Put Immediate Payment Required On Listings

[microniccomputers]

What is it with EBid, everyone has it already except this site. EBid refuses to place immediate payment required. Deadbeat buyers are left and right, and then EBid says to send emails to the buyer. Wishful thinking, when someone doesnt pay they go run and hide. EBid makes you go through all these hoops to finally get your money back and still side with the buyer. Out of our 45 sales 9 of these are deadbeats! Then they got some gull to email you and threaten to remove your listings because its costing them too much money to list your product. If you put immediate payment required as an option, them maybe you'd make money and have to stop refunding sellers for buyers that dont pay.

You call eBid and demand it, they send you some automated message that for the past 2 years, they quote "we have no plans to install it". Its no wonder sellers are going to other sites because of all the lost revenues. They have a button thats falsley advertised called Buy It Now. Its not end the listing on the seller and pay for it if you the buyer wants to.

[MPS16]

....You call eBid and demand it, they send you some automated message that for the past 2 years, they quote "we have no plans to install it".......

Well you appear to have eBids answer to your demand.

[kreativebargains]

If it was an option I would not use it. While I prefer instant payment I also do not mind waiting a few days. Yes there are idiots who hit Buy with no intention of paying but it goes with the territory.

[billsstamps]

I think there is some logic to Buy It Now means Pay it Now

[kreativebargains]

I think there is some logic to Buy It Now means Pay it Now

There is certainly logic to it, but at times there is no logic to buyer behaviour. I always pay immediately or contact the seller first if it is something I want but cannot pay immediately, but not everybody does.

As for eBid it could create some problems. One problem could be with multiple purchases where a shipping discount is given, I ask my buyers to wait for the invoice when making such purchases. Would probably require a shopping basket facility as well. For me it is not a major problem, yes there are a few NPB's, but there are on all sites unless you insist on instant payment.

[somersethedge]

my O/H had 40 sales yesterday, all buy now's each one had 85p postage on it.... If they had been "Immediate Payment" then the postage would have been £34.00 as it was the postage came to £2.00

Would my O/H have had 40 sales if "buy now" meant "pay now"..... I somehow doubt it

[tony41]

I would also not use "Immediate Payment" if it were to be available for the same reason as Somersethedge. However, I can see that for items which are usually bought singly, there could be a case for it to be optional. One problem might be that buyers equate "BuyItNow" as pay immediately even if the seller does not opt for "Immediate Payment" which will result in lots of refunded postage charges which would be just as inconvenient for sellers who usually sell in multiples as the absence is inconvenient for some sellers.

[burgyeb]

Would like to see the option offered for sellers choosing to use it. I have used the option on other sites. Do not mind waiting for payment, particularly if buyer makes contact about situation. Usually give a buyer 7-10 days to make payment before really worrying about a payment. That is long enough to go through the reminder process, and give buyer chance to respond.

[Maelbrigda]

I too would lose sales if it was introduced as i always combine posage. A buyer yesterday would have had to pay over 100 pounds postage on pay immediately instead of the 15 i charged

[damian_steele]

I buy stuff from multiple sites including Feebay. When I find something I am seeking I tend to look at whatever else the seller has. If that seller demands I pay instantly for each item, they do not get more than one purchase from me. I will NOT go through the payment process time after time or pay more postage than I need to. There are many Feebay sellers that have missed out on follow up sales from me because they had Pay Now on their listings.