@csan2c wrote:
I could swear they used to have an immediate paypal payment option that was readily accessible and visible for any auction. Kind of makes sense, no? I've had winning bidders take 3+ days to pay me.
@csan2c, nope. Only IF/WHEN you have a "Buy It Now" option on any type of listing (auction or fixed price.)
And no, it doesn't make sense to require immediate payment on an auction. Think about it.
eBay's incremental bidding function will place proxy bids up to the bidder's maximum making it unnecessary for interested parties to have to constantly monitor items in which they have an interest. Consequently, there's no need for anyone to sit around waiting/watching for an item to end so they don't.
It also can be several days between when a person places a bid and the auction finally closes. Not unusual for someone to have completely forgotten they even placed a bid on an item. Or, maybe they only log into eBay or check their email on an occasional basis, etc.
If they won, they're notified. They have 48 hrs to pay. If you dont want to wait three days (or longer to get paid) or chase people around for the money, you could always set up the eBay Unpaid Item Assistant on your account which will automatically open an unpaid bidder case, notify the bidder they have four more days to pay or get a strike against their account, then close the case automatically on your behalf if the buyer doesn't come through.
Might save you some time and frustration if you don't want to add a Buy It Now component to your auctions.
Here's more info: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/unpaid-item-assistant.html
HTH
