any ebay experts out there? need your opinion.

[hatwoman]

last night I bid for and won something. it said immediate payment - in whihc case he would post it today or can come and collect - cash on collection. (although on another bit it said "immediate payment" - whihc you can't really do if you're doing cash on collection ifswim.) I emailed the seller - straight after winning it - at abuot 11pm last night, saying I'd like to come and collect on Thursday (ie today) and pay cash. and could he tell me where and when. I can't collect after about 5pm today. he hasn't got back to me yet. when can I hassle him for a reply? normally it wouldn;t be urgent, but it's for christmas, which the seller knows. I'm also worried that he's expecting me to pay by paypal and then collect. although it definitely says cash. I'm worried he hasn't got back to me.

yes - everything was fine. he emailed me and said to call his dad to arrange collection as he was in South Africa - on a paranoid level I was relieved to hear a posh female middle-aged voice (obv. his mum) answer the phone, as I was a tiny bit nervous about picking it up; and his dad was lovely - the guy clearly runs a business/nice little sideline on ebay (which was partly why I chose him) - and his poor old dad was doing all the running around for him while he was away - I said that I hoped he was getting a cut! it was a wii, btw.