I've been on Ebay for several years ( buying, never selling ). I've purchased over 80 things, and I've always prided myself on paying immediately, to be considerate to the seller. I know, from RL friends and from reading this Topic Section, how stressful it can be for sellers.
I just bought a small item-doll hair ribbons. I didn't realize that my PayPal account was a few dollars short. ( My fault, of course-I should have been on the ball about it.)
I have always authorized PayPal to go into my linked bank account in case I didn't have enough PayPal funds. I always assumed that, if this were done, the payment would process immediately. ( Again my fault, to not have read the fine print ). Now I've been informed that the payment will be in the form of an "E-check", which may take until the 20th to clear. ( I don't use credit cards, so can't add funds that way.)
I feel terrible about making the seller wait for so long. I would never have bought the item had I known. I'm going to message her to apologize, but I'm afraid it will sound lame-I'm sure anyone whose been selling on Ebay for any length of time has heard all the excuses in the book.
Should I offer to obtain a Green Dot Money Pack, so that I can at least pay her tomorrow ? ( I won't be able to get somewhere to buy one until then. ) Or would this complicate things more, because the pending E-check would have to be cancelled ?
I suffer from anxiety, and now the guilt is really adding to it.
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I Don't Want to Be One of Those Buyers Whom Sellers Complain About !
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Helena1964 · 13/09/2013 23:41
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