@gutterpunkz05 wrote:
You are aware that there are massive worldwide logistical delays at present, and that large quantities of stock is not where it is supposed to be, not even in the right countries, let alone delivered to distributors on time.
For many years now, the retail practice has been STOCK ON TIME, which relates to constant supply of sufficient stock, rather than having to purchase, stock and store, extensive bulk inventory, and passing on the extra costs to the consumer. This practice is currently operating under extreme circumstances, lack of supply, lack of shipping, extreme lack of shipping containers (unloaded containers not being returned to point of need) etc, etc, etc.
Leave whatever FB you feel like, but please consider the circumstances stockists are currently operating under. You might also like to consider that the seller has already been penalised by ebay, loss of FVF
and service metric defect recorded, which can eventuate in the seller having to pay increased fees.
Mainly talking about the red bit.
As a buyer, I won't take this into account except under really special circumstances. Why should a buyer have to consider it if a seller hasn't? Sure, there are worldwide delays, but I would expect a seller to know that too and advertise accordingly.
If they haven't got the stock and they know delivery time is iffy, don't list it. Easy.
It's not as if this is a new thing they have been hit with unexpectedly, we are 2 years into the pandemic.
So if a seller gets hit with loss of FVF or a service metric defect, so be it. Sometimes that might be the only way to get them to be a bit more careful in future.
