eBay

prarie_nerd · ‎06-09-2016

I've had more non payers & cancellations this week than I have the entire year up no now. Almost wondering if this switch to ebay.com is part of the problem. Anyone else have more non payers and cancellations than usual?

momcqueen · ‎06-09-2016

Well, I list on ebay.ca in CAD and I've had two this week from overseas.....

For me they seems to come in fits and spurts. There is no rhyme nor reason that I can see.

aubreyclay56 · ‎06-09-2016

i havnt had many but they do show up from time to time,used to hve lots a yr ago,very frustrating to say the least,i have had people make offers and then dont pay,which really makes me wonder why even make an offer if your not seriouse,some will say the kids did it or there brother lots of excuses. slow payers drive me nuts like wait for days wondering do i have a none payer again or because its the week end which i find a lot of people wont pay on a week end i ship 7 days a week.,i want my stuff gone by monday morning .,i just love it when people dont even bother to make an offer they pay instantly,those people are awesome

momcqueen · ‎06-09-2016

I'd be happy to enable Immediate Payment Required but it doesn't work with Local Pickups which are later paid with cash. I'd love to see the checkout flow become intuitive enough to offer Local Pickup only to users registered within a 200-km radius and make it IPR for everyone else.

aubreyclay56 · ‎06-10-2016

local pick ups seem kinda scary to me although ive had two in over 3 years always wory that the guy might turn around and say never recieved but in a small place like vernon bc not many buyers around here,one loca pickup was a over a yr ago to a buyer in salmon arm which is a 90 mile return trip was only 10 bucks to mail but he spent 25 on gas lol sometimes when you want something u want it yesterday lol but would have taken nearley a wk for can post being that everything goes to vancouver for sort then bck to the ok valley and can post cant understand why they are loosing money

reallynicestamps · ‎06-10-2016

I'm pretty prompt with the UIDs but I always send a polite note on Day Three.

Most of the time these are slow payers rather than deadbeats.

But some of my protection is my product types. Philatelists, bookworms and seamstresses tend to read, understand, and follow instructions.

aubrey-- It fascinates me how many drivers seem to think that picking up would be free when it could be mailed at less than the cost of gas, time, and car upkeep.

mjwl -- Many women are very wary of allowing pickups at home. Is this just a paranoid American thing? Or do you arrange meeting at a coffee shop?

momcqueen · ‎06-10-2016

I would safe it's a safety-first thing and a wise one at that. I meet people at the door here but I'm never home alone; my husband works from home so there is rarely ever a time when I'd be vulnerable to intrusion.

hlmacdon · ‎06-11-2016

@prarie_nerd wrote:
I've had more non payers & cancellations this week than I have the entire year up no now. Almost wondering if this switch to ebay.com is part of the problem. Anyone else have more non payers and cancellations than usual?

No more than usual, less in fact since moving to .com. Moving to .com eliminated cart issues for multi-item purchases for me. This was one of primary reasons for non-prompt payment in the past.

momcqueen · ‎06-11-2016

Make that three this week. Usually, I get three or four per month but it's been as high as 18 and/or 29 twice due to multi-item orders that went unpaid.

battlef2000 · ‎06-12-2016

I've been averaging about 5 a month. it seems to mostly stem from people using the phone app.. But I am really getting tired of people requesting their transaction be cancelled. The next one I get.. I'm holding them to it, mistake or not. People need to pay the hell attention.

zee-chan-jpn-books · ‎06-12-2016

Haven't had to file UID for a long while. But right now I do have a book that hasn't been paid for 5 days (I allow 7 days) but it's with a buyer who bought 7 other books from me the past couple weeks and immediately paid for those. So I'm just curious if she's waiting for her other books to arrive before deciding if she wants to actually buy/pay for this one? I'll message her tomorrow to ask her about it and just extend the UID deadline to two weeks for her as I don't want to give a good buyer a strike. I'm not in a rush to get paid since I'm pretty busy the upcoming week.

As for cancelation requests I got less than 5 over past year.

momcqueen · ‎06-12-2016

iPhones are as much a bane as they are a boon.

For every two unpaid items, I get a cancellation request because 'I gave my phone to my child to play games, and they bought this, not me'. I send a Cancel Order request and bite my tongue. As long as the requested request is acknowledged in a timely manner, I'm okay with it.

Not happy but okay.

It wastes a listing to have something left unpaid. Plus International Site Visibility. You don't get that back. There should be a better way.

i.am.vivian · ‎06-14-2016

@mjwl2006 wrote:
iPhones are as much a bane as they are a boon.

For every two unpaid items, I get a cancellation request because 'I gave my phone to my child to play games, and they bought this, not me'.

Funny world. Someone hands their child an important and expensive piece of equipment to play with but instead of playing games the kid goes online buying at ebay. Not the first thing that would have occurred to me when I was little. Different generations.

ypdc_dennis · ‎06-14-2016

@i.am.vivian wrote:
@mjwl2006 wrote:
iPhones are as much a bane as they are a boon.

For every two unpaid items, I get a cancellation request because 'I gave my phone to my child to play games, and they bought this, not me'.
Funny world. Someone hands their child an important and expensive piece of equipment to play with but instead of playing games the kid goes online buying at ebay. Not the first thing that would have occurred to me when I was little. Different generations.

Not really that different. Most young kids have a imitate adult phase. Mother shops on eBay, so daughter sees that as something she should also do... Money? What's money?

-..-

i.am.vivian · ‎06-14-2016

@ypdc_dennis wrote:

Not really that different. Most young kids have a imitate adult phase. Mother shops on eBay, so daughter sees that as something she should also do... Money? What's money?

-..-

True. It just seems if they are too young to understand about money but smart enough to know how to shop on ebay something is missing in the parenting.

reallynicestamps · ‎06-14-2016

Yep, my kid did it.

Not me!

Oh no no no no.

Not me!

ricarmic · ‎06-14-2016

@mjwl2006 wrote:
iPhones are as much a bane as they are a boon.

For every two unpaid items, I get a cancellation request because 'I gave my phone to my child to play games, and they bought this, not me'. I send a Cancel Order request and bite my tongue. As long as the requested request is acknowledged in a timely manner, I'm okay with it.

Not happy but okay.

It wastes a listing to have something left unpaid. Plus International Site Visibility. You don't get that back. There should be a better way.

I think the line is more like "I gave my phone to my CHild ANyway to play GamEs, anD MY child Must have bought thIs Not me, anD I am sorry."

(I am procrastinating from what he should be working on! )