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"eBay Annoyance..."

Why is it that every time I make a purchase, I go back into My eBay to find that "I need to pay for X items"

I thought it was a little bug with buying directly through Buy It Now, but no, my last purchase was a simple Auction win - I went to My eBay, clicked Pay Now, went through the Paypal process and it still says I need to pay for it.

In the end I just scroll down and select 'Mark Item as paid'. I shouldn't have to do that every time though, right?

It takes about 10 - 20 mins to update once you have paid for something. A little annoying, yes, but not that big a deal.

Until we get a tv documentary/large news item about it's flaws.

Ebay make enough money... their income is higher than most countries

Until people start going elsewhere.

and making their same old "read the small print excuses"

Yeah but if it's happening a lot then Ebay will be getting a few calls from various banks and creditcard companies.

even the purchasing might of Ebay makes mistakes...

You're probably right on the checkng thing. If it doesn't, that's one majow flaw.

I expect the system's good enough to check that you make 1 payment for each transaction.

No doubt if you try to pay again the system prevents it.

Either that or it's seriously crap. Either way: Use Amazon.

Hmmm, it's a bit dodgy though - I wouldn't be surprised if people have gone back in, seen they 'need to pay' and paid for the item again - thinking their previous effort was unsuccessful for some reason.

eBay need to look into this methinks.