General eBay Question

If the seller has a business, and sells items on eBay, they may have been closed till Monday... If they are orginized you should get an answer today or tomorrow. I'd give it till Thursday or so...

Longest I've waited is about 2 days, but deal mostly in the states, and have no idea what day or time the auction ended. ...To long ago... I've only made one foriegn purchase... from the UK.

At least you've still got your money and the problem isn't the other half of the transaction.

I'm assuming a wire transfer was one of their payment options?

@ Puppy Raiser: Thanks for your reply! No, it's not a professional or Power seller, but a private person (by my best guess). Wire transfer was not one of the payment options offered. Most payments in Germany are done - forgive my lack of proficiency with technical terms - directly from account to account. Money transfer? Direct deposit? I am not really sure what the English term is. It's very secure, but it requires the seller to contact the buyer via e-mail to submit the account information. (eBay Germany will store it for you, but many people do not seem to feel entirely at ease with leaving their account information for buyers to access.) I hope I'm explaining this comprehensibly...

What I'm worried about is getting negative feedback if, in case of some cosmic coincidence, the seller has not been able to reach ME. I have a clean slate (100% positive); on the other hand, I have already exchanged correspondence with the seller whose auction I won yesterday via Auction Sniper - it went smoothly as ever...

I know I should be more patient; I know that my concerns are probably silly and that the problem will vanish into thin air - so thanks for bearing with me!

streak

That's what I was calling a wire transfer. Seller supplies bank routing number and account number, and you do an account to account transfer.

You can get his/her contact information through eBay. Name and address, even their phone number. Under search Find members.

When I sell something, I always want my money as quickly as possible. I would never put off replying like they have done.

Wire transfer. All right. Got it. Forgive my ignorance, and thanks for the clarification! Unfortunately, the seller has not left his or her account details.

Apart from that, we are thinking the same thought - somehow you'd think the seller would want his or her money right after the auction. Then again, there could be a lot of plausible reasons why they're not answering.

On a completely different note and just out of curiosity, may I be permitted to ask what breed of dogs you raise?

I raise German Sheps, Labs, and Goldens for Leader Dogs for the Blind... Labs and Goldens for Paws with a Cause (Wheelchair assistance dogs).

WOW! (Enough said. I am the happy owner of a mixture between a Black Lab and a Dalmatian, in case you were interested.)

Most sellers seem to contact me right away, but I have a had a couple that took a week. I would not wait longer than that, especially if I had requested a total.

Welcome, Streak!

well, here's two reasons why I didn't respond right away to winning/selling in the past couple months. The firs time I ruptured a disc in my neck and was stuck in the hospital for 10 days. (had my hubby bring in my laptop so I could send some emails-but still couldn't pack/ship them until I got home... sure didn't plan on thathappening!! The second thing was when our basement office flooded and my main puter drowned (still grieving that one....backup your puters..backup your puters...backup your puters )
In other words sh!t happens!! Orrrr, if you got the item for too cheap they may just be ignoring you hoping you don't pay. I won an auction a while back and got it very cheap. Well, the item got "lost" in the mail,and the seller was way to anxious to refund my money. In reading her feedback this happens alot. I think she got an offer of more money and used "lost in the mail" as an excuse.

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I won an auction a while back and got it very cheap. Well, the item got "lost" in the mail,and the seller was way to anxious to refund my money.

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Mg, I just had that happen today. She said she would just refund to my paypal rather than me waiting for HER to collect the insurance for me in 30 days. Maybe she was being kind?

Streak

Could be that the seller bought the item from eBay US relisted on eBay UK but in between time is waiting for his stateside item to arrive.

It happens, bet you there is another similar item for sale somewhere on ebay anyway.

I'd definately give it a week, things do happen and sometimes life just gets in the way of this ebay stuff.

Way Way Way too many things could of happened to keep them offline.

What you could do though, is watch their feedback and userid and see if they post, send or leave feedback for any other auction winners around the same time

Hello everyone,

thank you so much for all your suggestions and comments! I wouldn't be so impatient; however, the item in question is a video I have been looking for for quite a while. It's the German edition (the seller is based in Regensburg, Germany), so I don't think it would be imported from the US or from the UK.

The video has come up for auction again by a different seller; the auction is due to end about four days from now. I am currently wondering whether or not to set a snipe...

@ Bartelby: I followed up on your suggestion, thank you very much! There seems to be a pattern - the seller last left feedback on March 24, a week ago. However, he or she has been receiving positive feedback for the past couple of days, with sometimes as much as three weeks between the end of the auction and the receipt of the feedback. Should've done my homework, shouldn't I?

As long as it still works out, I'm not going to be cross with the seller; if only they'd FINALLY send word. It's been five days, and I'm pretty cranky about it at the moment. So everyone, thanks for being here and holding my hand!

Mrs.M, well I thought that until I read her feedback. Too many lost items, and several negs. and neutrals. And she didn't even give me the tracking number or anything. I think it was deliberate in my case.

If she does this all the time, then I would not be too merciful, MG!

What if - in any of the cases mentioned - the seller retaliated by leaving negative feedback? I have 46 positives under my belt; a negative sure would hit me hard.

streak

Did you have a look and see if they have left negatives for others? Use >>this<< tool.

I wouldnt be too concerned with a NEG, you can reply with your side of the story and if you were buying off me, a Neg for that reason wouldnt bother me.

Unless there are numerous negs, all to do with the same issue - I dont worry too much

If you are a buyer, I would not be to concerned about having a negative added. A seller is covered, because they still have the item till it's paid for.

I am much more concerned about feedback of those I buy from, than the ones that buy from me.

If you get a negative, keep a level head... (no name calling now... be professional...) respond and say what really happened. Those that look at feedback will be able to see for themselves.

Believe it or not, I just wanted to let all my supporters here know that the deal HAS FINALLY BEEN CLOSED SUCCESSFULLY! It took six weeks, but I DID receive my video today!

So, everyone, thanks for seeing me through this with your kind and abundant advice!

Streak

Sorry to get off of the subject, but Streak - what part of Germany are you in? I lived there for about 5 1/2 years and I'm just curious.

Crafty