[babylonian]

I am a full time ebay seller, and I can tell you this: Ebayers want their merchandise as fast as they want their burgers and fries. Right now! Like you're supposed to drop everything you're doing and RUSH to ship their stuff!
Nobody's patient anymore.

[RobRoy]

I've never actually bought anything there. I don't trust mail order much and have even gotten burned by a reputable company once. I check there a lot and noticed one seller had a star suggesting a lot of positive feedback. When I read it, it was ALL about him as a BUYER. No responses about his qualities as a seller. Maybe each person needs a "seller" comments star and "buyers" comments star.

Anyway, I don't trust paypal either (based on threads on FreeRepublic) so I just window shop EBAY.

[strela]

I am a full time ebay seller, and I can tell you this: Ebayers want their merchandise as fast as they want their burgers and fries. Right now! Like you're supposed to drop everything you're doing and RUSH to ship their stuff!

I would imagine that most buyers want their stuff just about as quickly as you and other sellers charge their credit card for their ordered merchandise. Isn't your providing the fastest possible order fulfillment for your customers part of the deal?

If I had ordered something from you, I too would appreciate a little bit of a soupcon of a sense of urgency on your part to get the merchandise I bought and paid for to me.

(And yes, I have been burned by 3 EBay sellers in the past, one a "full-time" EBayer whom I had to have my attorney threaten to sue to get my merchandise. The obscenity-filled little love letter she included with the order was very much appreciated and was duly passed onto the landshark).

[strela]

re my previous post, that is "2", not "3" EBay sellers with whom I couldn't come to a meeting of the minds. And to be completely fair, I've had hundreds of transactions that went off without a hitch, both buyin' and sellin'.

[Hodar]

Yes, people do want their items RUSHed. What's the problem with that? The seller wants payments RUSHed, or PayPal for immediate deposit, why should the buyer wait? Heck, I pay a premium in S&H to get the items shipped immedaitely. You wouldn't put up with waiting at a Department Store, after paying in good faith. When I pay, I demand the item to be shipped within 24 hours. If that's not 'convenient' for you, I would suggest that you warn potential customers before they bid.

[traditional1]

drop everything you're doing and RUSH to ship their stuff! Nobody's patient anymore.

Sellers don't hesitate or dilly-dally on accepting payment from the buyers, though, do they????

I've never had a seller tell me "that's okay, let me ship you the goods and just send the payment whenever you have a chance to do so".