Ebay rookie question

berylcoin

I have a stellar ebay feedback of (1). I recently won an auction that listed two contradictory shipping costs (both fair), and had no specific instructions (i.e. "wait for my email", "use checkout", etc.) for sending payment, just an address. I used Checkout and asked them to verify my total. How long do I wait for a reply? Should I just send my check for the higher shipping without a reply? What's the proper protocol?

BC

ursabear

brylcoin - I would wait to contact the person at least a day or two. You never know what they might say. Some sellers don't watch their email very often, so you might have to wait until the new week begins.

To me - a good line of communication actually speeds things up in the end - making it usually worth the wait before making an assumption. The fact that you're asking about this is a good thing.

I'll usually wait up to about three days, then send another (gentle) email.

Russ

Ah, a situation I've encountered borne of my own extreme lack of patience. I've frequently just sent payment, even if I haven't heard from the seller. I hate to wait. Never been a problem.

Russ, NCNE

Dog97

Most sellers send some kind of notification so I always wait for the seller to contact me. If 3 or 4 days go by without hearing from the seller I go ahead and email them and ask for a total, address or whatever.
Sellers that list their address in the listing usually mean for you to go ahead and send the payment.
I forgot to pay a seller one time and eBay sent me a reminder about a month later. So I click on the auction link to see what I didn't pay for and I see that the desripition said "You will not be contacted after this auction. Please send payment to the above address." No wonder I forgot.
Use the ask seller a ? to ask for total again and if he doesn't answer you send a payment for the lowest amount. Maybe one amount was insured & the other wasn't.

berylcoin

Thanks for the responses. I can't ship payment until monday anyway so I guess I'll wait him out a few more days, and if he doesn't respond just send a blank check.

BC

Petescorner

I've had that situation happen a couple times before. Both times I just sent the lower amount and didn't have any problems.