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Is it Time to Worry About my E-Bay Buyer?

itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
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I sold a $4,200 coin on e-bay. The auction ended 6PM eastern Saturday (nearing 4 days ago). The bidder has a 100% positive fedback of 3, with the only one I can still see being on an NGC coin for under $100. I have sent two invoices and a follow-up e-mail. As of now I have no contact.

Obviously I am not out anything except time and recoupable e-bay expenses, but I am less than thrilled with this lack of response. Even on a minor auction I am sure to follow up promptly, and notify the seller if I will not be away or such when the auction closes.

I have looked at the e-bay policies and have not found rules on contact or time for payment after an auction closes.
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  • ScavengerScavenger Posts: 987
    I believe that you need to wait 10 days before you can report a non-paying bidder.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Four days is way too soon to be worried. And, if I were a bidder and you sent me two invoices and a follow-up e-mail in that short a period of time, it would be the last time I bid.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I agree with Russ with one addition. There is nothing you can do so it will never be time to worry. Never let things out of your control bother you. Like you say, all you're out is time and you can get the ebay fees back. --Jerry
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    He may have already sent off the check and just didn't bother to reply. It would be bad form and poor communication if so, but I know that's happened to me when selling stuff before.

    Though in my case, they were probably $20-30 items which generate much less angst than a $4200 item. Still, too early to panic.
  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Four days is way too soon to be worried. And, if I were a bidder and you sent me two invoices and a follow-up e-mail in that short a period of time, it would be the last time I bid.

    Russ, NCNE >>



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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    lots of bids on lots of expensive items; (i looked up your high bidders history)
    Leo
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    Too soon to be "worried", but you might want to request contact information and give him a call to make sure everything's on track. Be gentle...
  • richardshipprichardshipp Posts: 5,647 ✭✭✭
    It is a holiday week. Many folks travel. Since your really not out anything, waiting till after the holiday seems reasonable. Who knows, maybe they already sent the check and then hit the road to Grandma's house. Probably over there right now bragging about his purchase and what a (guess) "reverse proof" will be worth in 10 years.

    Don't let it ruin your Thanksgiving. Have a happy one !!!
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It is a holiday week. Many folks travel. Since your really not out anything, waiting till after the holiday seems reasonable. Who knows, maybe they already sent the check and then hit the road to Grandma's house. Probably over there right now bragging about his purchase and what a (guess) "reverse proof" will be worth in 10 years.

    Don't let it ruin your Thanksgiving. Have a happy one !!! >>



    What Richard Shipp said. Lots of people traveling for the holidays.

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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    One more thought. If you don't take paypal, that can delay a buyer (getting a check) especially during the holiday season --Jerry
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    I bet he has the money, he bid 13K for a set of three before. I wouldn't worry------------BigE
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  • mcheathmcheath Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭
    auction ended on sunday, he didnt send the mo's/check until monday or possible tuesday. it is holiday season so you will probably get it fri/ sat. No need to worry yet.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    "I bet he has the money, he bid 13K for a set of three before. I wouldn't worry"

    This past Sunday I had an Ebay auction for some cheap football cards. It ended with a high bid from someone from the United Kingdom. 100% Feedback, many recent auctions. I contacted the person because i dont ship to the UK and implicitly state that in the auctiion descriptions etc. She contacted me the next day, her account was hijacked and someone bid $56,000 in auctions over the course of two days.

    I'd be doing a check on the contact info and giving this person a call, if for nothing else to make sure that its a working, legit contact number.
  • constablescottconstablescott Posts: 27
    I recently bid on a half ounce Maple Leaf on eBay. I won the auction with a three second snipe. Like a dumbbutt I didn't notice the sellers feedback until I had won the bid. I had noticed it was 100% positive. What I hadn't noticed was that it was only three. I immediately asked ebay for contact information and called the seller up to discuss closing the deal. I literally called him within thirty minutes after auction end. I just felt like something was not right. The phone number was to a Motel 6 in Escondido, California. The desk clerk had never heard of the sellers name. I emailed the seller what I had discovered and told him of my concerns. He immediately re-listed the item and flamed me in an email threatening to neg FB me. I still buy off ebay but I am much more careful. I almost lost that one.
  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834


    << <i>He may have already sent off the check and just didn't bother to reply. It would be bad form and poor communication if so, but I know that's happened to me when selling stuff before.

    Though in my case, they were probably $20-30 items which generate much less angst than a $4200 item. Still, too early to panic. >>



    A check for $4200 from a 3 feedback bidder?? I'd be worried as hell.
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  • ILikeMercsILikeMercs Posts: 1,392 ✭


    << <i>He may have already sent off the check and just didn't bother to reply. It would be bad form and poor communication if so, but I know that's happened to me when selling stuff before.

    Though in my case, they were probably $20-30 items which generate much less angst than a $4200 item. Still, too early to panic. >>



    I get that every now and then in spite of putting it in my auctions. "If paying by check or money, please notify me of your choice".
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A check for $4200 from a 3 feedback bidder?? I'd be worried as hell. >>

    Why? You hold the funds for 7-10 days and make sure they clear. No clear, no coin.
  • ILikeMercsILikeMercs Posts: 1,392 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>He may have already sent off the check and just didn't bother to reply. It would be bad form and poor communication if so, but I know that's happened to me when selling stuff before.

    Though in my case, they were probably $20-30 items which generate much less angst than a $4200 item. Still, too early to panic. >>



    A check for $4200 from a 3 feedback bidder?? I'd be worried as hell. >>



    why?........don't mail the coins til it clears.
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