happens!
Have a great day!
Joe

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 18:33:01
Joe, we will resend another order tomorrow (Tuesday). If you get the first shipment that went out last Thursday please let me know. It may still arrive! Alan

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:03:58
Hello again!
Thank you for the fast responce on my last email!
I just wanted to inform you that I still have not recieved either order as of yet. I dont know whats going on with the USPS. Is there anyway we can track the shipment to find out where the problem may be? I am sorry to trouble you and I do understand that you have no control over the USPS so I hope we can work together to figure this out.
Thanks again and have a great day!
Joe

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:00:59
Our records show that the second envelope was sent on 5/16. Today is 5/18 so it would not be unusual for delivery to take 3 days. We are putting a trace on the envelope with the post office since it is the second mailing. We have had only 3 or 4 packages not reach their destination in 8 years. If we find out from the post office that this package was delivered to you we will notify paypal and ebay. Alan


Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:04:22
Hello Alan and thanks for the fast reply.
However, I can assure you that I did NOT recieve any packages from you for this purchas. I am NOT a thief or a liar, and really don't appreciate the accusation. The first time I ordered from you I had a similar situation occur, and you said you had to resend another order, 2 days later, I got the shipment. And now this time it's the same situation except your accusing me of fraud? My 100% positive feedback rating should speak volumes, both as a buyer and a seller and I have been an Ebay member for several years now. I have NEVER had any issues with deliveries that I have ever sent out as a seller , or had any issues with items reaching me as a buyer. And I sure as hell have NEVER had a claim filed against me by ANYONE!
If the USPS can't do the f***ing job, then your beef is with them, not me. I am just letting you know what I got ... Or in this case, DIDN'T GET!
Is it possible that you have me mixed up with another Ebayer because you stated in your email that you sent the second re-order out on 5/16 ???????
But in FACT, you sent me an email on Monday 4/7, stating that the second order would be shipped out to me on Tuesday 4/8. How can them dates be so far off ??? Its not even the 5th month OR the 16th of THIS month yet?
Joe

We'll see how this all playes out very soon I guess. Should be interesting.
Ebay sucks anymore ... I am 100% + feedback and the seller I am dealing with is 99.9% +

:(

After 7 days you can send a payment reminder, then file a non-paying bidder claim if that does not work. If you don't want to go through the hassle, just send a 2nd chance offer to the 2nd highest bidder. Non-paying bidder claim is the only way to reclaim your ebay fees.

Sellers not leaving negs goes into effect 5/1.

I've been a member since 1997; I liked it better in the old days. It seemed back then people were more honest and you could find a good deal a lot easier then today. The only down side was you couldn't see the item because there was no way to post a picture but you could almost always trust the description. Sometimes change is a bad thing and I think evil bay is a good example. I only buy about five or six items a year now; in the old days I bought 30 items a month and sold or traded about the same until things started to change early in 2002.