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Title: Some Advice about Selling and holding items?
Post by: silk-locket on August 24, 2013, 10:44:16 AM
Hi, I have had stuff on hold that I was selling for about a week now, the buyer said they would pay me monday and requested a paypal request. But since then they never replied, I wrote them yesterday and yet they have been on and never once acknowledged the PM. I have had several people want to buy the items on hold, but I just don't know if I should sell them. :/
Title: Re: Some Advice about Selling and holding items?
Post by: Dewprincess on August 24, 2013, 12:21:26 PM
I hold items for 48 hours maximum....that's after someone has said that they are definitely interested in purchasing the item.  I sometimes (but rarely) make special arrangements on a case-by-case basis if they make plans to pay on a specific date (like if they get paid on Friday, they'll pay on Friday).  If it's past the date they say they will pay, I send one follow-up PM to check up.  If I don't get a response from THAT in 48 hours, the item goes back up for sale.  Generally there's a response by that point, but if the person has been on and is ignoring the PM, I'd be inclined to take that as "No, I'm no longer interested".
Title: Re: Some Advice about Selling and holding items?
Post by: bluerose9978 on August 24, 2013, 12:29:23 PM
It seems that that buyer has done to you what a lot of buyers on here have been doing to sellers recently: Deciding against buying and leaving the seller hanging. See this thread: http://mlparena.com/index.php/topic,338445.msg905568.html#msg905568

I would just move on. You've given the buyer plenty of time. You've held up your side of the bargain. They obviously are a deadbeat buyer or what on eBay would be termed a non-paying bidder.
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