So...I sold a set of spacers on ebay recently.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7908693455&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESO%3AIT
The auction ended nearly three weeks ago and I still don't have payment. I got a response from the fella last week stating he had a relative who had died. At the time I was ready to start the non-pay bidder process. With that contact I have given him until today (almost a week) and I still have no payment, so...I'm considering my last effort to make good with him. My email reads the following;
Still, I haven't received anything from you.
If payment is not in my mailbox when I get home tomoorow (The three week mark) then I will start the non-pay bidder process (to get my ebay fees returned).
I understand that this has not been the best time for you but the amount of effort required to put a check in the mail is minimal ( I went through the same thing myself earlier this year).
Please return this email and include the date that you mailed the payment (if it has been mailed). If it hasn't been mailed yet then this process is complete and I will move on with the non-pay bidder process and offer the item to the next highest bidder.
Please let me know as soon as possible.
End of note;
So, is that too harsh? Frankley I have gone through this, I had an auction that won the day we left for Springfield, IL for 10 days to take care of my Wife's Father's remains the day after he died. I emailed the guy the situation and told him not to send the item to me until I had returned but that I would mail him payment as soon as I had a total. We were grieving but still able to write and mail a check.
Maybe I'm just a harda$$.
Thoughts?