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eBay Revamps Feedback System
Texasmame:
--- Quote from: somunny on March 10, 2007, 11:06:17 am ---This is great and all but it doesn't address the biggest problem with feedback: People who don't bother to leave it. For years I was a firm believer that as a seller, I should leave feedback immediately after the buyer paid for their item.
After many, many occuances of buyers failing to leave any feedback at all on item I sold to them, I was forced to wait until the buyers received their items and left me feedback. Some people may think this is holding the feedback hostage but there's motivation for lazy buyers otherwise.
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My policy on feed (member since '99):
~I leave it as a buyer once I get the item and it's good
~I leave it as a seller once the buyer leaves it for me. (One too many, "I want $x back or I'll leave you a negative" crap)
billf:
--- Quote from: Texasmame on March 11, 2007, 05:32:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: somunny on March 10, 2007, 11:06:17 am ---This is great and all but it doesn't address the biggest problem with feedback: People who don't bother to leave it. For years I was a firm believer that as a seller, I should leave feedback immediately after the buyer paid for their item.
After many, many occuances of buyers failing to leave any feedback at all on item I sold to them, I was forced to wait until the buyers received their items and left me feedback. Some people may think this is holding the feedback hostage but there's motivation for lazy buyers otherwise.
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My policy on feed (member since '99):
~I leave it as a buyer once I get the item and it's good
~I leave it as a seller once the buyer leaves it for me. (One too many, "I want $x back or I'll leave you a negative" crap)
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I've been a member since '99 as well and have been both seller and buyer. Texasmame's policy is exactly my policy on leaving feedback. I'm at 198 and 100% feedback. Have had a couple of snags along the way with others regarding shipping or item condition, but I've been able to work it out any differences prior to either of us leaving "revenge" type of feedback.
paigeoliver:
As far as combined shipping goes. Try doing this to the seller who wants to charge $60 to send 6 auctions that will cost them $10 total.
Say, well, I can give you half that and you can send them all in one box to one address and I will distribute all my GIFTS myself, or I can give you the full $60 dollars and you can send the auctions to the following addresses (give them 6 different addresses, work, parent' house, downstairs neighbor, etc), of course if I do THAT then I will have to pay with 12 separate paypal transactions, one for each item, and one for each shipping, for tax reasons of course.
If they are still not cooperating then consider paying them in hundreds of 10 cent paypal transactions. They will lose money on every one.
Of course that is all theory. I myself always research combined shipping with the seller before pursuing, some sellers would actually lose major money doing so. A seller who lists all his books for a penny each with $3 shipping would lose money on someone who bought 30 books and forced exact shipping.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 12, 2007, 01:17:54 am ---As far as combined shipping goes. Try doing this to the seller who wants to charge $60 to send 6 auctions that will cost them $10 total.
Say, well, I can give you half that and you can send them all in one box to one address and I will distribute all my GIFTS myself, or I can give you the full $60 dollars and you can send the auctions to the following addresses (give them 6 different addresses, work, parent' house, downstairs neighbor, etc), of course if I do THAT then I will have to pay with 12 separate paypal transactions, one for each item, and one for each shipping, for tax reasons of course.
If they are still not cooperating then consider paying them in hundreds of 10 cent paypal transactions. They will lose money on every one.
Of course that is all theory. I myself always research combined shipping with the seller before pursuing, some sellers would actually lose major money doing so. A seller who lists all his books for a penny each with $3 shipping would lose money on someone who bought 30 books and forced exact shipping.
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there is a simple answer for that though that the seller can use. very clever really:
NO ;D
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: somunny on March 10, 2007, 11:06:17 am ---This is great and all but it doesn't address the biggest problem with feedback: People who don't bother to leave it. For years I was a firm believer that as a seller, I should leave feedback immediately after the buyer paid for their item.
After many, many occuances of buyers failing to leave any feedback at all on item I sold to them, I was forced to wait until the buyers received their items and left me feedback. Some people may think this is holding the feedback hostage but there's motivation for lazy buyers otherwise.
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ive only NOT left feedback twice myself. once when it took so long to get something i couldnt find the auction anymore! (i since found i can go further back than i thought) and at the moment im not happy about something but which i cant really fault, not even worth leaving a neutral...
ive had a bit of a problem with SELLERS not leaving feedback. mostly from ones who sell a lot of stuff and easily overlook your feedback. a few emails normally jogs the memory though (",)
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