positive and 5 stars

[amalan11]

     I just wanted to say something about this.On a thread recently a seller said they could not understand why a buyer would leave a positive without 5 stars in every line.At the time I had to go to work and now I cannot find thread to reply but thought it was interesting.

I have only ever left one Neg in all my transactions but have marked down stars due to one thing being wrong like post;

      For example, I brought some plant bulbs off a seller and on asking for post was told they would need a 5kg express post bag at $25 ..OK I agreed I assumed they must be big

When they arrived They were actually 1.3 kg ,she had used a 5kg express post bag  stuffed with newspaper so I got what I paid for but To this day it is a mystery to me why she needed a 5kg express post bag for 1.3kg of bulbs that last fine in post.The bulbs were great big healthy ones and she had given me 20 extra so I would not consider a neg but gave pos and 5 stars for description,communication and post time but 2 stars for post cost .as everything else was great

   I think that this was fair as it would not be in anyway fair to neg her over it when that was all that was wrong and the stars are a way to reflect where there is only a small problem in one area .

[thecatspjs]

The OP has not "carried on" about anything that I can see.

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

I am not sure where CQs $3 comes from.  - There is not quite $10 difference between a 3kg and 5kg express post satchel and has been for many years.

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A few years back, when the 5kg standard satchels weren't available everywhere (and in fact most people didn't know about them), the difference between a normal 3kg satchel and an express 5kg satchel was not very much, about $4-$5 from memory.

So the seller may have decided between normal 3kg or express 3kg and maybe fitting all the plants their customers buy in one, or the 5kg and always being able to fit their buyer's purchase in one. Still just a theory, but that seems like a pretty appropriate decision to me, if it so happened that were the case.

[thecatspjs]

In the OP the post cost quoted and paid was $25.

Plan bulbs must be signficantly bigger in other states than they are in Victoria.

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

The OP has not "carried on" about anything that I can see.

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No, they haven't - the OP posted in response to the seller's complaint of receiving low ratings with a positive comment, and to highlight the fact that some aspects of a transaction can be disappointing even though overall, the transaction is positive, and this can result in a low star being left, without a word from the buyer to the seller.

The seller's response - or at least mine - has been centred around the fact that most seller's complaint is more about receiving low ratings and not knowing why the buyer was disappointed. 

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

In the OP the post cost quoted and paid was $25.

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So?

That's what the buyer paid, not what the seller paid. 

[thecatspjs]

your comment just proves you are on another tangent DG and have not understood my posts.

[robinsonmarineparts]

The OP has come here for what reason.................................................................................... aahh yes to have a **bleep** about the QUOTED postage costs.

[digital*ghost]

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@thecatspjs wrote:

your comment just proves you are on another tangent DG and have not understood my posts.

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You were talking about the (supposed) inappropriate packaging choice the seller made, which is what I have been responding to.

[robinsonmarineparts]

Yeaaaah, got it, Quote $25.00, if you don't like it don't pay, really is very simple to the norm.

[thecatspjs]

Can't see it myself.

But I can see that you are whinging about an OP that you think is whinging - always amusing to me.