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@waddingtonfirstaid wrote:

If you want to have a good rating with eBay and all the bells and whistles involved in its algorithms, to set conditions so your product will come up in a search result, closer to the tope as possible even, then you MUST maintain a fast turn around and FAST delivery service which is 100% reliable.

 

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As a buyer only, I don't expect a fast turnaround. What I do expect is a reasonable turnaround... which isn't the same thing.

If eBay did not penalise sellers for delivery times, I'd be endorsing what you say. There's certainly been an increase in businesslike despatch from many sellers since the earlier days of eBay! However, eBay did and do and almost certainly will continue to do so... that is, penalise sellers for delivery times. That means that sellers have got to protect their standing as sellers because late defects have a serious impact on eBay.

That also means that it's better for some sellers - particularly sellers who are in areas where deliveries may be prone to bottlenecks and delays, or sellers who sell more frequently than some others to buyers who are in slow delivery areas, or sellers who are, for whatever reason, unable to post every day - to pad out the EDD to something more realistic than eBay's "Once upon a time" version.

The OP appears to be a seller who is in that situation.

Better by far to avoid the postage defects than try to race to the top in a FAST 'N FREE battle.