Common Seller Guidlines?

[wkedgar]

This may have already been covered, but I would like to express my opinion on some issues with selling items. There should be some common guideline on things that we generally take for granted.

1. If you list an item for sale, and you receive multiple PM's to purchase it, the PM's should be sorted by time. Therefore, common sense would tell you that the first PM is the first buyer on your list

2. Have a little patience. If the buyer doesn't respond to your "here is my PP address" in five minutes, give him a little more time. I can't tell you as the seller what kind of time frame to set, but use common sense. If the "I'll take it" PM comes late in the evening, it is possible that the buyer is sleeping when you respond at 2:00 am when you come in from the bar. At least be courteous enough to PM him with a realistic time frame to respond, and let him know that you are moving on to your second buyer.

3. The sale thread winner should never, and I repeat, never be based on who sends the money first or the fastest. This can lead to double and triple payments for the same item. Nothing makes me angrier than to get the dreaded "Sorry, so and so already paid for the item" PM after you also sent money.

4. If the buyer, in good faith, sends you an "I'll take it PM", update your sale thread with "Sold Pending Payment". If that buyer falls through, go to your number two buyer and let him know what is going on.

I know most of you here already do this, and I thank you, but for some of the newer members this can be an issue. I am sure that some of the more experienced sellers out there have better suggestions. Please feel free to add or modify the above list.

Thanks RG.....Rant now over .

Krystof (Wkedgar)