Am I allowed to start a interest list even if my 90 days isnt up yet? I wanna be able to be ready in time when my 90 days is up if there is enough big interest.
Just a general question for other sellers:
If someone agrees to buy something from you, and then doesn’t bother to contact you again (despite reading your PM’s) how long do you usually wait until you drop them from the list and offer their spot to someone else?
I don’t mind if the buyer says “I’ll pay in a couple of weeks” because at least you know (a few people have done this and I’ve gladly held on to and item for them!) but if someone says “I’m in”, sends you their paypal address but nothing more happens after you have sent the request (and sent PM’s, reminders via paypal sent, reminder posted in the forum) as a general rule of thumb, how long do you give them?
I would say that after you sent them a Paypal reminder give them 2-3 days and if they have not contacted you to say they are still interested but need more time or made payment then move on. Communication is everything and people cannot expect you to hold a spot if they dont communicate.
Cheers Col,
Way more time than that has passed for this individual so once I have all my current orders shipped (next week) if he’s still not been in touch I’ll cancel the payment request and offer it up to someone else!
Much appreciated!
There’s an old saying that should sum a lot of this up.
“Buyer Beware”
That and only buy from Vincenzo approved sellers. 
( And I’m not saying that just because he has my money right now). He hasn’t steered me wrong yet.
I also stick to the rule of 100miles. Never buy anything from a place that you can’t drive to and raise some hell if something doesn’t work out.
i agree with this. there are 6 people i ask for what im working on for accuracy, what to buy, who to buy from, and what’s acceptable alternatives. i wont put on my pack, what they wont put on theirs.
vince’s at the top of the list. there isnt a matter of “steering me wrong yet”, its “they’ll NEVER steer you wrong.”
This is really a great topic. Since I have exactly this problem and been waiting almost two months on a commodity. The customer is king they say.
Thank you for this topic, I hope the seller a few shakes awake
But I am hopeful that the Item is still ordered.
Good news for buyers out there.
Effective now. PayPal has increased the dispute window from 45 days to 180 days. This means you can be protected if your seller takes longer than the 45 days you previously had for a dispute.
Note it is still the policy at GBFans that sellers take no longer than 30 days from payment to ship an item (unless the seller provides constant updates). While this is a GBFans policy, it is also similar to policies in place at PayPal and Credit Card companies to require shipment within 30 days as well.
If you pay with a credit card (even while using PayPal) you are always covered generally between 3-6 months from the last update your seller provided you with a special type of chargeback. That means you can be covered even longer than 180 days if your seller takes longer and provides you with a ship date in the past 90-180 days. The exact amount of time you have depends on your credit card.
Not sure if this is the place or not but all internet buyers and sellers should also be aware of 16 CFR 435. Info on the most recent update at the link below.
Ahh yes. That is what I recently read.
This is a FTC (Federal Trade Comission) rule effective in December:
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It should also be noted that while the most recent change adding the internet language, among other things, is effective 8 December, the FTC has interpreted the rule to apply to internet sales for several years now.
You guys have any means of getting in touch with Joe Luna? He’s got a couple stalled runs going in the FS forum.
Good Morning moderators; how long does it take for notification of supporting membership? I have some house cleaning i’m doing and unable to post even though I have paid for supporting membership.
You’re showing up as a Supporting Member. If there’s some other problem AJ, the administrator, might have to take care of it.
It finally updated, sorry I did not follow up. Thank you for promptly answering!
I believe if something like this happens, you may need to log out and log back in.