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Pillar of the Community
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So I bought a few coins on ebay 2 days ago. I also requested the seller revise the invoice to get the combined shipping rate as advertised. I haven't heard back yet so again yesterday I requested an invoice and not heard anything yet. So this morning I e-mailed the seller and still awaiting a response. In the meanwhile ebay is screaming at me that I have purchases I need to pay for. Too soon to be concerned? If the seller is away at least they could have edited a setting saying that the seller is currently away until such and such time. At least that way I can choose to pass the auction on and go to another for a faster turnaround. Now I'm getting e-mails from ebay with this message. "Pay within 2 days to avoid an Unpaid Item Case against you" Edited by TheForce
12/22/2017 12:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Call ebay and explain the situation, |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll give it until tomorrow then decide where to go from there. I'd just rather have the sale cancelled at this point and not have to deal with this seller anymore.
Typically speaking, how long does a seller have to respond to a requested invoice?
Edited by TheForce
12/22/2017 1:30 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Does the seller offer to combine shipping in their advertisements? Did you contact the seller before bidding to confirm that they did combine postage? Have you checked your invoice again to insure postage hasn't been combined already? Unless the seller has poor feedback I would attempt to contact them directly if they provide that information. Otherwise, sit still. A couple more days to get coins isn't going to hurt anything. Contact ebay directly to loosen the chains of a non-payer. Keep in mind ebay is on the buyers side. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Simplest answer is just contact ebay as soon as possible and explain the situation. |
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Yes, the seller advertises combined shipping at .10 per additional coins. I sent for a request for an invoice update on 2 separate days and contacted them through ebay message center this am. Current invoice has not been altered. Still awaiting a response. |
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Typically speaking, how long does a seller have to respond to a requested invoice? As long as they want really. Most will same day or within a day or two or will just send the invoice on their own. Its worth starting the checkout process and see if the system just does it on it's own, they've been trying to automate more of it |
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Pillar of the Community
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Not to worry. Those emails are generated by ebay automatically. The seller will probably respond soon. Try and be patient. If seller has a store they can use the vacation settings, if not, they can't. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've heard nothing yet today. I just sent the seller a request to have the entire order canceled. So we'll see what happens.
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Pillar of the Community
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UPDATE: I just got a response from the seller. Looks like I'm still on the hook for the coins and they sent a revised invoice as requested. However, they claimed they were having eBay/PayPal issues and provided an e-mail address for PayPal to send payment and instructions how to do it the fee free way. Is that allowed on ebay? |
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Forum Dad
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Call ebay and tell them what the seller is doing. Sounds scammy to me. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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If they were having trouble with paypal the fee free way wouldn't be working either. Paypal doesn't really care but the using the gift method nullifies the buyer protection
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Pillar of the Community
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It USED to be a huge no-no and would get the seller banned from eBay/PayPal (because it beat them out of their fees). Today they are separate companies and ebay doesn't care if you cheat PayPal, as long as ebay gets their fee. Using PayPal gives you an additional layer of protection, which might be worth a wooden nickel. You can certainly pay the ebay invoice direct through ebay's credit card processing function and thus keep the ebay protection... If you log into PayPal through the ebay portal, you also keep the protection. Sending money to a random address doesn't keep either of the protections... You feeling lucky? -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Don't do it ... contact ebay and ask them to make it right. I would not be sending money for ebay coins to any seller personal PayPal account ... that is a scam waiting to be hoisted upon you IMHO. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
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Have any of you called ebay before? What can I expect to happen and what will I need? This is new to me. Just for the heck of it, I tried to check out and clicked pay now and this is what happened: The sellers can't accept payments right now. Contact them for help. Edited by TheForce
12/26/2017 10:20 pm
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