[Shotimes] The Pillsbury Effect

[van Oss]

There you go being sensible again.   : )    It's a grand idea, although I 
wonder if it would make sellers vulnerable to fickle buyers.  I've sold car 
parts on eBay and would not want my payment to be held hostage until a 
stranger either decides he's content or fails/neglects to complain.

The eBay/PayPal people surely wrestle often with the issue of balancing 
seller and buyer interests.  I suspect they are mindful that their fees are 
paid by sellers, and that fact is their reason to err in favor of the 
seller.  The same happens in a traditional real estate deal --- when you buy 
property, remember that your buyer's agent is paid by the seller.

VO

----- Original Message ----- 
It seems to me that there should be provisions for this (unknown
buyer/extra protection).  Perhaps it would make sense for sales if
this took place:

Buy and seller agree on item, price etc.
Buyer submits payment
Paypal holds payment until buyer confirms delivery
Package gets delivered
Buyer acknowleges delivery
Seller gets money

Paypal could make it so after a certain amount of time if the buyer
does not confirm delivery, and no non-deliver claim is made, that the
seller is paid regardless of actual delivery or not (to prevent the
problem of forgetting/not responding to delivery status so the seller
is paid)  Either way, unless there was a non delivery and there was a
claim filed the buyer has already paid the money, they have just
submitted it to Paypal and they will hold it until the package comes
through.

Perhaps this could be an option for a dollor or two more, as a
protection against unknowns.

Just a thought

Z