Dispatch time on listings

[Mike]

I see you now have to specify how soon after receiving cleared payment
you expect to post your goods.

Sorry for a dumb question, but does a day = 24 hours after the payment
has been cleared (paypal). I assume for cheques you tell ebay when your
cheque has cleared

Are there any penalties for saying 2 days? I see this is "the seller
will *aim* to post within X days". Does the value of this setting
affect your ratings or search results in any way?
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Mike News

[petrolcan]

In article <2N08q1BM...@turnpike.home>, Mike says...

>
> I see you now have to specify how soon after receiving cleared payment
> you expect to post your goods.
>
> Sorry for a dumb question, but does a day = 24 hours after the payment
> has been cleared (paypal). I assume for cheques you tell ebay when your
> cheque has cleared

1 day = 24 hours in my book. If I was paid by cheque I'd inform the
buyer that they must wait for clearance before dispatch. If the value
was £20 or less I'd still send before it did clear.

However, I think its been about 18 months since I last received a
cheque.

> Are there any penalties for saying 2 days? I see this is "the seller
> will *aim* to post within X days".

I have it in my listings that I aim to post within two days but I always
post within one.

> Does the value of this setting affect your ratings or search results
> in any way?

If anything, it improves feedback rating as the buyer receives it sooner
than expected. As for search results I haven't noticed any problems.

[Mike]

In message <MPG.2576ff4ee...@text.news.virginmedia.com>
at 08:46:50 on Wed, 25 Nov 2009, petrolcan <petrol...@gmail.com>
wrote

>> Are there any penalties for saying 2 days? I see this is "the seller
>> will *aim* to post within X days".
>
>I have it in my listings that I aim to post within two days but I always
>post within one.
>

Me too, although if someone pays me at 1am in the morning, I probably
wouldn't have time to process it before I went to work - which is why 2
days is a good idea

>> Does the value of this setting affect your ratings or search results
>> in any way?
>
>If anything, it improves feedback rating as the buyer receives it sooner
>than expected. As for search results I haven't noticed any problems.
>

Thanks for your feedback
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Mike News