Thread: How long would you give for a buyer to pay?

Originally Posted by ChrisL

I opened a dispute last night and the buyer paid today. All is well.

Chris L

Funny , how that works . Back in the mail order days (before most people had PC's) I was getting the "run around" from a mail order business . They were taking too much time sending my refund (weeks) . I called them and told them , if didn't receive my refund in 3 days , I was going to talk to the Postmaster . 2 days later the check was in my mailbox .

Originally Posted by dave5225

Funny , how that works . Back in the mail order days (before most people had PC's) I was getting the "run around" from a mail order business . They were taking too much time sending my refund (weeks) . I called them and told them , if didn't receive my refund in 3 days , I was going to talk to the Postmaster . 2 days later the check was in my mailbox .

The funny/sad thing about that, is that I suspect that most people under the age of 30 or 40 don't know what you're talking about. Mail order has become so out of fashion these days, that people don't have any clue how much protection there is in dealing with someone through the Postal Service. I once had somebody try to scam me through my photography business and they overnighted me a fake check. They were smart enough to use FedEx instead of the postal service. Good thing for me, they weren't smart enough to make a remotely believable fake check.