With Corona affecting postage Ebay should go back to 3 months time to leave feedback instead of 2

[4channel]

It used to be 3 months a ways back in the 2000s. Over the last few years I have had some difficult-to-deal-with sellers, and to get a problem reciified it has taken a long time. At least three have taken a very very long time. Two of them took longer than two months to resolve.

Now we have this viirus problem, some postal services have slowed down. A non eBay transaction had to be cancelled and me refunded. It was from the UK. Then last week, 3 days off of 2 months, the item arrived. I have informed seller and will refund later this week.

So, in light of what is going on, I think eBay should change it back to 3 months  instead of  the current 2 months to leave feedback. What are your thoughts?

[padi*0409]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

old chap . . . pffffffffft!

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................"Doddering Dero" more like.............

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>runs really fast>>>>>>>>>>>

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@padi*0409 wrote:

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

old chap . . . pffffffffft!

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................"Doddering Dero" more like.............

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>runs really fast>>>>>>>>>>>

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padi running really fast !!!!!!! . . . now that is funny.

[padi*0409]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

padi running really fast !!!!!!! . . . now that is funny.

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Did I not mention it was downhill ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuktushEhY

[4channel]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

old chap . . . pffffffffft!

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Well actually it was originally "squire" but since cobber, amigo haven't gone down that good in the past, I decided to go back and edit it with "old chap" as the replacement.

On the serious side now, a whole disruption has been thrown our way. Parcels are taking a whole lot longer to arrrive in many cases and some countries unable to sort out the bind that they have got themselves into. I just think that giving a month extra to make it 3 months again gives much needed negotating time in a very difficult time. When things get back to normal (Hopefully they will) then it can be put back to 2 months.

[digital*ghost]

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@4channel wrote:

So, in light of what is going on, I think eBay should change it back to 3 months  instead of  the current 2 months to leave feedback. What are your thoughts?

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No thanks.

But then, I don't sell internationally on here and I don't see any reason for my local buyers to need that long, and all of my international buying these days is off-eBay, where feedback just.... isn't really a thing at all.

eBay has focused on the things that matter most to the majority of members, feedback is barely a blip on their radar by the looks of things, except for some measures protecting sellers from negs and neuts during this time.

It might happen, but I doubt it's a priority and if it does, I would hope it applies to international transactions only.  

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@4channel wrote:

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

old chap . . . pffffffffft!

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Well actually it was originally "squire" but since cobber, amigo haven't gone down that good in the past, I decided to go back and edit it with "old chap" as the replacement.

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why bother?

[davewil1964]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@4channel wrote:

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

old chap . . . pffffffffft!

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Well actually it was originally "squire" but since cobber, amigo haven't gone down that good in the past, I decided to go back and edit it with "old chap" as the replacement.

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why bother?

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Because pretending to be polite will make you more likely to accept his view?

[ponies68]

I'd love if we could have longer to leave feedback.
I bought something from China back in March (no one has my permission to go all"peeping tom" on my purchases)
The item only arrived today. I knew it would take quite a while and was happy to wait.
It turned out to be even better than I hoped for.
I would love to be able to leave feedback. Sadly I can only message the seller and let them know how happy I am.

[4channel]

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@davewill1964 wrote:

Because pretending to be polite will make you more likely to accept his view?

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Haha come off it davewill1964. I've been around looooong enough to know that it would never work with him. Not with Mr. Cantankerous.

[digital*ghost]

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@ponies68 wrote:

I would love to be able to leave feedback. Sadly I can only message the seller and let them know how happy I am.

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Story time, because I'm procrastinating...

I opened my own website nearly 2 years ago - my pre-existing stores kept me pretty busy because they are all on platforms that come with inbuilt traffic, and they all have reviews left for me by buyers.

Those reviews / feedback comments probably help me a bit, but on sites like this, it's more common for bad feedback to outright prevent purchase than it is for good feedback to be the deciding factor.

I mention my site, and how long I have been running it for one main reason, though - I have enabled product reviews (no one's left any as yet  ) but there's not really any feedback system, and for almost all of the time I've had it, sales on there were sporadic and I didn't really put any effort into driving traffic there myself.

Then, about 2 months ago, someone who found that site through a google search and placed an order was so impressed that they independently decided to share a link to the site with a high recommendation on Facebook.

Ever since they did that, I have almost not been able to keep up with sales on some days.

Genuine word of mouth recommendations beats thousands upon thousands of eBay feedback comments everyone has seen a million times over, or even the most glowing ones people can't see at all once they drop off the first page (which can happen in hours sometimes).