Hate ebay/heypal fees and new procedure

[RGD.]

I haven't sold anything on Ebay yet. I do purchase though. My problem with it all - and seems now to go along with the new procedure of holding money - is the whole feedback deal.

I constantly get a notice that the seller will leave feedback once they get feedback. Guess what - not gonna happen. As a buyer - once I pay for the item - my job is done. The seller at this point can/should leave feedback - not wait for me. Therefore I only leave feedback for those that leave it first.

When I first started buying - I did leave feedback - only to never get any from the person that I bought from. Not any more.

So according to what has been posted - the people I buy from that don't leave feedback after I pay - are not going to see there money for awhile.


Ron

[Nabinger16]

Originally Posted by RGD.

As a buyer - once I pay for the item - my job is done. The seller at this point can/should leave feedback - not wait for me.

Ron... You and I are on the same feaken wave length Brother! If I pay someone within 30 seconds of the auction closing, I should get positive feedback! It's then up to the seller to earn his positive feedback.

Even when I was selling a few sticks on CS I always left feedback right away for the buyer when I received payment. To me that is only right.

The only reason I feel sellers with hold feed back is so they can leave retaliatory negative if that's what they end up earning.

Been on both sides of this unfortunately.

As a rule now, I leave feedback once item has been shipped not once payment has been received. Only because I have a ritual where I notify the buyer, leave feedback and mark the books as shipped.

Chas

[acarr]

Their fees do seem high but look at the prices that some of real auction companies charge. 10% to the buyer and 15% to the seller.

[RGD.]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

Been on both sides of this unfortunately.

As a rule now, I leave feedback once item has been shipped not once payment has been received. Only because I have a ritual where I notify the buyer, leave feedback and mark the books as shipped.

Chas

And that's fine with me - wish everyone did it that way. First week of March I purchased parts for my daughters Explorer from 5 different vendors. Only one of them left feedback for me. My number of feedbacks should be close to 100 - it's not, due to the almost 30 some people who expect me to leave feed back first. Oh well.

Ron