[78-L] Ebay feed back being held as hostage by sellers!

[David Lennick]

I gave up on eBay several months ago. The disasters were starting to outnumber 
the good transactions.

dl

Tom wrote:
> Let's get back to basics.
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> The best sellers I've worked with on ebay follow up after the item has been shipped. It's usually a brief note just asking for confirmation that the item has been received. I'm always happy to answer these emails and re-confirm back to the seller that the item arrived in good condition. Usually I send back an email that says something like "Yes, the LP arrived in the mail the other day. Thanks for the prompt service. I'm in the process of leaving positive feedback for you and would appreciate your doing the same for me when you have the chance to do so." I then leave positive feedback for the seller. In every case, I've also had the seller automatically leave positive feedback for me as well.
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> For items I've sold on ebay, the process works the same way in reverse.
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> There are a fair number of sellers on ebay who are flakes. I've only run across a couple of them since I started buying stuff on ebay about nine years ago. All the other transactions I've had have worked out fine.
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> I think you guys are looking for a problem where not much of one exists. If the seller is a flake and sends out an item that arrives damaged, and is unwilling to make good on the transaction in a manner that seems reasonable to you, leave negative feedback and move on.
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> In nine years of buying and selling stuff on ebay I've had to do so exactly two times.
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> Tom
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