Ebay Buyer Won't Pay-What To Do?

I give them 7 full days from the end of the auction before I file anything. I will send a reminder on day 4 (I think ebay does also) and then I will send another reminder on day 6 and tell them that I will have to file a claim if it isn't paid within the next day and I tell them to please contact me so we can work it out. I have had to do that twice, but on both occasions the person paid on day 6. I think some people only check it weekly, so I think there is a good chance you will be paid in the next day or 2.

This happens to me all the time. It's true, some people only do their paying once per week and its annoying. I do think you should give them 7 days. I will say that I've had very few people who didn't pay within 3 days, pay eventually. They usually are incompetent or have buyer's remorse.

What I do is;
after 24 hours...send an invoice, even if they bought 1 item and it was cheap.
after 72 hours...write a polite personal message explaining that you want them to pay.
after 5 days..."request" their personal info on ebay like their phone number. There's a link for this somewhere. Try to call them.
after 7 days....open up an item not paid case.

Wait the required 4 days from the point at which you opened the case. Manually close the case, get your seller fees back, relist the item. The customer service reps can help with any of this if you want it.

btw, it happened to me once that a guy bought something from me, I think some quarter, then died the very next day before paying. This was determined form my 5-day phone call to a relative, it was morbid.

I had a situation very similar and after a few emails and fifteen days, I was paid. I guess when your father fell gravely ill and your at the hospital all the time, ebay is the last thing on your mind. Nonetheless, I sent him a condolonce email and left him positive feedback ;)
Yeah, give it a few more days.

I'm pretty new to selling on ebay but I have set up my account so ebay automatically opens up an unpaid case 4 days after the sale ends and they have not paid, then 4 days later it gets relisted. So far 1 buyer never paid and the item was relisted and another case opened and was paid for.

I hope you do better than me. I'm mostly a buyer and don't sell very often. The buyer had (0) feedback - (I understand that we all started there). I sent several follow ups and after 7 days filed a claim. He finally responded and said he got swept up with the bidding and couldn't pay.

Why wouldn't you send an invoice right away?

Payment on ebay is the strangest thing. Some folks pay the minute the auction ends. Others wait a day or two. With some, it takes 4 or 5 days.

Just my experience.