Posted by Tricky Dicky on 01/25/06 16:16

"5605" <not@chance.com> wrote in message
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> On 2006-01-25 15:46:02 +0000, "mo" <nospam@nospam.com> said:
>
>>
>> "5605" <not@chance.com> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> REally? You think any customer worth his salt should wait 5 days for a
>>>> product to be shipped?
>>>
>>> Yes. If they don't like it, tough. It's in my Ebay T&Cs clear as day. It
>>> protects people who's credit cards have been stolen. Any customer worth
>>> his salt would appreciate that, anyone that gets the hump is an idiot
>>> and not worth dealing with.
>>
>> Fair enough if you put it in your advert
>>
>> But its not a fair comment to say someone is not worth their salt if they
>> do not want to wait 5 days. I am sure there are plenty of legit people
>> who would be put off by having to wait 5 days for postage.
>
> I disagree. Online payment fraud is rising massively. In order to protect
> both buyer and seller i would say that, unless the other party is already
> known to you, be very careful and give yourself the time to ensure you're
> not being ripped off. Genuine buyers ought to understand this, like I
> said, if they don't I can do without their custom. The need for haste
> always makes me suspicious, If you did alright without the item 'til now,
> a few more days wont hurt!

I am seriously thinking of going with this 5-day period thing in case the
credit card has been nicked. I have only sold pretty low value stuff (I
think the highest value of something I sold was �125 but I had no idea that
the bidding would go that high when I started). It's just that Paypal and a
credit card makes it almost too easy for people to spend which is a good
thing when you are selling

Tricky

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