I have recently listed a few items on eBay to sell just before Christmas. I am not a quantity lister but I do put a lot of effort & time into my listings, thinking out the time it will sell plus the time that I give the buyer to pay. I listed 13 items and my last item ended in time for me to get paid just 3 days before Christmas arrived. I figured I could do some last minute shopping with that extra money. Then I click on the listing to see that the buyer has initiated payment via e-check. I am told this e-check should clear within 6-8 days. Because I did not want this to happen again to future payments, I go into my PayPal account to edit my receiving payment option only to find that I HAVE TO ACCEPT E-CHECKS FROM EBAY USERS. By having to accept this form of payment this totally overrides my payment specifications on eBay. (I accept PayPal, payment to be made within 5 days of auction end). Not every time, but frequently, buyers will not initiate this form of payment until 2-3 days after the auction ends. This could make payments received as late as 10-15 days. Kinda seems like we, as the seller, have no control over our money or payment specifications if we are forced to accept e-checks.
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