Is leaving feedback safe?

[comics.cards.clothes]

Let me first start off by saying that eBay is way to heavily weighted towards the buyer. With eBay and paypal policies and enforcement it amounts to a shoplifters paradise and a genuine hard working sellers nightmare. But after reading recent posts on the new defect seller requirements, correct me if I am wrong but sellers are able to go back and see what transaction in fact caused said defect and who and what buyer caused it. I am all for sellers being able to block buyers who leave them negative, neutral or low dsr ratings. In fact I believe if a buyer does so they should automatically be blocked from future purchases from the seller that they left low or negative ratings. But if a seller can now go back and see who caused them a problem and has their name and address can potentially now leave the feedback leaver in personal danger from a disgruntled seller. I feel the whole feedback system is a bit of a joke but if one can see who leaves low feedback there is now a danger for buyers leaving feedback that affects sellers negatively. In closing I know 99.999% of sellers would do nothing more than block a trouble buyer, but it's the .001% who will use this info to do harm in one way or another.

[spacetomatoes]

Hi foxette - I'm not sure if I'm using the Ebay label printing system wrong but I have personally found that Ebay will mark an item as sent as soon as I print the label. Even when I change the shipping date to the next business day available (since I usually print my labels at night).

If I printed my label on Monday then lodged the parcel on Wednesday and my handling time was 5 days - I think that would be acceptable. Your thoughts?

[foxette-in-sox]

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@spacetomatoes wrote:

Hi foxette - I'm not sure if I'm using the Ebay label printing system wrong but I have personally found that Ebay will mark an item as sent as soon as I print the label. Even when I change the shipping date to the next business day available (since I usually print my labels at night).

If I printed my label on Monday then lodged the parcel on Wednesday and my handling time was 5 days - I think that would be acceptable. Your thoughts?

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That's a hard one spacetomatoes as the buyer would still be wondering why you took 2 days to post the item.

It's not the handling time that is the problem, it is obviously the ebay label printing that misleads the buyer.

JMO but sellers would be better off NOT printing the label until they are actually going to post ie even the night before would be understandable, NOT days in advance.