posted on October 13, 2007 08:02:00 PM new
I thought that I would pass this along to those who might be interested.
I had a Buyer who was not receiving or was ignoring my email, and ebay messages to him.
A few days ago, on the seventh day, I mailed a copy of the invoice for the item along with a copy of the notice of the sale which ebay sends at auction completion. The ebay notice also contains the buyer's complete address.
The buyer paid today by PayPal.
This will now be my new method of billing for items sold in the U.S. At the seventh day, send an invoice along with a nice letter, to those who do not answer email to them. On the eleventh day file notice of NPB.
Sometimes we depend too much on email. When we use email, many buyers feel that they can remain anonymous. However, real mail removes some of that anonymity.
posted on October 13, 2007 11:29:14 PM new
I've discovered that filing an NPB after 7 - 10 days usually gets payment immediately. I'll think about your solution; however, that's more time and paper spent copying invoice and auction description, putting in envelope, sticking a 41-cent stamp on it. I might do that if desperate. . . .
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posted on October 14, 2007 06:02:40 PM new
Back in the good old days,I used to send deadbeats postcard reminding them that they have yet to pay for their bids at the END OF THE YEAR,and surprise,some send payments after receiving the notice.
I wont waste my time doing this now!
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Lets all stop whining !
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[ edited by hwahwa on Oct 14, 2007 06:03 PM ]
posted on October 14, 2007 09:06:05 PM new
Why bother. If you file a NPB complaint with ebay, doesn't a message pop up when they log in? If they are still bidding on items which is the case of a NPB who bought a cheap and really underpriced item of mine on a bin, they will ignore the snail mail letter just as they ignore Ebay's message.
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