When is it acceptable to contact non buyers during the holiday?

MULLINS5

Four auctions and almost $80 worth of items won on Wed. 23rd and still no payment or contact.

I sent another invoice today (I usually just let eBay) so this is the first invoice I have actually sent.

When would it be acceptable to contact these people before filing non-paying disputes?

Thanks in advance,

Patrick

edit to add: these are four different buyers.

Mickey71

Give them 2 days. You sent them the invoice today. After that....do what you need to do.

zep33

deadbeats suck

Sean1125

I give them however many days in the auction I state... So if I state 10 I file the dispute so that on the 10th day it hits them with the NPB... It puts a time limit on it rather than giving them even more extra.

Hope this helps

Sean

WalterSobchak

I'd say on day 7, it's already acceptable to contact the buyer and ask what's going on. Now it's simply a matter of how patient you want to be.

My general timeline is: invoice on day 4 or 5, contact attempt on day 10 stipulating that day 14 is the deadline to pay if they are still interested in the item, NPB on day 14. That's if I get no contact at all from the buyer.
If I do receive contact (but no payment) from the buyer, then what I do depends on a variety of factors.

FFStinger

Scott Howard might have a good solution for this