24 May
2007
24 May
'07
3:04 p.m.
On Thursday 24 May 2007 08:35, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
So, just don't bother leaving feedback, if you don't want to risk getting
negative feedback.
As a seller, I think that it's completely illogical to leave feedback for
someone before the transaction is over. It's generally not safe to
assume that the party on the buying (or selling end for that matter[0])
is completely reasonable. This is ebay, not civilized society. :)
At least by
waiting for them to
post feedback, you know they've received the item and are (usually)
happy with it.
As primarily a buyer, however, this is lousy. This means that if you
don't like what you get from a seller, you are virtually guaranteed to
get negative feedback from an unscrupulous one if you are forced to
act first. As far as I'm concerned, good feedback from a
buyer should be awarded
when the money is sent promptly, and when I sell items, that is the
rule I use regardless of what the buyer says about me afterwards. When
sellers won't do this for me, I won't leave positive feedback for them
either.
But, what if the buyer has unreasonable demands, such as complaining
about something silly[1] like using the original packaging to ship you a
computer, which they didn't express until after you ship them the item.
[0] I normally wouldn't single out someone, but beware of the ebay
seller "classic.computers". I've been waiting almost 4 weeks for him to
ship me something[2], because he refused to let me come and pick it up.
He's being completely unresponsive, and taking well over a week to
respond to each message I send him. I'm finally to the point of
threatening him with negative feedback if he won't ship soon (something
I've never had to do before to a legitimate seller).
[1] There was a thread a couple months ago on here about a seller doing
this. From my perspective, a functional device is much more important
than worrying about the "damage" from putting a label on an old piece of
cardboard.
[2] http://search.ebay.com/280104933089
Pat
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