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eBay Seller bdirks12???
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American Locomotive
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97.8% feedback is enough for me to avoid them. They're averaging about 4 negatives a month.
02camaro86
Well-known member
Who cares? Ebay is pro buyer anyway even if the buyer is in the wrong they back them. No returns accepted? File a claim, refund, seller screwed and buyer keeps the item. Feedback imo is pointless on eBay. If this was Google reviews he'd have 4.87 stars out of 5 which is stellar.97.8% feedback is enough for me to avoid them. They're averaging about 4 negatives a month.
American Locomotive
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As someone who doesn't like getting their time wasted with broken items, or items that are not as described - me. Sure I can get my money back, but I can't get the time back. I've sold on ebay, and I even once worked for a vehicle dismantler that exclusively sold on e-bay. It's not super difficult to maintain 100% feedback, and really not hard at all to keep it over 99%.Who cares? Ebay is pro buyer anyway even if the buyer is in the wrong they back them. No returns accepted? File a claim, refund, seller screwed and buyer keeps the item. Feedback imo is pointless on eBay. If this was Google reviews he'd have 4.87 stars out of 5 which is stellar.
The last couple of times I bought from an ebay seller under 98.5-99%, it resulted in me needing to send items back or get a refund. It's super annoying.
bsaint
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Yea ebay screwed me on selling a $300 pail of oil. Buyer decide they didn' want it. I said no refunds and they refused the deliver so it showed up as undeliverable. Ebay forced me to refund them. I did end up selling the oil a few months later.
I typically avoid doing business with anyone under 98% positive feedback, but now I’m probably changing that to 99%.
I recently purchased a rare utility knife from a seller on 02/02. I had to email the seller on 02/08 to inquire if it had been shipped. Seller responded it would ship 02/09 and it arrived on the 12th. It took him 1 full week to ship. USPS got it to me faster than he got it to them. I left a positive feedback, but did mention the slow shipping in my comment. He emailed me all bent out of shape, so I presented the facts in my response and told him to reconsider his business model since his 98.7% feedback rating appeared to be a direct result of slow shipping times or not receiving item at all.
I sell on eBay and ship within 1-2 business days, but usually next business day. I then track all of my shipped packages and if the post office is running behind, I attempt to contact the buyer and inform them of this so there’s a good line of communication opened. This has netted me good results when a shipment is delayed and most people are very understanding.
If a seller does have one or two negative /neutral feedbacks, it is important to give them the benefit of the doubt. You can usually read the feedback comments and put together the pieces of the puzzle and figure out whether that negative feedback was warranted. Some people leave negative feedback without ever contacting the seller and working towards a resolution. Some people leave negative feedbacks because of the silliest stuff… things that aren’t necessarily the sellers fault. There are some goofy people in this world who should have never been given internet access and a keyboard.
I once had a buyer leave me an angry, negative feedback because a re-pop automotive gas & oil sign I sold was “heavily over sprayed, junk”. Well, I’m not the factory in China who made it. My pictures were clear as day. If he didn’t like it, I would have refunded his money and told him to keep the item. But rather than contact me, explain his unhappiness with the transaction and give me a chance to rectify the situation, the dude had to be a ****… his negative feedback didn’t hurt me as much as it made him look completely angry and stupid, and I kept the $20.
Most buyers and sellers on eBay are honest, good people. There’s a few dodo’s out there. Just be careful and use your best judgement.
I recently purchased a rare utility knife from a seller on 02/02. I had to email the seller on 02/08 to inquire if it had been shipped. Seller responded it would ship 02/09 and it arrived on the 12th. It took him 1 full week to ship. USPS got it to me faster than he got it to them. I left a positive feedback, but did mention the slow shipping in my comment. He emailed me all bent out of shape, so I presented the facts in my response and told him to reconsider his business model since his 98.7% feedback rating appeared to be a direct result of slow shipping times or not receiving item at all.
I sell on eBay and ship within 1-2 business days, but usually next business day. I then track all of my shipped packages and if the post office is running behind, I attempt to contact the buyer and inform them of this so there’s a good line of communication opened. This has netted me good results when a shipment is delayed and most people are very understanding.
If a seller does have one or two negative /neutral feedbacks, it is important to give them the benefit of the doubt. You can usually read the feedback comments and put together the pieces of the puzzle and figure out whether that negative feedback was warranted. Some people leave negative feedback without ever contacting the seller and working towards a resolution. Some people leave negative feedbacks because of the silliest stuff… things that aren’t necessarily the sellers fault. There are some goofy people in this world who should have never been given internet access and a keyboard.
I once had a buyer leave me an angry, negative feedback because a re-pop automotive gas & oil sign I sold was “heavily over sprayed, junk”. Well, I’m not the factory in China who made it. My pictures were clear as day. If he didn’t like it, I would have refunded his money and told him to keep the item. But rather than contact me, explain his unhappiness with the transaction and give me a chance to rectify the situation, the dude had to be a ****… his negative feedback didn’t hurt me as much as it made him look completely angry and stupid, and I kept the $20.
Most buyers and sellers on eBay are honest, good people. There’s a few dodo’s out there. Just be careful and use your best judgement.
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alinc100
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Well Ebay's new funding policy is different.With Ebay ''processing" the payment I've ,as a seller, had to ship an item before I have receive/cleared payment. Seller paid, not their fault, ad says ships within 2 business days, payment takes up to four. If I sell anything again I am going to have to amend my rules/handling times.
slowtwitch73
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^^ yup, I adjusted mine to 5 days just for cushion. I usually get items out in 1-2. No big deal.
Strouty
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I haven't sold anything under these new terms yet, but I thought that they didn't even release the payment until you shipped the item? I know you can use the money to pay for shipping, but only through eBay's options.Well Ebay's new funding policy is different.With Ebay ''processing" the payment I've ,as a seller, had to ship an item before I have receive/cleared payment. Seller paid, not their fault, ad says ships within 2 business days, payment takes up to four. If I sell anything again I am going to have to amend my rules/handling times.
slowtwitch73
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Smart people.Who cares?
yatg
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Well Ebay's new funding policy is different.With Ebay ''processing" the payment I've ,as a seller, had to ship an item before I have receive/cleared payment. Seller paid, not their fault, ad says ships within 2 business days, payment takes up to four. If I sell anything again I am going to have to amend my rules/handling times.
Not a big deal. Once ebay tells me the buyer paid, I ship the item. Money always shows up in the checking account within a couple of business days.
ebay feedback to seller - nothing if the item is received in expected condition. not wasting my time with ebay's unrealistic system. always contact the seller directly if there's a problem and try to let them make it right. if they don't, do an ebay return and leave negative feedback. it would be much more accurate if ebay would tell you "this seller sold 5000 items and received 97 positives and 3 negatives" (99.94%) rather than "this seller had 97 positives and 3 negatives" (97%).
ebay feedback to buyer - "thank you"