Just got this feedback...

[theforcemedia]

4 stars on delivery just because ebay timing was a bit too "optimistic"

What a legend! This was a delivery to UK over the holiday period. It was well late.

They're not all naive bumheads after all. eBay on the other hand....

[imastawka]

I think that makes you the perfect buyer Lyndal

[lyndal1838]

Well my regular sellers think so, but judging by what I read on the boards I am not because I ignore what sellers say in their listings.

[imastawka]

Yeah,  but I bet you don't wait a month, then open a INR, without contacting the seller,

absolutely refuse a refund, then say ya want them to re-send the items

(especially when those items are very popular and they are the last 2!!)

                             

                                                  

                                                                   

     Cos you're nice, Lyndal  

[dazzledayz]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

Possibly better wording would be "did the seller post within their stated handling time?"

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That would be better wording providing there is a way to see the sellers handling time.

All I could find on a listing was the info I put there myself as buyer instructions via a "Policy".

eBay say they include handling time in their ETA calculation but don't appear to state it.

They do say this however:

" Estimated delivery dates include seller's handling time, origin postcode, destination postcode and time of acceptance and will depend on postage service selected and receipt of cleared payment. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods". 

(my italics)

So eBay reserve the right to be wrong and admit that AP may not be as quick as anticipated.

Yet they are more than willing to penalise us if things go awry.

I would have thought a large American multinational would be a lot more ethical lol.

[lyndal1838]

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@dazzledayz wrote:

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I would have thought a large American multinational would be a lot more ethical lol.

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Surely you jest!!

Ethics was never ebay's strong point.

[digital*ghost]

eBay should scrap the postage time DSR entirely now that they've got this stupid shipping metric - any possible value of an opinion on how quickly the seller posted, or anything else related to shipping time, is completely overruled by that question, and/or all associated eventualities from lodgement / delivery events, whether there was tracking or not. 

Personally, I wish much more that buyers would stop using the "how accurate was the seller's description" DSR to rate how much they liked an item. 

[dazzledayz]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@dazzledayz wrote:

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I would have thought a large American multinational would be a lot more ethical lol.

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Surely you jest!!

Ethics was never ebay's strong point.

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Don't worry, the "lol" on the end of the last statement was more of an hysterical cackle!