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How long would you give someone to pay on ebay?
I sold something on e-bay this past Sunday. Today has been 6 days since the bidder won the item. I sent a friendly reminder on Wednesday. It was just congratulating them on winning the bid. And then I never heard anything back. So Friday I sent another friendly reminder. I told them that they had won and that I could ship as soon as the payment was made. I still haven't heard anything back. Has it been enough time to start an unpaid buyer claim. Or would you give them more time? I had many people bidding on it, so if I were to repost it I know I can sell it to someone who might actually pay me for it. What would you do?
3 Answers
- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
At this point, file a non-paying bidder complaint and relist. Be sure to place the bidder on your blocked bidder list.
If they do pay before the item sells again, you can close the listing (cancelling bids of course) and complete the transaction with them. If you sell it to the next person, the first bidder just lost out.
- GinoParisianLv 67 years ago
You've gotten some bad advice here. You can file a UID at 2 days after bidding closes, not 4. No need to send reminders, friendly or otherwise. It just irritates buyers. Set eBay to handle your UIDs for you automatically and you never need to worry about it. Or prevent deadbeats altogether by listing fixed price with immediate payment required.
Alan is setting you up for a world of hurt. DO NOT relist the item until the transaction is COMPLETE, and that means the UID is closed and you received your FVFs back. If you relist before the transaction is complete and the previous buyer pays, and you have bids on the current auction, you will be charged a FVF for canceling an auction that has bids—and in the last 12 hours, you can't cancel it at all, and you could end up with 2 paying buyers, both of whom can neg you, trash your stars, and file INR claims against you. Which is a great way to get your selling privileges suspended.
Bottom line: block and report the deadbeat to eBay now. If no payment in 4 days, close the case and relist.
- NALv 77 years ago
At four days, you can file an unpaid item dispute.
I manually sent an invoice from My eBay for my current quiet one. Will give them one week, then UID. (I just checked they paid at 4 days. I need to mail it tomorrow.)
With communication, I've waited 3 weeks before.
