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Post by ladyvorkosigan on Apr 16, 2007 23:31:55 GMT -4
I totally want to hear that story, too!
Here's my question: I'm really new to eBay- I bought my first item on April 4th. Then two days later I emailed the seller to ask if it had shipped, he said it had. I got an official email saying it had shipped the next day (the 7th, I guess). But when I finally got it in the mail (today!), the "stamp" was dated the 11th. So basically the seller lied to me, right?
I don't want to get a negative feedback, since it'll be my only feedback to date, but hould I give him a neutral feedback because of the lateness (12 days after purchase)? Or is that an acceptable amount of time to have received my item. I'm annoyed, cause it didn't make it in time for my BF's birthday, so that may be coloring my judgement...
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PurpleBunny
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Post by PurpleBunny on Apr 17, 2007 0:16:33 GMT -4
Um, no. Most packages can make it in three or four. You got hosed. I would leave the feedback, but only if you are sure that he won't retaliate with a negative.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2007 1:06:48 GMT -4
Remember, though, that Easter probably meant that the post office was closed on April 6-9 including Good Friday and Easter Monday (at least it was here in Australia). Even if the seller didn't get it to the Post Office until the 10th, that is actually only 2 working days after you bought it. I would probably not leave a negative or neutral for that.
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grumpygirl
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Post by grumpygirl on Apr 17, 2007 1:11:58 GMT -4
Um, no. Most packages can make it in three or four. You got hosed. I would leave the feedback, but only if you are sure that he won't retaliate with a negative. The rating thing seems very unreliable if no one ever gives a bad rating because they're afraid of retaliatory poor ratings. I mean, how good can the ratings be if this is going on? Oh, and if eBay has craziness rules, then why don't they slap the jewelry seller and "I'm shoving Jesus down your throat" guy? You'd think that him sending "Get saved" stuff with every purchase would rub some people the wrong way.
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fairfox
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Post by fairfox on Apr 17, 2007 1:23:59 GMT -4
Welcome to eBay, GG! It's a little like the little girl, with the little curl...etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2007 1:40:17 GMT -4
The rating thing seems very unreliable if no one ever gives a bad rating because they're afraid of retaliatory poor ratings. I mean, how good can the ratings be if this is going on? This is why I always try to read the comments with the ratings if I am planning on spending any money. Sometimes the comments that go with positive ratings can flag that the transaction wasn't really ideal. For example, If I got bad or little service but a good product, I would probably still give a positive rating to the transaction, but with a comment about the service. I think it is natural to expect that most sellers have high positive ratings, otherwise they couldn't continue to sell. Kind of like if a real shop gave you altogether bad service and shitty products they would go out of business. Maybe I have really low standards of what is acceptable service on ebay, because I have never left a negative or even a neutral.
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Post by ladyvorkosigan on Apr 17, 2007 2:42:59 GMT -4
I forgot about the Easter holiday. It's more forgivable, knowing that. The dude shouldn't have lied about it, though. Who does that?
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thingamajig
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Post by thingamajig on Apr 17, 2007 7:14:52 GMT -4
Are you in the US? I don't recall the PO being closed at all for Easter.
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grumpygirl
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Post by grumpygirl on Apr 17, 2007 13:57:36 GMT -4
I figured that I could give him a good rating and then say something that sends off alarms without being rude, like "Payment received within 24 hours" and nothing else. It's not an insult but it's not warm and fuzzy. Thanks for all the input because this is all new to me!!
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Post by ladyvorkosigan on Apr 17, 2007 15:00:58 GMT -4
Yeah, I'm in the US and so is the seller. I can't remember if the post office was closed, either. But I chickened out and left him a positive, though I mentioned that the shipping was slow in hte feedback.
Yesterday, I bought my second thing from eBay. I'm totally hooked!
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