hey, a digest reader has an eBay feedback comment! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 May 2007

Hi,

...
  On the buying side, I also have a good suggestion - so
much of the
buying on eBay these days is facilitated through PayPal (50 % or
better?). As a result, eBay knows when a seller has been paid. So
why not give automatic positive feedback. I mean, what really would
a seller have to say after the buyer pays? 
I can tell you what a seller might have to say....

I had a case of a US buyer paying immediately for an auction he'd won, but 
the postage specified was for UK delivery and there was a clear instruction 
for international buyers to contact me prior to sending payment for postage 
costs.

Needless to say, he refused to pay the extra few pounds for postage. But 
instead of emailing me to arrange to back out of the deal so I could offer 
it to the next bidder, he contacts eBay and PayPal and has PayPal freeze my 
account because I'd allegedly ripped HIM off and didn't have the item I'd 
auctioned!

I got the last laugh though. To get PayPal to reinstate my account I had to 
provide them with a tracking number for the parcel....the amount I'd charged 
for postage just barely covered surface mail to his location, which would 
take 12 weeks to get there....!!!! LMAO!

Outside of a couple of non-paying bidders, that was the only time I've been 
forced to leave negative feedback. But unfortunately, there are some real 
aholes out there. :-(

  TTFN - Pete.