Ebay Automatic Payment

[todeen]

I don't know if this has been discussed. I went to bid today on ebay, and it would not allow me to bid unless I confirmed I would allow automatic payment after winning an auction. I'm sure every seller will feel good about this; I know a lot of people fail to pay. But it bothers me. I've never retracted a bid or not paid. Does this bother anyone else?

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[Snowman]

As a seller, I think I'd rather it not be there. While it may help to curb shill bidding, it will also discourage bidders who would have otherwise paid.

[doug.goodman]

As a buyer it doesn't bother me

[gunboat82]

The only personal downside I can see is that I sometimes use cashback referral links to pay for items in my eBay cart, but I have to either click through manually or activate a browser extension. That's not an option when the process is automated.

[theshowandme]

Don’t care as a buyer

Love it as a seller. Have had too many things go unpaid.

[savedfrommyspokes]

As a buyer, if I was buying a single item, I would be fine with it. However, if I were bidding on multiple items w/o free s/h, this option would discourage me from bidding due to the hassle of having to reach out and contact the seller for a s/h discount.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

Don’t care as a buyer

Love it as a seller. Have had too many things go unpaid.

+1 My only small complaint is having to move cash to my account without knowing if I won. Weirdly the only account I have ever had hacked is my ebay/paypal bank account and it has been hit multiple times. So we only keep a small amount of money in it and just transfer money into it when we buy stuff.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I would welcome it as a buyer if it's an option that I elect to choose. When you want to make an offer and there is no other way but to accept allowing this automatic payment, I hate it.

[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

I would welcome it as a buyer if it's an option that I elect to choose. When you want to make an offer and there is no other way but to accept allowing this automatic payment, I hate it.

Me to! You try to get a combined shipping invoice and it tells you the buyer doesn't have combined shipping but in the descriptions most say they have combined shipping discounts so you have to contact the seller and go through all that nonsense. Ebay doesn't exactly have brilliant management.

[butchie_t]

I'm committed to the card I won anyway, so no big deal for me.

A couple of less steps for the transaction on my end as a buyer.

Set it and forget it, in many ways.


Butch T.

[raulus]

Not sure why it’s all that disturbing. It just makes your offer self-executing if the seller accepts it.

The seller can turn off this feature if they don’t want it. And if this feature sticks in your craw, then you can always decline to make an offer on pieces that require your payment data in order to make an offer.

[bcbgcbrcb]

As previously stated, buying multiple items from the same seller with combined shipping is impossible this way.

[jimq16415]

Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye

Me to! You try to get a combined shipping invoice and it tells you the buyer doesn't have combined shipping but in the descriptions most say they have combined shipping discounts so you have to contact the seller and go through all that nonsense. Ebay doesn't exactly have brilliant management.

Yesterday I made offers on 5 cards with the same seller. I sent a note asking if he would make me 1 listing for the 5 cards so he saved on transaction fees. He accepted all 5 offers and combined shipping - no problem.

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by todeen

I don't know if this has been discussed. I went to bid today on ebay, and it would not allow me to bid unless I confirmed I would allow automatic payment after winning an auction. I'm sure every seller will feel good about this; I know a lot of people fail to pay. But it bothers me. I've never retracted a bid or not paid. Does this bother anyone else?

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Was this a bid or an offer to "buy-it-now"?

[prestigecollectibles]

As a seller I turned off "Require Immediate Payment" hoping it makes it easier for the buyer.

As a buyer I will often purchase eBay gift cards from Target.com since I get 5% off. If I have to set my payment before the eBay transaction I can't easily use a gift card.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

Was this a bid or an offer to "buy-it-now"?

it was for a current auction still running.

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