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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: jack909 on May 15, 2013, 12:01 am

Title: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: jack909 on May 15, 2013, 12:01 am
So I placed my first order today from what seemed to be a well respected vendor (top 7%).  However, in the item posting they had mentioned that any Newbies with less than 10 postings would need to release escrow before anything was shipped.  Since I placed a small order, I have no problem doing that, but I have no idea how to release it.  The money is sitting in my escrow and the order status says "processing," but I don't see how I'm supposed to release anything.  I'm really hoping for my order to be shipped asap and want to make sure that I'm not holding up the process by not releasing the escrow..

Can anyone out there please advise?  Help is greatly appreciated?
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: Vyle on May 15, 2013, 12:04 am
You will have to wait until the vendor has the order from processing to "In Transit".
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: jack909 on May 15, 2013, 12:07 am
Thank you!
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: Mercury31 on May 15, 2013, 12:10 am
or you need to wait four days to cancel..
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: jack909 on May 15, 2013, 02:07 am
If my order still says "processing" in 4 day's, does that more than likely mean that the vendor has no intention of selling to me?   How long does it usually take for vendors to process orders?  It's only been about 10hrs, so maybe I'm bugging over nothing and the vendor just hasn't gotten around to it yet..... 

However, if it turns out that my order doesn't get processed in the 4 days, can anyone recommend how to find a vendor that will sell to first time buyers? 
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: Mercury31 on May 15, 2013, 10:56 am
normally a vendor procces it within a day
but he can take the 4whole days if he'd like
there are a lot of vendors who selll to newbee's without fe
just need to find them
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: zetterberg99 on May 15, 2013, 11:17 am
And Mercury31 is a great one! ^^^ Waiting on a package any day now.

After its marked in transit the vendor is ready to send it, but won't drop it in the mail until you click finalize. 
Title: Re: My First Order/Purchase
Post by: android465764E on May 15, 2013, 11:24 am
If my order still says "processing" in 4 day's, does that more than likely mean that the vendor has no intention of selling to me?   How long does it usually take for vendors to process orders?  It's only been about 10hrs, so maybe I'm bugging over nothing and the vendor just hasn't gotten around to it yet..... 

However, if it turns out that my order doesn't get processed in the 4 days, can anyone recommend how to find a vendor that will sell to first time buyers? 


4 days in considered to be enough time to process an order. If they still haven't by then, you're entitled to cancel and get a refund.

10 hours isn't very long, give it a day or two before you start freaking out.

To find a vendor that doesn't ask for FE, you'll have to just search SR and read the vendor's pages. They all have some info about their FE policy.