Auto pay

[fiftieschristmas]

**bleep** is auto pay? Is it a good thing?

[ryry-jj]

There are pros and cons to everything.  For sellers you want it on, it is...for those who don't, they turn it off.  The sellers decide if they like it or not.   I can go either way, except for when a buyer makes an offer and a seller accepts, then I'm 100% all in on auto pay

[kenalf-48]

Auto pay is a convenience most companies offer not try and force you into. eBay turned this on without telling sellers. Didn’t give them a choice to turn it on there selfs. Why?? Some buyers choose not to  let eBay hold payment info. There choice and these buyers will not bid with this on. That doesn’t mean they won’t pay. I believe non payers are a minority. Can’t a seller just offer item to next highest bidder. What’s the big loss??

[kenalf-48]

Nothing is a good thing when you’re not given a choice. Did they give you a choice to turn this on?? From what I have heard no they just turned it on. If they let you decide with a informed choice then it would be fine not the way they did it.

[ryry-jj]

Here is the funny part....buyer's technically pay eBay, then eBay pays us.  So if eBay wants the money now, they have that right to turn it on.  And they could easily make everyone follow and leave it on.  But they did opt to give us the choice to turn it off.

[kensgiftshop]

It's good for the seller if they want to make sure they get paid for their auctions and offers.

[reallynicestamps]

Sellers who use Fixed Price have the option of Immediate Payment Required. The transaction does not happen until payment is made.

Sellers who use FP/Best Offer lose IPR,  which is logical since the buyer may not be there when the seller accepts the Offer.

But with Auctions.

The buyer may not be there when they win due to proxy and e-snipe bidding.

And Auctions are notorious for Unpaid Item Disputes.

Sellers who had no compunction about making bidders wait seven or ten days to learn if they had won or not, were often furious when the buyer did not pay within the four days they were allowed by eBay.

So they whined to eBay who introduced the Auto-Pay for auctions.

One result has been even fewer bids on Auctions than previously, leading to lower closing prices.

But the whiners get paid fast.