Sellers, have you ever had a buyers who waited longer than 7 days and after your third e-mail they finally reply telling you that their parent or favorite uncle was ill and they were unable to pay sooner?

Buyers, have you ever bought an item and after 3 weeks of waiting patiently, you start to feel agitated as your e-mails of "Where's my item?" are ignored?  Finally one day the seller sends out the item telling you they had a death and the family.

I know it happens.  However, it happens to me too often.  I have a feeling that many of these people are not being honest.  I hope for the sake of their loved ones that I am right.  If I am right and you are one of those people who lie, I ask you this: why lie?  Just be honest.  I've been selling and buying on eBay for 9 years now.  I've made my mistakes and I have always been honest.  There's been times where I have forgotten items when I went to the post office.  I just send it out my next trip with expedited shipping, or I might open the item up and toss in a freebie as a way of saying sorry.  I think people are understanding.  No one is perfect and the odds are pretty good that the person at the other end has been in a similar situation themselves.

Try it out just once or twice.  It feels so much better to tell the truth.  Trust me!