It appears that due to either ebid and or Google check out's failure to indicate that the customer in fact did pay for the item on EBID's seller "sold" page where the green indicator will light up when paid. I rely on this system on EBID, and do not check my email address for notices, as the Ebid system, like ebays is designed to work within itself. soooo... Since the light was never shown as green on 3 items that the buyer purchased, I sent non paying bidder notices 3 times and rec'd no response, why I do not know.
This morning I checked my NON ebid emails( for non buisness related reasons) and found a notice from Google checkout that the buyer did indeed make the payment!!!!!!!!! Previously Not knowing this I left appropriate feedback and relisted the items, figuring as Ebid's system was showing me that indeed he was a non paying bidder. So I went back thru my feedbacks to see if I could actually repair and change it and found that the member has quit eBid.....RESULT: Lost sales to seller. Lost customer for Ebid, UNJUSTLY Bad reputation for Buyer. While it was not a great loss, it was still a loss, and if it would have been a large amount...well.
So where is the problem guys????? Google appears to be a pain in the arse to begin with. and If this is happening to me I am sure it is happening to other sellers.
Ebid has it set up so within ebids sellers sold page the indicators for "Invoice" "Payment" "Shipped" "Feedback Left" "Feedback Rec'd" that when each is completed the indicator shows it as a green dot. I rely on this system(Ebids) to keep things moving, rather than chasing my different email addresses around the internet to find out whether or this customer or that customer has made payment!!!!! Isn't that why Ebid has the green dot system?
I personally may decide to trash can the Google checkout system as a payment method, and would NOT recommend it to any sellers.