Chapter 10. Paying for Your Purchaseand Waiting for It to Arrive

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Making Contact with the Seller

• Calculating the Final Price

• Paying for Your Item

• Waiting for the Doorbell to Ring

• Receiving the Goods

• Finishing Things Up and Leaving Feedback

You've somehow waited patiently (or not) throughout the entire auction process. As the clock ticked down to zero, no other viable competitors entered the arena, and your high bid stood. You won!

If you lose an auction, there's nothing more to do; your work is done, unfortunately. But when you're an auction winner, you have a bit of work to donot the least of which is paying for the item you won! Read on to learn more about what happens after you've won and auction, and how to arrange payment.

To prepare you for what comes next after you've won an eBay auction, you should work through the tasks in this post-auction checklist.

Checklist: After You've Won

	Receive eBay's end-of-auction email
	Use eBay's Pay Now feature or Wait for the seller to contact you and respond to the seller's email or Use the Request Total link on the closed listing page to request the total amount due to the seller
	Choose a shipping method, if a choice is offered
	Decide whether you want insurance
	Choose a payment method
	Send payment
	Receive the item
	Examine the item
	Email the seller that you've received the item
	Leave feedback for the seller