Buy it Now (immediate payment) work around

[jplme38]

I have had two separate orders where the “customer” will send an offer for the exact amount of your purchase price with intent on either never paying or dragging it out as long as possible. eBay’s payment requirements are too liberal, everything should be pay now or don’t click buy! 

[divwido]

You know, there is no 'work around' for immediate payment.  If they don't pay, then they are not the winner.  That's the whole point.   I don't know what more you could want.

[rmcards4u · Accepted solution]

According to the ebay seller update, coming soon if a seller sends an offer or counters an offer,  immediate payment will be required to win the item.  If I'm concerned the buyer won't pay,  I will send an offer just above the offer to allow this to happen.  The other option is to decline the offer,  lower the price to the offer and make it immediate payment required. 

[klhmdg]

Why would you even bother to accept an offer for the exact price?

They can just buy it if it is the exact price and you have the option to have immediate payment required on all BIN listings.

No need to drag anything out either. IF you accept the offer and they dont pay, on day 5 cancel for buyer didnt pay.

[lepke1979]

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@klhmdg wrote:

Why would you even bother to accept an offer for the exact price?

They can just buy it if it is the exact price and you have the option to have immediate payment required on all BIN listings.

No need to drag anything out either. IF you accept the offer and they dont pay, on day 5 cancel for buyer didnt pay.

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If it's the same buyer, it's possible they sent an offer so the seller can send an invoice for combined shipping.

Have done it a couple times myself where I buy something remembering right after that I wanted to include something else the seller had. Would send an offer for the asking price with a note asking if they can combine shipping. And they would follow up with an invoice with a lesser amount in shipping.

[soh.maryl]

As others have mentioned, you can list with FP, immediate payment required.

Too liberal? If a buyer has not paid within 4 days, the seller can cancel on day #5, citing buyer did not pay as the reason.

[luckythewinner]

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@jplme38 wrote:

I have had two separate orders where the “customer” will send an offer for the exact amount of your purchase price with intent on either never paying or dragging it out as long as possible. eBay’s payment requirements are too liberal, everything should be pay now or don’t click buy! 

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But they were not successful in not paying or dragging it out as long as possible, because you declined the offers ... correct?

[jplme38]

I personally think 4 days is too long to make a merchant wait for payment. I specialize in Crypto defi dex aggregators & NFT marketplace cross chain solutions where everything is reconciling before the block is even sold. I am leaning more towards pulling my products & finding another solution. 

[jplme38]

Heck yes they were successful, I thought I had a live fish & selling the few items I have wouldn’t actually be a complete exhaustive event. First time selling and what should have been a 1 day sale has held me up for 7 days. 

[divwido]

There is no seven days.  4 24 hour periods are all you have to wait.  Then you cancel the sale for non-payment and make a second chance offer-if you can, or start over.

I know it's sounds old, but follow the rules that are given, don't make your own up.

[gurlcat]

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@jplme38 wrote:

I personally think 4 days is too long to make a merchant wait for payment. I specialize in Crypto defi dex aggregators & NFT marketplace cross chain solutions where everything is reconciling before the block is even sold. I am leaning more towards pulling my products & finding another solution. 

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I have a good idea what sorts of replies you'll get to this ^ LOL.  Part of me empathizes because I think 4 days is too long also, but the other part empathizes with all the people who are going to jab you for spouting crypto geek jargon that you must know most people don't grok but that doesn't make it impressive-sounding; quite the opposite actually, ha.   Ebay is "The Online Garage Sale" and that's a much easier analogy regarding the 4-day wait.  Who running a garage sale would agree to a discounted price only to have the buyer disappear for 4 days while you continue providing the item's shelf space, not allow anyone else to buy it, and not even have a deposit from the so-called buyer, who may not ever come back at all?  
However, your question comes as Ebay is (finally) rolling out a solution requiring buyers to pre-authorize a bank account for offers (both sent by them and sent to them from the seller).  Hopefully it won't be too long before it affects all buyers, but we don't have a solid date yet. 

[gurlcat]

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@rmcards4u wrote:

According to the ebay seller update, coming soon if a seller sends an offer or counters an offer,  immediate payment will be required to win the item.  If I'm concerned the buyer won't pay,  I will send an offer just above the offer to allow this to happen.  The other option is to decline the offer,  lower the price to the offer and make it immediate payment required. 

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Are you saying there is already site-wide implementation for buyers to pre-authorize a bank account for immediate charging if they accept an offer sent by a seller?  To my knowledge all that has happened so far is some portion of buyers have had to provide an account to immediately pay for offers that THEY send to sellers, and that portion will continue to grow until it becomes site-wide.  And only then will ebay begin the same process for seller-sent offers.  I'd really love it for auctions too, call me crazy, but I guess I should be grateful they're at least doing it for offers.  

[jplme38]

I totally agree my crypto jargon is hodgepodge Too Wong Fuui within the ancient walls of dust bunnies and beanie babies. And it totally did come off as pompous however contrary the intent, alas it is the inevitable future of global e-commerce no matter the amount of pushback delivered. I did some selling in this marketplace from 2000-2007 and it was a breeze, clear-cut, profitable for all and after carefully reading through the revised policy, it appears eBay is pulling back rather than expanding. Severing payment relations with PayPal was a clear indication of investor/board pullouts, this puts eBay in sole control of collection and distribution of all capital (smart for easing investor angst) not so much for consumer confidence. 

[canuckinsd]

I could not agree more. life is not like that,if you're selling something,it's on the market until you're paid or get a deposit. The more I get to know about ebay,the less I like

[cardxcraft]

Hello,

You can actually have this requirement set now.  It's been this way for about 6-8 months.  Go to account settings>selling preferences>blocked buyer list>immediate payment required to make an offer.  I should clarify.  The setting requires a payment method provided by the buyer to make an offer.  Link below.  Check it out to see if it meets your requirements.

https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/buyerrequirements