stargazer I was told ebay no longer accepts payment by check or money order. Only payment by paypal is acceptable. lynnalexandra I am unable to leave feedback as well. the weirdest thing was when i bought a cd i had to call paypal to complete the transaction and found out the seller was my old boyfriend! it can't get any worse. this is too ridiculous even for me!

All of your contact info will be in the eBay and Paypal systems, and you will not need to contact the seller to provide your address. Congrats on your winning bid!

All of my current listings are Buy It Now (BIN) rather than auctions, and my experience has been that these buyers pay immediately. In fact, if you list a BIN item you can specify that the buyer pay immediately. I don't think I've checked that box, but the buyers pay this way anyway. I am notified by email: one from eBay telling me the item has sold, and one from Paypal notifying me of the payment. Other than the above, I don't think you can specify a payment time. Why do you want to get paid quickly? Usually a week is reasonable, but most people pay sooner than that. If they don't pay in a reasonable amount of time, send them a polite note. Don't be too quick to leave negative feedback. When I started selling on eBay (11 years go) I told myself I'd be the kind of seller I want to deal with as a buyer. You're a friendly person, Sleeperblues; bring that friendliness with you to eBay, and it will add to your experience. I know how to do what I do, but I'm not up on all the ins and outs of eBay selling. The feedback protocol, for example, has changed over the years. Perhaps others here can give you helpful advice. What sort of things are you planning to sell? I sell mostly books, but lots of other stuff too. I even sold a piano once. I also sell books on Amazon. Sales have been good there, although Amazon buyers are downright sluggish about leaving feedback. Do you have feedback as a buyer? This will give buyers confidence in you as a seller. You can have fun with this. A good, win-win sale is rewarding.

Red, I didn't see your response. Yes it seems a lot of people do like the Priority shipments. I just don't need to pay more to have things here fast. Shipping fees are a drag as it is! I bought from the UK quite a bit a few years ago and they would always ship air, understandably I guess because of the slowness otherwise, and the possibility of things getting lost in a winding transit. But, it was quite a bit more expensive, so I'd go parcel post most of the time. Usually didn't take all that long. Added to insuring items, it just really adds up. And when you haven't even seen the item firsthand, well, it's just a lot of money on extras. Yes, it does look like some of her buyers have noticed the post on the package is quite a bit lower than what they were charged. So she may have thought I was questioning her too. Well, I have no control over her packaging and handling charges, but can request slow mail and no insurance! :) And dang! I did manage to get old. I'm not sure when that happened!