[78-L] eBay payment held hostage by buyers!

[Stephen Davies]

        Having used the 78-L as a primer, I contacted my eBay seller after 
my first ever smashed record arrived.
        He expressed sympathy but stood by the quality of his inadequate 
packaging.  We'll set that issue aside.
        However, he's asking me to leave positive feedback because he says 
PayPal is still holding up my payment to him.  Is that possible with eBay? 
 I assumed that my payment to him went straight thru before he shipped.
        I can see how savvy yet unscrupulous people can exploit such an 
unmoderated bazaar like eBay.

- Stephen D
in Calgary

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:22:36 -0600
From: "Jim Whipkey" <suuford at msn.com>
Subject: [78-L] Ebay feed back being held as hostage by sellers!

Oh my goodness Buck, I couldn't  agree more......with the seller!

As a buyer and seller I have been on both ends of  this  matter and 
particularly as a seller,  have seen abuses by buyers.   Especially since 
E-Bay  recently decreed sellers  may not leave negative feedback  to 
buyers,  it is  clear to me the   hostage takers are the buyers.  I  can 
not imagine  why  I would  give positive feedback to a buyer   before 
receiving some   feedback   to confirm  the  sale  has been completed to 
the buyers satisfaction.  The feedback  rating system  by E-bay  is  so 
rigged in favor of the buyer.   Even a neutral  feedback to a buyer  pulls 
the  rating down  dramatically.   So you don't leave feedback, so what, 
you have not hurt the  seller, so he doesn't leave feedback for you?  so 
what,  your numbers don't increase and  a lot of sellers  base  their 
decision to sell on how much feedback they have accumulated and  ignore 
the  low number feedback buyers. 
Sorry for  my rant,  but to  try and keep  this on topic,  of my last two 
sales  of a 78 record on E-Bay,  one  promptly left positive feedback  and 
I just as promptly left same for him. The other  has not  responded and I 
can only assume  he  received his record in good condition and was 
satisfied.
Jim Whipkey

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