Different Kind Of Pain - Lamenting the Loss Of 3 Day Auctions

So there's a new kind o' deadbeat in ol' ebay town these days.

These deadbeats take a page from Etsy buyers in that they bid early, win, and when they win (5-fucking-days-later), they cancel the order. I left Etsy because I was tired of being jerked around by people all the time. I would look shit up, tweak a write-up, change shipping costs only to have the inquisitor disappear on me. Then there was the raging bitch who could not get over my losing a $8 Patty O Green doll even though she was refunded in full.

I blame this new disappearing act shit on ebay's 5 days or you'll pay policy. A person bids, decides after several days that:

A. They don't really want it.
B. They really wanted it, but now, and found it elsewhere sooner.

This being forced into 5 day auctions thing continues to hit me right in the purse. If my stuff sold for consistent amounts I would just use buy it now, but as it can go all over the map, I don't want to leave money on the table. I miss 3 day auctions. I wish they would just do away with the 50 freebies and just charge .30 for the 3 day duration again. I would rather pay up for 50 auctions at .30 that are over with in a reasonable amount of time than have freebies that constantly go south on me.