eBay

bigelow630 · ‎02-11-2021

When I send an offer to potential buyers are they required to pay or can they accept the offer without paying?

New to eBay and almost got scammed when one of my items listed was sold but the buyer never paid. So I don’t want to send out offers and worrying about them accepting and then not paying.

1grandmashope_1 · ‎02-11-2021

No, they are not required to pay immediately. Even when an offer is accepted on a buy it now that requires immediate payment.

Hope that helps,

Grandma

nuclearomen · ‎02-11-2021

no, they have 3 days

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

pburn · ‎02-11-2021

I believe it's two days. An UID can be opened after 48 hours.

nuclearomen · ‎02-11-2021

maybe right, I'm thinking of won auction payment, never use the offer option, BIN or never is my motto 😉

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎02-11-2021

@nuclearomen wrote:
maybe right, I'm thinking of won auction payment, never use the offer option, BIN or never is my motto 😉

The payment rules are the same for fixed price and auction. And the buyer actually has 6 days, not 2, not 3. The seller can file the non-payment dispute after 48 hours, but the buyer is still allowed an additional 96 hours to pay.

nuclearomen · ‎02-11-2021

no it's 2 days
Unpaid item policy

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎02-11-2021

@nuclearomen wrote:
no it's 2 days
Unpaid item policy

[smh] The seller can file a non-payment case after 2 days, as I clearly stated. The buyer then has an additional 4 days to pay, as I also clearly stated.

2 + 4 = 6

The buyer can pay at any time during that 6-day period with no negative consequences. If you read your own link, you'll see all of that info.

nuclearomen · ‎02-11-2021

@releasethekraken_1 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
no it's 2 days
Unpaid item policy
[smh] The seller can file a non-payment case after 2 days, as I clearly stated. The buyer then has an additional 4 days to pay, as I also clearly stated.

2 + 4 = 6

The buyer can pay at any time during that 6-day period with no negative consequences. If you read your own link, you'll see all of that info.

the way ebay writes it can be confusing
2 days to pay is policy - additional 2 days to close a case if not paid = 4 days total not 6 days

"A seller may report an unpaid item if the buyer doesn't pay or contact them within 2 days."
2 days to pay - after 2 days of acceptance to pay can open a case - 2 more days if not paid case can close = 4 days

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎02-11-2021

@nuclearomen wrote:
@releasethekraken_1 wrote:
@nuclearomen wrote:
no it's 2 days
Unpaid item policy
[smh] The seller can file a non-payment case after 2 days, as I clearly stated. The buyer then has an additional 4 days to pay, as I also clearly stated.

2 + 4 = 6

The buyer can pay at any time during that 6-day period with no negative consequences. If you read your own link, you'll see all of that info.
the way ebay writes it can be confusing
2 days to pay is policy - additional 2 days to close a case if not paid = 4 days total not 6 days

"A seller may report an unpaid item if the buyer doesn't pay or contact them within 2 days."
2 days to pay - after 2 days of acceptance to pay can open a case - 2 more days if not paid case can close = 4 days

Yes, it can be confusing, and you're interpreting it incorrectly. The buyer has 4 days after the UID is filed. 2 + 4 = 6

When eBay says:

Managing unpaid items cases

Sellers may close the case when a buyer has not paid within 4 days

They mean 4 days from when the case was opened, not 4 days total. It's been this way for quite a few years.

southern*sweet*tea · ‎02-11-2021

@bigelow630 wrote:

New to eBay and almost got scammed when one of my items listed was sold but the buyer never paid.

How do you get scammed if the buyer never pays?

Non payers are a pain in the butt and a waste of time, but that's about it. Not even close to being scammer level.

The easier you are to offend the easier you are to control.

We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did. - Thomas Sowell

releasethekraken_1 · ‎02-11-2021

The non-payment process is described more clearly here:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/resolving-unpaid-items-buyers?id=4137&st=3&pos=1&quer...

After opening a case, the buyer has 4 days to respond or pay for the item.

m60driver · ‎02-11-2021

@southern*sweet*tea wrote:
do you get scammed if the buyer never pays?
Non payers are a pain in the butt and a waste of time, but that's about it. Not even close to being scammer level.

If they are selling a similar item, or representing someone who is selling a similar item, and they knock your listing out then that is a type of scam. That happened to me recently. I sent out an offer to multiple watchers. The one jerk accepted the offer and I was a bit slow and lost the listing for two weeks. until the case closed.

nuclearomen · ‎02-11-2021

@releasethekraken_1 wrote:
The non-payment process is described more clearly here:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/resolving-unpaid-items-buyers?id=4137&st=3&pos=1&quer...

After opening a case, the buyer has 4 days to respond or pay for the item.

ok, my bad, sorry, I always took it as 4 days but being I don't offers I hadn't looked at it for some time. My mistake.

The great truth is there isn't one
And it only gets worse since that conclusion...
...There is something about the rigid posture of a proper, authentic blind
As if extended arms reached to pass his blindness onto others.

releasethekraken_1 · ‎02-11-2021

@nuclearomen wrote:
@releasethekraken_1 wrote:
The non-payment process is described more clearly here:

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/resolving-unpaid-items-buyers?id=4137&st=3&pos=1&quer...

After opening a case, the buyer has 4 days to respond or pay for the item.

ok, my bad, sorry, I always took it as 4 days but being I don't offers I hadn't looked at it for some time. My mistake.

No worries. As you said, that first page is very unclear.