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Perils of eBay
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:15:37 -0400 (EDT), (Herb F.)
wrote: Sometimes you have to remind the person about feedback. Remember, they do not owe you feedback, it is voluntary. I usually followup a purchase or a sale with something like "I have just submitted positive feedback, I hope you will do the same." Make it a stock letter in memory and just send it after a successful deal. I have bought over 500 items on eBay. Most sellers will reciprocate feedback when I post mine for them. A few sellers go ahead and post feedback first. They usually get my repeat business. Blair -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:02:20 -0400, TC found these
unused words floating about: On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:15:37 -0400 (EDT), (Herb F.) wrote: Sometimes you have to remind the person about feedback. Remember, they do not owe you feedback, it is voluntary. I usually followup a purchase or a sale with something like "I have just submitted positive feedback, I hope you will do the same." Make it a stock letter in memory and just send it after a successful deal. I have bought over 500 items on eBay. Most sellers will reciprocate feedback when I post mine for them. A few sellers go ahead and post feedback first. They usually get my repeat business. Blair IMHO, a seller should post feedback when they receive the payment - the buyer's done his/her/its part. The buyer should post when they receive the stamps or item -and- it is as represented. If there's a -real- problem, then after the seller makes good and not in haste .. |
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 08:24:37 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote: IMHO, a seller should post feedback when they receive the payment - the buyer's done his/her/its part. The feedback is not just about payment. It's the whole transaction. Getting paid is important, but it ain't over till it's over. -- Tony Cooper aka: Provider of Jots, Tittles, and Oy!s |
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 11:51:38 -0400, Tony Cooper
found these unused words floating about: On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 08:24:37 -0700, J. A. Mc. wrote: IMHO, a seller should post feedback when they receive the payment - the buyer's done his/her/its part. The feedback is not just about payment. It's the whole transaction. Getting paid is important, but it ain't over till it's over. That smacks of "As a seller I'll demand more than payment from a buyer". What more do you want? |
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 16:08:27 -0700, J. A. Mc.
wrote: On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 11:51:38 -0400, Tony Cooper found these unused words floating about: On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 08:24:37 -0700, J. A. Mc. wrote: IMHO, a seller should post feedback when they receive the payment - the buyer's done his/her/its part. The feedback is not just about payment. It's the whole transaction. Getting paid is important, but it ain't over till it's over. That smacks of "As a seller I'll demand more than payment from a buyer". What more do you want? I recently sold a 100+ year old stamp album. The ad stated the stamps were canceled and glued in place - probably with mucilage - and the binding of the book was not in the best shape. The Buyer paid by PayPal. I'll wait a week or so before posting feedback to make sure the Buyer actually read the ad and is not going to complain that he thought he was buying an album of MNH 100 year old stamps. You think that can't happen? Stamp buyers are generally a little better to deal with since stamps are listed with a scan, identified with a Scott (or other) number, and usually identified with or without glue or hinging. A stamp buyer usually pretty much knows what he'll be getting. Most eBay stamp sales are low dollar, non-impulse purchases. The Buyer is looking for something and found what he wants at a price he is willing to pay. He's a different animal than the impulse shopper that has sudden attacks of Buyer's Remorse and wants out of the purchase of an expensive item he or she bought on impulse. My comment about feedback encompasses all of eBay, and not just the stamp category. Even so, my one negative, and one neutral, are from one buyer of two lots of stamps. I immediately gave him a positive feedback when the check was received, and he used that in his emails to try to chisel an adjustment out of me rather than accept a full refund. He felt he had some kind of upper hand because he'd not yet filed feedback. From now on, I'll wait. -- Tony Cooper aka: Provider of Jots, Tittles, and Oy!s |
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:24:55 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote: On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 16:08:27 -0700, J. A. Mc. wrote: On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 11:51:38 -0400, Tony Cooper found these unused words floating about: On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 08:24:37 -0700, J. A. Mc. wrote: IMHO, a seller should post feedback when they receive the payment - the buyer's done his/her/its part. The feedback is not just about payment. It's the whole transaction. Getting paid is important, but it ain't over till it's over. That smacks of "As a seller I'll demand more than payment from a buyer". What more do you want? I recently sold a 100+ year old stamp album. The ad stated the stamps were canceled and glued in place - probably with mucilage - and the binding of the book was not in the best shape. The Buyer paid by PayPal. I'll wait a week or so before posting feedback to make sure the Buyer actually read the ad and is not going to complain that he thought he was buying an album of MNH 100 year old stamps. You think that can't happen? Stamp buyers are generally a little better to deal with since stamps are listed with a scan, identified with a Scott (or other) number, and usually identified with or without glue or hinging. A stamp buyer usually pretty much knows what he'll be getting. Most eBay stamp sales are low dollar, non-impulse purchases. The Buyer is looking for something and found what he wants at a price he is willing to pay. He's a different animal than the impulse shopper that has sudden attacks of Buyer's Remorse and wants out of the purchase of an expensive item he or she bought on impulse. My comment about feedback encompasses all of eBay, and not just the stamp category. Even so, my one negative, and one neutral, are from one buyer of two lots of stamps. I immediately gave him a positive feedback when the check was received, and he used that in his emails to try to chisel an adjustment out of me rather than accept a full refund. He felt he had some kind of upper hand because he'd not yet filed feedback. From now on, I'll wait. If not mistaken, I believe you can do a follow-up feedback. Please check on this because in this instance you're being "taken" by posting decent feedback immediately. I usually post feedback immediately when receiving, depositing and having someone's money for a lot. I should take into consideration that the lot may never get there, get there damaged, the buyer may be a cheat, etc... Tracy Barber |
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"DBoyd001" wrote in message ... I just stopped selling on eBay because more than half my buyers there just plain stiffed me. Never answered e-mail (one was returned as unknown), never paid, never anything. snipped Dave Use commemorative stamps on ALL your mail. Introduce the hobby of collecting stamps to someone. Above all, enjoy your hobby regardless of what you collect! That's an incredibly high deadbeat percentage. Although I'm a relatively new seller on ebay, I've sold about 125 lots over the last few months and have yet to be stiffed. I'm sure it will happen to me eventually, but if everyone experienced a bad sale rate of more than 50%, eBay wouldn't be around much longer. Tom McFarland |
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 23:44:46 -0400, "Tom McFarland"
wrote: "DBoyd001" wrote in message ... I just stopped selling on eBay because more than half my buyers there just plain stiffed me. Never answered e-mail (one was returned as unknown), never paid, never anything. snipped Dave Use commemorative stamps on ALL your mail. Introduce the hobby of collecting stamps to someone. Above all, enjoy your hobby regardless of what you collect! That's an incredibly high deadbeat percentage. Although I'm a relatively new seller on ebay, I've sold about 125 lots over the last few months and have yet to be stiffed. I'm sure it will happen to me eventually, but if everyone experienced a bad sale rate of more than 50%, eBay wouldn't be around much longer. Knock on wood... Out of 450+ lots sold, only 8 have not been paid for. 3 buyers. The same old, same old - playing games! Tracy Barber |
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I just stopped selling on eBay because more than half my buyers there
just plain stiffed me. Never answered e-mail (one was returned as unknown), never paid, never anything. snipped Dave Use commemorative stamps on ALL your mail. Introduce the hobby of collecting stamps to someone. Above all, enjoy your hobby regardless of what you collect! That's an incredibly high deadbeat percentage. Although I'm a relatively new seller on ebay, I've sold about 125 lots over the last few months and have yet to be stiffed. I'm sure it will happen to me eventually, but if everyone experienced a bad sale rate of more than 50%, eBay wouldn't be around much longer. Knock on wood... Out of 450+ lots sold, only 8 have not been paid for. 3 buyers. The same old, same old - playing games! Tracy Barber Well, I have not traded extensively on Ebay (yet) but 100% of all 'wins' so far have gone through without any problems. For most payments I use PayPal, and none have failed - yet! I have traded with New York, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Singapore, Australia and Canada. David. |
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I feel that the seller should post feedback when he receives payment.
Any who do not will not get another bid from me. .. I saw one seller who warned that he would only post feedback after the buyer had received the lot and had posted positive feedback. I did not bid on his lot figuring that he must be a problem seller who has more trouble, possibly of his own making, than the average successful seller. .. I consider the sellers feedback to be confirmation of receipt of the payment and somewhat of a notice that the lot has been or will be shortly mailed. .. I also steer clear of sellers who post paragraph after paragraph of detailed conditions and warnings. I feel that these guys have had lots of problems in the past and that they cannot all be the fault of the buyer. .. Charlie Jensen Live right, Eat right, Exercise ... ... ... Die anyway ! |
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