Well, I filed my first claim yesterday. Somebody jumped in at the last 30 seconds and won four ounces of trimmed gold fingers. I was pretty happy with the $26. He had good feedback and been a member since '02, so I wasn't worried when he didn't pay right away although he'd "sniped" it at the last minute. A couple days later, I sent him an email asking if he still wanted it. No response. Let another couple days go by and opened a claim with ebay. Through some kind of coincidence, received payment within a half hour.
Ironically, a couple days earlier I bought some scrap RAM that hasn't been shipped yet. Tomorrow, I'll open a claim for that. I'd sent him an email about it and need to wait so many days for a response before opening a claim.
My wife says I've just gotten too used to paying and being paid instantly. But I keep track of stuff I'm buying even if I do use the automatic bid feature and pay within seconds of the auction ending. I've never received an invoice. Sales are shipped the day after getting paid. I see it as a business. You either need to pay attention to it or go do something else. Ebay fees the same way - just a cost of doing business like gas, storage, buying equipment etc.
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