Getting paid after eBay auctions

[elicat]

So I've got two theories:

1. If they don't have PayPal, they probably aren't going to pay. (So I always require PayPal).

2. Theory 1 notwithstanding, if they haven't paid within 24 hours, they probably are never going to pay.

Thoughts?

[ukblue]

I use paypal when buying on ebay. Sometimes I will win something that closes on Friday evening and I will of gone out of town and won't look to see if I won till Monday morning. I don't have one of the do everything phone.

[PJ4UK]

elicat....not necessarily so. Sometimes my hubby buys things and he always wants me to take care of the payment transaction. Sometimes it slips my mind for a day or two....but I do always try to pay right away....and I mean, like, in the first couple of hours....but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

[Doc]

elicat....not necessarily so. Sometimes my hubby buys things and he always wants me to take care of the payment transaction. Sometimes it slips my mind for a day or two....but I do always try to pay right away....and I mean, like, in the first couple of hours....but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

He often buys fur lined guitars (inside joke)

[PJ4UK]

He often buys fur lined guitars (inside joke)

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[Jeeepcat]

I have accidentally gone a couple of days without paying - but normally I am a 1 or 2 hours guy.

[elicat]

Well, you all were right in this case. He did come through and pay. I've had enough bad experiences, though, that my heart just sinks when 24 hours pass and I haven't heard anything. Quite as often as not when that happens I'm in for the whole non-paying bidder process and waiting out another auction. But this time, all was well in the end.

[PJ4UK]

great news.