Post by Great-Northern-Willmar Div on Mar 12, 2016 18:58:51 GMT -8
I sold a couple of items on Wednesday. One was a hair over $200 with shipping and the other, a little under $35.
In most instances, people pay either immediately after the end of the auction or within 24 hours. As a buyer I adhere to the immediately unless I can't get to a computer. I don't have or want a cell phone, so I need to be back at the ranch to get on the desktop to access the net.
My bidders are a 1000 feedback buyer and seller on the $200 item and some newbie with all of three feedback on the $35. Newbie sends me a message on Thursday, which I think was English. Once I waded through the misspelled and missing words I got the drift that he was getting paid on Friday and would pay then. Friday comes and I get a message from the $200 buyer that he can't pay until Wednesday a week after the auction ends because he is basically "over extended". I told him that was cool with me. On Friday, I get a message from my buddy newbie, stating that he couldn't pay on Friday because he had to pay the electric bill. Again, that was the gist of the note after I boiled it down to something I could understand. Newbs sends me a third message, I guess I must be his pen pal, that he can't pay until Wednesday, money issues I assume. This time I couldn't make heads or tails out of the gibberish. But, again, I said it was okay.
E-Bay in its never ending quest to distance buyer from seller and keep sellers in the dark about their buyers, no longer allows you to see what buyers are bidding as far as volume. It was a great way to see that someone has bid on 30 items in the last 30 days and all from the same seller! Can you spell shill? Or at least make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. It was also a way to see how many items your non-paying bidder was winning too!
Well I was bored stiff today and decided to do some detective work using my two winners feedback received from other members. Mr. $200 just got positive feedback from a seller for a $35 purchase. The auction for that item ended two days after mine. Seems he must not be totally broke. Newbie.....got love newbies......nah you don't. Anyway......Newbs leaves feedback for the sellers immediately after the auction ends well before he ever sees the item. He's been leaving a LOT OF FEEDBACK. I've dealt with newbies before, they get on e-Bay and start bidding and winning on items at a feverish pace. The only problem is it is like a credit card where you just keep swiping it like it is free money. But then the BILL comes and you pass out from the amount and hide under the bed. The hole you dug is so deep the heat of the earth's core is burning your feet. Well, I can say that Newbs is one of those brand new users that is a volume bidder and then can't pay for all the toys and picks and chooses. Lucky me.
I've always felt that if I bid on something I better darn well have the cash or credit to complete the transaction quickly. E-Bay doesn't have a layaway program like Kmart. Also, see how welcome your business would be if you went to numerous brick and mortar retailers, ordered a glut of merchandise and then tried to pick and choose a few items. Lately, I've had to use the club of non-paying bidder even with large feedback number buyers. Who then quickly pay and usually give some apology for their tardiness in paying. As far as getting messages from the buyers that "they ain't got no monies", its happened once and a while but not where I run three auctions and two can't pay.
In most instances, people pay either immediately after the end of the auction or within 24 hours. As a buyer I adhere to the immediately unless I can't get to a computer. I don't have or want a cell phone, so I need to be back at the ranch to get on the desktop to access the net.
My bidders are a 1000 feedback buyer and seller on the $200 item and some newbie with all of three feedback on the $35. Newbie sends me a message on Thursday, which I think was English. Once I waded through the misspelled and missing words I got the drift that he was getting paid on Friday and would pay then. Friday comes and I get a message from the $200 buyer that he can't pay until Wednesday a week after the auction ends because he is basically "over extended". I told him that was cool with me. On Friday, I get a message from my buddy newbie, stating that he couldn't pay on Friday because he had to pay the electric bill. Again, that was the gist of the note after I boiled it down to something I could understand. Newbs sends me a third message, I guess I must be his pen pal, that he can't pay until Wednesday, money issues I assume. This time I couldn't make heads or tails out of the gibberish. But, again, I said it was okay.
E-Bay in its never ending quest to distance buyer from seller and keep sellers in the dark about their buyers, no longer allows you to see what buyers are bidding as far as volume. It was a great way to see that someone has bid on 30 items in the last 30 days and all from the same seller! Can you spell shill? Or at least make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. It was also a way to see how many items your non-paying bidder was winning too!
Well I was bored stiff today and decided to do some detective work using my two winners feedback received from other members. Mr. $200 just got positive feedback from a seller for a $35 purchase. The auction for that item ended two days after mine. Seems he must not be totally broke. Newbie.....got love newbies......nah you don't. Anyway......Newbs leaves feedback for the sellers immediately after the auction ends well before he ever sees the item. He's been leaving a LOT OF FEEDBACK. I've dealt with newbies before, they get on e-Bay and start bidding and winning on items at a feverish pace. The only problem is it is like a credit card where you just keep swiping it like it is free money. But then the BILL comes and you pass out from the amount and hide under the bed. The hole you dug is so deep the heat of the earth's core is burning your feet. Well, I can say that Newbs is one of those brand new users that is a volume bidder and then can't pay for all the toys and picks and chooses. Lucky me.
I've always felt that if I bid on something I better darn well have the cash or credit to complete the transaction quickly. E-Bay doesn't have a layaway program like Kmart. Also, see how welcome your business would be if you went to numerous brick and mortar retailers, ordered a glut of merchandise and then tried to pick and choose a few items. Lately, I've had to use the club of non-paying bidder even with large feedback number buyers. Who then quickly pay and usually give some apology for their tardiness in paying. As far as getting messages from the buyers that "they ain't got no monies", its happened once and a while but not where I run three auctions and two can't pay.
