Question How long to pay for ebay item

[Bigb13]

I guess so Barry, I did not think over the weekend was such a big deal.

[barrysloate]

Fair enough Robert, how about we all move on?

[Bigb13]

Sounds good with me Barry

[Bigb13]

BTW he did get positive feedback but left me nothing. Rob

[bosoxfan]

I have read this thread today for the first time and I'd like to take it in a different direction. I do sell cards on ebay, but for the most part I'm a buyer. I've never received or left a neg/neutral.

I usually wait till the auction is about to end before I bid, so I'm on ebay when it's over and I'll pay immediately. On the other occasions when I'm not on, Ill pay the next day when I get home from work.

A few sellers will then leave me feedback before they ship.

When I got that newly purchased card in the mail I would leave feedback the day the card came. Only then most sellers would leave me feedback. This was going on for the last two plus years.

Well I started selling cards starting this past Oct. Once the person paid me I'd shipped the card off the next day and left postive feedback for the buyer.

I didn't wait for them to leave me feedback. Most paid very quickly, so what more could I ask of them?


So I decided, as a buyer, I am no longer leaving positive feedback for sellers until they leave me feedback.
I have a pretty good idea why they don't, I'm still not doing it. It's just the principal of it.

any thoughts?

[Jaybird]

Feedback system is BS anyway, so it hardly matters. It's not the real world and you can't trust the system. It is purely a leverage tool for buyers to extort sellers. I rarely sell but have a few things up a couple times a year. Mostly a buyer. I used to leave feedback all the time. Then I realized that it doesn't really matter.

[insidethewrapper]

Buy It Now means Buy It NOW !. If I BIN on ebay I pay immediately. If I sell on ebay you must pay me immediately for all BIN items. There is an option for all sellers to get payment immediately. For auction items, if I'm not paid in 4 days it automatically opens a case against the buyer. He is contacts me, I remove it. Opened cases have no negative impact on the buyer. But it does if he doesn't pay after another 4 days.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by bosoxfan

So I decided, as a buyer, I am no longer leaving positive feedback for sellers until they leave me feedback.
I have a pretty good idea why they don't, I'm still not doing it. It's just the principal of it.

any thoughts?

Yes, my thoughts are that feedback should be initiated by the buyer as an indication that the product was received and all is well. Much more efficient than sending multiple emails of sending, delivered, satisfied, etc. Then the seller can reciprocate.

[HRBAKER]

I am an ebay buyer only, I really don't care if the seller leaves me feedback or not. If I get an item, it is properly described, properly shipped - then I leave feedback accordingly as a service to other buyers. If I win an item and pay for it, theoretically feedback should be left then as I have discharged fully my part of the transaction unless leaving the buyer feedback is now considered part of the transaction.

Again with the way the ebay FB program has migrated to the seller's side of the scale to me it is basically useless.