Pheasant, I sent her an invoice as soon as I accepted her offer, eBay needs to get their act together and tweek this BS.
At the least, the item should stay active at the original price until the buyer pays, it may give them incentive to pay right away or risk someone else buying it before they pay.
Seems logical. 
Somehow I don't think every buyer is aware they are under contract to buy when they make an offer and you accept. I say this because I have had several people do this and Ebay had to open a case against them for payment before they would pay and one never did.
Carolyn
your better buyers are going to have a pre-agreement on payment that meets your approval
but not to know anything is frustrating because of your mailing schedule
Calico, it's my experience that buyers frequently buy something midweek and don't pay till Friday when they get paid. I don't do offers, but I don't see why it should work any differently for an offer than for full price. Keep calm.
Tex, I would only support that if eBay got its act together and allowed you to combine records for orders that were paid separately but shipped together. For me having to manually create a packing slip and sales record for six or seven items and separately add tracking to each one is way more aggravating than waiting a couple of days for payment.
Tex, I would only support that if eBay got its act together and allowed you to combine records for orders that were paid separately but shipped together. For me having to manually create a packing slip and sales record for six or seven items and separately add tracking to each one is way more aggravating than waiting a couple of days for payment.
One point to consider on BO, from a buyer's poin of view. I always pay at the earliest possible moment. In the case of a BIN, no problem. That's right after clicking the Commit to Buy - it's all done as one action. ,With a BO, the buyer may not know if the offer has been accepted or countered until several hours later and had to leave the house or gone to bed. I do agree that days of delays are uncoscionable, but feel that a window of time to pay is often necessary. JMHO. I do agree that a BO is binding and prompt payment is necessary. Same principle holds true in an auction - buyer may not know he or she has won until the next morning.
Or even later in the day if she had no time to check email and pay first thing in the morning. Not everyone can do that from their phones.
Oh, and even if eBay SENT the "offer accepted" notification right away, that doesn't mean she GOT it immediately. ISPs can take their own sweet time about sending your mail. Last week I sent DH a list of estate sales on Wednesday afternoon and it didn't show up in his email for over a day.
Tex, when you go to print the packing slip or sales record in Selling Manager, or even when you go to print the postage it does not show the order as combined. I only use Selling Manager, not the other stuff.
