HOW MANY OTHER SELLERS HAVE HAD A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NON PAYING BUYERS SINCE THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR BUYERS WAS REMOVED??
I FIND IT TOTALLY UNFAIR, WE SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO EBAY NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THEIR THOUGHTS RE REVENGE FEEDBACK AND PROTECTING THE BUYERS FROM BAD SELLERS, BUT AS I HAVE SAID TO THEM , THAT IS NOT THE CASE WHEN ALLOWING SELLERS TO LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ONLY WHEN AND IF A BUYER DOES NOT PAY...THAT IS NOT REVENGE AND IT GIVES US A CLEARER INSIGHT INTO THE TYPE OF BUYER WE ARE DEALING WITH. UNPAID STRIKES DO NOT WARN US, THE BUYER STILL APPEARS TRUSTWORTHY AND THEIR FEEDBACK DOES NOT TELL THE TRUTH OF THE SITUATION , WHIICH ACCORDING TO EBAY IS THE PURPOSE OF FEEDBACK.
Yes, i agree. i currently have 6 people that i'm waiting on. It drives me mad. I really don't understand why they bother to bid when they have no intention of paying.
Not being able to leave bad feedback for bad buyers is really unfair. It's as if ebay is only caring about buyers, but without sellers there is no ebay. I wonder if they realize that. It should be an equal place for all. Buyers seem to be able to get away with anything, but buyers get penalized for things that aren't even their fault.
As a percentage I have far fewer non payers than I had in the days when sellers could leave negs. Back then I usually had one non payer per six month selling session but I only sold a few second hand items a week on one id. Now I sell many, many more than that on three different ids and last session I got two non payers on my store id, one on my auction id and zero on my BIN/best offer id so all in all a far lower percentage.
The OP should be grateful to ebay for not allowing them to leave negs, they would most likely leave comments in the same style as they do now with them being more obvious with a red dot, not a good look.
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Ebay seem obsessed with "defects" of late. I'd like to see all non paying bidders given a visual "defect" to their feedback. This might encourage more sellers to open disputes rather than leave neg feedback under a positive dot!
Good luck with seeing eBay change any of their "perceived" improvements any time soon.
Let alone see them boot the scammers off the site as quick as they do a few sellers that have only a very short history of "defects".
eBay should really have an obvious presence on these boards and not just let Lithium moderate it.
They (ebay) ask members to let them know how to improve their site...........well a couple of their employees looking on the boards (and giving input of course) would be a very good start, I'm aware that only a few % of members get here - but I reckon it would show that eBay cares at least a little about the members that keep their business alive.
Unfortunately I see a very good trading site going seriously downhill, as a buyer I've already seen 5 or 6 of my regular sellers pull out over the last couple of months - these are guys that have been around for 10+ years or so.
Selling? I've thought very seriously about it but to be honest it really looks too hard to sell on eBay without making a loss, or making no sales due to the "favoured few" that can't do any wrong..........................(bites tongue)
Yes, I will try selling, but I certainly don't expect to make a living out of it, breaking even or making a few bucks to clear out some "treasure" would be fine.
But if I get to the point where I do want to sell some good stuff, I'll be hoping that my knowledge of eBay will let me avoid most of the pitfalls............
That would include having worldwide exposure, but due to eBay's setup at the moment means maybe only part of my listings actually are listed worldwide........hmmmm...........
