@4channel wrote:
Well, I don't claim, I have been involved in sales and to say I am naiive isn't all that nice.
That is a claim - it may be a matter of fact to you, but it's certainly not substantiated in any way to the rest of the people who read your posts. Same as me stating anything about myself. eg I've said I run multiple stores on various platforms... Do you know if that's true?
I pointed this out because you implied that a note asking buyers to leave feedback supports your theory that sellers feel feedback is an integral part of eBay, and I find that to be a pretty significant misreading (and ergo misrepresentation) of the primary reason sellers do that, which I have mentioned it to you before. I also find that kind of misreading - from someone who says they have been in sales - a little confusing and at odds with a proclaimed history in sales.
Perhaps I should have softened my language and not started the post with a "lol", I'm sure that is not the best way to engage someone, but I stand by the content of my post even if it reads a little less friendly, which was that:
Marketing tactics are used to get a desired outcome, sometimes it's subtle, sometimes it's overt and done quite distastefully (as was the comic I included as an example), and that I'm surprised someone with a history in sales doesn't recognise this when they get little notes from sellers in with their packages.
Wordless languages.
