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Post by BoroKat on Nov 26, 2006 1:02:57 GMT -4
As pissed as I am, I still will use Ebay and Pay Pal, because I have bought over a hundred items and had only one problem. Starskin, what I recommend is only buying from sellers with 100 percent feedback- and doing it now because you don't want any drama on your sellers end to affect shipping, ie- I ordered a toy for LilB over two weeks ago and have yet to see it because the seller was supposedly in the hospital. If this were mid-December, I would be SOL.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2006 1:12:23 GMT -4
I have to disagree on the 100 percent thing. There are good sellers who have 99.6 or something like that, due to bone-heads leaving negative feedback. It's important to read the feedback and see who left a negative and why.
For example take me, I sell some stuff there and have 99.whatever due to two non paying bidders (with a -5 score no less) who left me a negative because I reported them to Ebay. They were kicked off, but the negatives remain. Not fair.
Anyway, so don't go by the 100 percent so much as reading the negatives.Granted, if a seller has many negatives, don't buy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2006 1:54:52 GMT -4
This is a nifty website that will show you only the negative/neutral feedback so you can see what kinds of issues have resulted in non-positive feedback without scrolling through a whole lot of "Great ebayer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!".
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Post by BoroKat on Nov 26, 2006 10:20:53 GMT -4
I have to disagree on the 100 percent thing. There are good sellers who have 99.6 or something like that, due to bone-heads leaving negative feedback. It's important to read the feedback and see who left a negative and why. For example take me, I sell some stuff there and have 99.whatever due to two non paying bidders (with a -5 score no less) who left me a negative because I reported them to Ebay. They were kicked off, but the negatives remain. Not fair. Anyway, so don't go by the 100 percent so much as reading the negatives.Granted, if a seller has many negatives, don't buy. Leenerbups is right. But if you were spending alot of money or buying something that could be counterfeit, ie. Coach, I would only buy from someone with pristine feedback and no shipping issues. Alot of sellers have great feedback but it takes them forever to ship your item.
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Nov 27, 2006 17:57:35 GMT -4
100% feedback doesn't mean pristine service either. There were several sellers I'v encountered that seemed perfectly pleasant before the auction ended, but after two weeks will either be extremely late sending the package out for no reason, or don't send anything altogether. This isn't the norm, but it does happen.
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Post by Shanmac on Nov 27, 2006 18:55:45 GMT -4
So if a non-paying buyer gives you negative feedback, even if they get kicked off eBay, that negative remains? That is SO not fair! What crap. I always read the feedback because, often, you can tell if it's just an idiot being a jerk/unreasonable or if it's a legitimate complaint.
I have to laugh - I try to buy beauty products on eBay to save $, and I saw a 4 oz. jar of my favorite moisturizer. It was labeled "rare" (usually it comes in a 2 oz. jar -- I've never actually seen a jar that large) and, according to the seller, it retails for $100. Bull. A 2 oz. jar retails for $35. There's no way a supposedly "rare" larger size retails for three times as much. Shady dealings, I tell you.
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Nov 27, 2006 23:08:38 GMT -4
Actually, I've been in this situation before, and as long as you have opened and closed a dispute in which the buyer hadn't reponded to, your feedback becomes neutral, while the buyer still has his negative feedback. Heh.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2006 0:14:57 GMT -4
Yea, it's not fair. I'm glad they changed it welshcorgigirl. My two negs were left about 2 years ago before that change went into effect.
I have also had some of the worst service from "Powersellers". People foregt that they sell thousands of widgets so they still maintain a high rating even though they have TONS of negatives.
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Post by goggle on Dec 3, 2006 17:09:15 GMT -4
I finally made an ebay account! I got a friend who has ebay experience to help me, now I just need to wait and see if my stuff will sell.
A question to experienced buyers: If there is designer jewelry sold cheap and shipped from Hong Kong, how often is it knockoff/fake? Because I need to buy *pretties* and just want them not to fall apart.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2006 17:55:06 GMT -4
Personally, I NEVER buy from China, but that's just me. Too many problems and it's a political statement for me too. I won't fuel a country that has little to no human or animal rights.
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