How long should a seller be given to ship and item out?

[wonkaticket]

Agree with Leon 5-10 business days perhaps even a few days more. People have to remember not everyone who is selling on eBay is doing it full time, some have day jobs.

Buyers should be patient same for sellers on the payment thing. Nothing like getting on a plane bound for Asia. Landing getting to my hotel opening my non-business email and having 2-3 unpaid item reminders for something that ended 24-48 hrs ago at $47.55.

Cheers,

John

[Exhibitman]

Good points Leon and John. I try to ship w/in 24 hours of payment but that doesn't always hold true so my default Ebay setting is several days. I have no issue as long as the seller sticks to a listed time frame. I definitely hate receiving the multiple pestering emails from sellers--seems like it is always a cheapo item where that happens. I wait an extra day or two to pay those, just because...

[LEHR]

When I sell on ebay (rarely) I always state in my auctions that I will ship withing five days of receiving payment. This time frame was due to my previous work schedule where at times I could only get to the PO on Saturdays. If I have the time I'll ship the item out the next day after receiving payment.