Does eBid offers eBay style "Buyer requires immediate Payment"?

[craig7501]

I can see some upsides to this and some downsides to it.

Upside:
Seller Requires Immediate Payment (for items over £xx.xx)

Downside:
Many items are low priced on here so the option wouldn't be eligible in that instance

However I noticed people are saying 'Buyer requires immediate payment' correct me if I'm wrong but if a buyer buys something from a seller, why would that buyer require immediate payment? surely it would be the 'seller requires immediate payment'?

[bykimbo]

I could take this option or leave it out. I sometimes get buyers who pay instantly on bid style auctions or bin sales :-)

It can pose a bit of a problem though...........like if they pay instant with paypal, yet have different shipping addy on eBid & PP; and will not clarify on difference or confirm correct imfo.

They'll still have non-matching addresses regardless of whether or not a seller chooses to use immediate payment; I don't see the relevance. They could wait a week and pay you, and the addresses don't match - what's the difference?

[bykimbo]

I can see some upsides to this and some downsides to it.

Upside:
Seller Requires Immediate Payment (for items over £xx.xx)

Downside:
Many items are low priced on here so the option wouldn't be eligible in that instance

However I noticed people are saying 'Buyer requires immediate payment' correct me if I'm wrong but if a buyer buys something from a seller, why would that buyer require immediate payment? surely it would be the 'seller requires immediate payment'?

A simple typo on the part of the original poster.

[burgyeb]

Think the confusion in "payment process" may be if speaking of eBid's current payment process, then If a buyer decides not to pay (change their mind), they are a NPB. I think there are different regs here for individual or business sellers on eBid.

If the concept of "shopping cart" is used on eBid (and it currently is not), they can change their minds easily by simply adjusting the shopping cart prior to making payment. This would be a good way to go, and would cut down on alot of time consuming work for eBid.

The use of "shopping cart" model to process payments would not alleviate the problem of discrepancies in shipping contact information, unless a policy was built in to handle that issue from eBid's side.

[burgyeb]

They'll still have non-matching addresses regardless of whether or not a seller chooses to use immediate payment; I don't see the relevance. They could wait a week and pay you, and the addresses don't match - what's the difference?

The relevance is I simply made a point; I certainly hope that is ok in an open public forum.

[bykimbo]

I can't believe the energy I'm putting into trying to explain this thing, I almost certainly won't even use it! *grin*

There's no "shopping cart" element to how this works, I mentioned that earlier simply to illustrate that with that model people were used to not completing a purchase until they had paid for it.

I bought something elsewhere yesterday (no, it wasn't available here, sorry ;o)) that had immediate payment set. I pushed the usual button to buy. Then got the confirmation to commit as normal. At that point the system says something like "the seller requires immediate payment for this item, until you make payment this purchase will not be complete" and you have the option to continue on to the payment screen (in this case, into PayPal). Paid, and it's all done. It does, of course, require that an instant payment method is used, you can't have it set to use money orders or something - but here there are three instant payment options available so no problem there.

[burgyeb]

Perhaps I don't have a point then.... I'll just shut up.

Maybe I should too. Conserve energy.

[bykimbo]

The relevance is I simply made a point; I certainly hope that is ok in an open public forum.

What!? I just meant how does that change in the case of the issue being discussed? It *is* an open public forum and you can't chat about bananas if you wish, but it's a relevant question surely? If the point you are making is an argument *against* having this system, or means a particular safety check is required in there somewhere, it's important that people understand that, no? I have no idea why you've got upset at my question, but if you've read something into that is somehow rude (no idea what, but hey) then I'm sorry about that! But at the moment I'm utterly mystified.

[BAGHAG999]

I dont like it as a buyer and will buy from elsewhere.

Just imagine someones comp playing up and they cant get into Paypal in 5 mins the buyer will be miffed and the seller has no sale.

Next thing people will be asking to pay more fees so its just like Ebay.

[burgyeb]

Conserve energy.