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The ones I've never understood are: Prompt payment. Great buyer. I can't check out unless I pay. How is that feedback?

• HiPhish 9mo ago
  I don't know how it is where where you live, but here there are two possibilities I can think of: - When I buy an item I still have to click a "check out" link to enter my address and actually pay for the item. I could take days after buying the item to click that link. - Some sellers might not accept PayPal, instead after I check out I get the sellers bank information and have to manually wire the money. I could take days after checking out to actually perform the money transfer.
• jcattle 9mo ago
  On auctions, you do not have to provide a payment method to bid. So once you won an auction you still have to pay the agreed price. Only after the buyer paid, does the seller get the shipment address. Depending on the buyer this can take longer or shorter (or won't happen at all).
  • Loughla 9mo ago
    That actually makes a lot of sense. Thank you for explaining that. I legitimately didn't consider auctions.
• layer8 9mo ago
  There are people who bid but then don’t pay if they win the auction. Or take weeks to pay after winning. That’s just a pain for the seller, because they have to spend time trying to get the winner to pay, or else have to put up the auction again (which used to cost some fee each time for the seller, I don’t know how it is now). The only penalty for non-paying winners is the negative feedback they receive.