I have a “payment must be received within 24 hours” notice on my auctions. out of my 3 items sold I’m still waiting for payment 3 days later on one and over 24 hours later for the other.
eBay's payment time frame has been in place for well over a decade. If you want to establish a different timeline, it is your job to figure out how to enforce it. eBay will not help you circumvent their policies.
why does EBay allow this?
I suspect it is because eBay recognizes that buyers may have a life and are not waiting by their computer for auctions to end. Again, eBay's payment time frame has been in place for well over a decade.
It seems I have no option but to sit and wait?
Incorrect.
You have the option of listing your items as fixed price with immediate payment required.
You also have the option file an unpaid item dispute after two days.
I’m tempted to just relist the items.
That would be flirting with disaster. Canceling transactions for "out of stock" is one of the easiest ways to get suspended or terminated.
I keep checking my email to see if I’ve been contacted or paid and nothing and it really is making me angry at this point.
Whether or not you consider yourself a "business", you should approach eBay as a professional would. And a professional does not get emotionally involved in transactions with complete strangers. It is unhealthy and serves no purpose.
Why won’t EBay allow sellers to leave negative feedback for deadbeat buyers? At least this say sellers would have a head’s up.
Because eBay and every deadbeat buyers knows that it takes 30 seconds to create a new account and wipe the slate clean. Leaving a negative for a buyer satisfies the seller's ego and accomplishes almost nothing else.
I’m really getting I sick of not being able to do anything about dedbeats.
Aside from filing an unpaid item dispute, there is nothing you can do about deadbeats.
