Ebay removing unfairly Neutral feed back

[roverlordoffroadspares]

I purchased from a seller in the UK the listing stated priority international shoipping and had dates of 9 -15 days. So on that basis I order the item, (100gram item).

Seller  it was then sent via Global shipping,  it didn't arrive by the due day,  so I waited , then on the 25 day, I tried to open an enquiry on the Global shipping and  it said I could  not do so until the 25th, so I waited again and did it again  later got the same message  about not until the 25th , even thought it was after that day, I contected seller  seller  not very helpful, put the ball back in my court to chase up.

 Eventually I got the needed item 28 days later after order.

I left neutral feed back and stated shipping was slow. Seller responded to feed back and claimed it was only 20 days  sarcastically to Australia.  This is not what his listing said which I purchased the item on.

I replied to that. Seller must have reported me to ebay as my feed back has been removed.

Is this Global shipping one of Ebays ventures of  getting into to shipping and  you are not genuinely allowed to critisise?

[fred_foofighter]

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@englishrosegardens wrote:

I can only assume that misquoting what I actually said means you have some sort of private agenda.

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You know what they say "assumption is the mother of all mistakes".  However, I have assumed that there is no good in assuming.

[englishrosegardens]

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*tippy*toes* wrote:

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englishrosegardens wrote:

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Grammar?  What's that?  

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She's married to grammpa......:D

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The way the English language is going I reckon that'll soon be about right!  I grew up using the Oxford dictionary as the standard and it's what I used when I worked at court recording.  Then over time the majority of people couldn't spell certain words so suddenly the incorrect spelling becomes the accepted way of spelling it, and even the correct way.  Things that weren't once a word suddenly become a word, like anymore, which was never one word and never will be in my books.  It jars on me every time I see it and always will - along with all the other 'any' words that used to be two words.

[*tippy*toes*]

I'm a bit of a spelling and grammar n*zi. It drives me nuts that people just don't care any more (see, 2 words!!). I find it unacceptable from the youngsters, but even more unacceptable from people who should know better, no one seems to use capital letters any more, unless they're yelling at someone online.

When did it become acceptable not to use a capital at the start of a sentence? When did people start spelling their name with a little letter? Commas and full stops people, they exist for a reason! I've been told I tend to go overboard with commas, but, I'd rather over use them, than not use them at all, like most people these days.

I can't get used to one, big, long sentence that you see so often. I can't get used to text speak. I have a friend who is almost 70 and reading messages from him is dang near impossible. I had to send a few to my step daughter to get her to translate them for me, I had no idea what he was on about.

Any more - 2 words

Every time - 2 words

Everything - 1 word.

To, too and two - people really need to learn the difference

There, their and they're - do not all mean the same thing and aren't interchangeable!

Your, you're - also not interchangeable.

Apparently in the HSC these days, you can write everything like a text message full of abbreviations and ballsed up spelling and still pass with flying colours. thats gr8 m8, a. it jus keeps goin n goin n goin n im gunna b l8. Give me a break. I weep for the future.

[englishrosegardens]

Commas and full stops people, they exist for a reason!

Full stops people, are they sort of like couch potatoes?  I've never heard of them before.  I do believe you may have meant to say "Commas and full stops, people, they exist for a reason."  

I also hate the way people put capital letters at the start of words that aren't meant to have them.  I hate it even more when they put apostrophes in words that are plural and not possessive or an abbreviated word!  Things like "The monkey's were playing in the tree."  One of the locals here was boasting about the high powered jobs she'd held where accuracy was crucial so I went through the manual she'd written up for all us we volunteers and corrected all her spelling errors.  

I generally say nothing about spelling in the forums but the lack of punctuation and grammar makes some of the posts almost impossible to decipher - and they wonder why they can't get a proper answer out of the ebay reps.  Even if the reps did speak perfect English they wouldn't be able to answer questions that don't make any sense!  I notice it's usually the ranters who can't string a sentence together properly, yet they tell us we're a bunch of imbeciles.  

I don't expect everyone to be perfect in their writing skills as we all have different skills, and different skill levels, but I do object to being treated like an idiot by those who don't know how to write at all.  Trying to deciper some of my friends' emails is half the fun of reading them.  When I get super tired it's an effort to do capital letters so one friend often gets emails without any - she understands my health issues.

[lyndal1838]

I understand you Rose.

A few years ago we used to go past a Good Guys store several times a week on the way to the shopping centre and Bunnings.  Plastered all over the side of the building were the items they sold.....Fridge's, TV's, Video's etc.

Every time my husband drove past he commented on it.  After a year or so of his comments I was not sure whether I was annoyed at the store for not correcting the glaring mistakes or with him for commenting all the time.  In the end I threatened violence if he made one more comment.

The most amazing thing about it was that the owner of the store had been a school teacher in a previous life but even he had not noticed the mistakes until my husband pointed it out....but did nothing.  If it had been me I would have demanded that the signwriters correct it.   It did not inspire us with confidence in dealing with the store.

[fred_foofighter]

Keeping to my agenda, I assume you meant to write.

I hate it, even more, when they put .....

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deciper is spelled decipher

[davewil1964]

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@fred_foofighter wrote:

Keeping to my agenda, I assume you meant to write.

I hate it, even more, when they put .....

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deciper is spelled decipher

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I contend -

I hate it even more, when...

[fred_foofighter]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@fred_foofighter wrote:

Keeping to my agenda, I assume you meant to write.

I hate it, even more, when they put .....

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deciper is spelled decipher

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I contend -

I hate it even more, when...

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I content that the commas should be around even more, as it is grammatically a non-restrictive clause to the sentence.

[davewil1964]

I contend, you are 3 days too late.

Or if you prefer -

I, contend, you, are, 3, days, too, late.

Can't have too many commas, after all.

Context, and scansion, is all.

Commas are for natural breaks or asides in a sentence. Say it out loud and the natural point for comma insertion becomes apparent.

My contention, and yours, are possibly both correct. It depends on how you stress the sentence. And certainly doesn't lend your interpretation the weight you seem to think it has.

[englishrosegardens]

dave, you forgot to point out that contend doesn't have a 't' on the end. Or, horror of horrors, did they make a typing error, as I did with decipher?