Beyond a Joke Now!

[kreativebargains]

I might not use the require Immediate Payment option, but many will welcome it, it can only improve the site if we give sellers the options they want.

[burgyeb]

I might not use the require Immediate Payment option, but many will welcome it, it can only improve the site if we give sellers the options they want.

Agree. However, I would prefer a shopping cart format to accomodate multiple purchases. But at least the option is being provided. If it is not in shopping cart version, perhaps an updated version will be in the pipeline.

Thank you Gazza & Mark.

[suesjools]

We'll be adding a "Require Immediate Payment" facility to items sold using BuyNow soon.

Gazza

Excellent, thanks Gazza.

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[cerealmunkee]

Agree. However, I would prefer a shopping cart format to accomodate multiple purchases. But at least the option is being provided. If it is not in shopping cart version, perhaps an updated version will be in the pipeline.

Thank you Gazza & Mark.

we don't want anything that will get in the way of buyers making multiple purchases so as to benefit from better value for money shipping costs, as per Ebay, which make shipping cost amendments tricky.

Out if interest were the none payers newly registered users?......................i ask this a i recently had one who was not clear of how to go about using the site, i recall the first occasion that i used ebid and was a little uncertain regarding how to pay and get confirmation of this.
It's always a good idea to send the none payer a message and see what they say, what we don't wish to do is to permanently put a newly registered user off using Ebid by leaving them a negative....after all....we're working hard to attract new buyers and sellers, so lets be careful not to unduly cause anyone offence due to a misunderstanding and negate the efforts we're all making.

[kreativebargains]

we don't want anything that will get in the way of buyers making multiple purchases so as to benefit from better value for money shipping costs, as per Ebay, which make shipping cost amendments tricky.

Out if interest were the none payers newly registered users?......................i ask this a i recently had one who was not clear of how to go about using the site, i recall the first occasion that i used ebid and was a little uncertain regarding how to pay and get confirmation of this.
It's always a good idea to send the none payer a message and see what they say, what we don't wish to do is to permanently put a newly registered user off using Ebid by leaving them a negative....after all....we're working hard to attract new buyers and sellers, so lets be careful not to unduly cause anyone offence due to a misunderstanding and negate the efforts we're all making.

NPB's should have plenty of opportunity before feedback is left. The reasons for not paying instantly could be genuine. But they should get an invoice, at least 2 payment reminders and probably marked as a non payer before feedback is left, that should be plenty of opportunity to at least respond as I am sure they will not only get the messages on the AOL, but also on their registered email account.

[burgyeb]

we don't want anything that will get in the way of buyers making multiple purchases so as to benefit from better value for money shipping costs, as per Ebay, which make shipping cost amendments tricky.

Out if interest were the none payers newly registered users?......................i ask this a i recently had one who was not clear of how to go about using the site, i recall the first occasion that i used ebid and was a little uncertain regarding how to pay and get confirmation of this.
It's always a good idea to send the none payer a message and see what they say, what we don't wish to do is to permanently put a newly registered user off using Ebid by leaving them a negative....after all....we're working hard to attract new buyers and sellers, so lets be careful not to unduly cause anyone offence due to a misunderstanding and negate the efforts we're all making.

There are many things that can get in the way of buyers making multiple purchases, not just a "Immediate payment required".

May I ask specifically what you are talking about?

PS It sounds as though you are questioning me concerning leaving appropriate feedback...........be it positive, neutral, or negative. I certainly hope I am wrong. If not, you are way out of line. My apologies if I have the wrong impression concerning your comments.

[JaBek1]

While a shopping cart would probably work quite well with fixed price listings, using it in conjunction with auctions can be problematic. Once a bid is placed on an item being sold at auction it is a commitment to buy at that price if they are the high bidder. While an item placed in a shopping cart may be abandoned by the customer prior to checkout with relatively no harm being done, the winner of an auction has already incurred a legal debt which cannot be so easily abandoned. A bidder that merely abandons the item without paying is actually breaching the contract.

One other issue that causes problems with IPR options on an auction is that the bidder would actually have to be available to pay immediately upon the auction closing since the winner could not be determined until the very end. Of course, Gazza mentioned the option being available only for Buy Now listings, but the use of a shopping cart could still cause problems.


I suppose auctions could simply be eliminated from inclusion in any shopping cart and winners merely invoiced for all their wins on one invoice. However, there could be a problem with buyers misunderstanding that auction wins couldn't merely be added to the cart and paid all at once.

[booksntings]

We'll be adding a "Require Immediate Payment" facility to items sold using BuyNow soon.

Gazza

Will this be opt in or out for sellers?

I have several regular customers who use both buy it now and auction items and prefer to wait for my combined invoice.

I do not want to lose these customers.

[CopperLocker]

It's not eBids fault. I myself have found an unfortunate increase in NPB's. Let us get this in perspective. The NPB's are every where. They are spending too much time on the net screwing hard working people. How much more can be said. Just stay focused. Don't give up because of a few that make the barrel taste nasty.

[tkauctionworldwide]

Other sites also have the same problem with NPB