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- May 12, 2014
Not entirely true; paypal is not always used. I use many different eBay sites and eBay.de in particular loves the use of straight bank transfers because it dodges Paypal fees. I've used it myself as buyer. Usually when you pay for something on eBay, it goes through Paypal and eBay marks the item as 'paid'automatically. But with other methods like bank transfers, eBay has no idea if the seller has been paid or not so the seller must manually mark it as paid. Same thing if you choose to pickup an item and pay cash on collection (also something I've done). eBay does not always know if a seller has been paid, unless they use Paypal or a credit card on file. Because of this, eBay charges fees as soon as the item is sold. Otherwise sellers could accept bank transfers/cash on collection and never mark it as paid, skipping eBay's fees all together. eBay won't risk that, so fees automatically get added onto your account once it sells. Paypal fees are the only fees that get charged when you're actually paid; they take a slice straight out rather than wait and invoice.People here keep on saying this, even though it is not true. I think people just want it to be true. Chris will never owe ebay a cent for his failed auctions. Ebay will only ask for it's money if the buyer pays. Ebay owns paypal and requires you to use it, therefore they know whether payment has been made or not before the seller does. Chris is not going to lose any money over this aside from the frame and lamination. Nobody is going to end up being legally required to pay Chris for their bids, either. I've been selling on ebay for years, I know how it works. Just accept that the comedy of seeing Chris getting frustrated is all there is here. He's not financially fucking himself unless he's spending away money on his credit cards in anticipation of what he thinks he'll get for his "art".
Technically, the buyer is legally obliged to pay. To quote eBay themselves;
"When a buyer places the successful bid on an item or clicks "Buy It Now", the two parties will have entered into a legally binding contract (with very few exceptions as detailed in our Non-Binding Bid Policy).The terms of the contract are set out in the seller's listing and in agreeing to buy the goods or services the buyer is accepting those terms." It is rarely ever acted on though, and I'm not sure if it applies to Chris' copyright infringing characters.
TL;DR
Chris will have to front up that $100 charge unless he opens a case ridiculously early; as in like 4 days after non-payment.
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