I have a question for sellers on
ebay and perhaps a "heads-up" note for buyers.
I just entered bid for three related items from the same seller, all ending within 15 minutes of each other. I hoped to purchase all three and of course, save a little on shipping and make it easier on the seller to pack things once rather than three times.
Great, I won all three.
To my surprise,
ebay forced me to accept an automatic payment one hour after the items ended, and then would not allow me to request an invoice when I tried to pay earlier.
This was the first time in several months where I had won multiple items from a seller at the same time. Is this the new normal? I had not seen this previously, although I do occasionally find that I am asked when bidding to select the specific payment option.
Is this payment method something that a seller specifies when he lists his items, or is it one more thing that
ebay is forcing on both buyers and sellers?
Obviously I can live with it, it's just seems like every move
ebay makes is designed to annoy the users of their website.
Thanks for any information that anyone can provide.
Mike