ebay feedback |
View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
gatfb
Joined: 05 Nov 2011 Posts: 331
|
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:59 pm
Post subject: ebay feedback |
|
|
After a lay off I've just started selling again on ebay. I wanted to leave feedback for my buyers but there seems to be some laborious new system in place. I started to leave FB but just gave up as it was so time consuming and
unnecessary. Another change for change sake or does anyone like it ? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
bee007
Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 249
|
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 7:41 pm
Post subject: ebay feedback |
|
|
Although the Feedback system has changed, it actually doesn't take that long to do. As a regular buyer off Ebay, as soon as my item(s) arrive I leave the Feedback straight away instead of letting it accumulate. If you can't be bothered to leave your buyers Feedback, then as a seller they might not leave you any, then you get to the point where if nobody left any Feedback, there would be no ratings for anyone. This isn't a dig at you, just a realisation of what could happen. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
highlandjambo
Joined: 20 Feb 2010 Posts: 209
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:13 am
Post subject: Ebay feedback |
|
|
I always pay within minutes of buying a programme, so I think the seller should leave feedback as I paid right away, but most sellers don't leave feedback till AFTER I have left feedback. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
New Forest
Joined: 05 Jun 2017 Posts: 148
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:02 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
Fortunately I did a lot of buying/.selling on eBay years ago when you could give someone a Red Card for shoddy or bad behaviour. So I now only leave positive feedback if someone goes above and beyond what I have come to expect.
I don't bother with those scumbags who charge £1.85 postage and use an ordinary envelope and a second class stamp. If you leave poor feedback, you will only get the same, how much it is undeserved, so why bother.
Too me the standards that I work to are same day postage in a proper board backed envelope and first class stamp. If something goes missing that I have sent, then no quibble refund.
At this moment I won something last Thursday and still waiting nearly a week later. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Maidonian
Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 499
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:06 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
On a tangent, can I just ask some advice regarding an unpaid item. I’ve just selling on ebay again after some years – everyone so far has paid promptly except one (who has 100% feedback) on an item which finished three days ago on Sunday, 4th March totalling under £10.
How long do sellers generally wait before opening an unpaid item case? (I see ebay say you can open it after 2 days)
Any advice appreciated – thank you. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Five and In
Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:47 pm
Post subject: ebay feedback |
|
|
Maidonian wrote: |
On a tangent, can I just ask some advice regarding an unpaid item. I’ve just selling on ebay again after some years – everyone so far has paid promptly except one (who has 100% feedback) on an item which finished three days ago on Sunday, 4th March totalling under £10.
How long do sellers generally wait before opening an unpaid item case? (I see ebay say you can open it after 2 days)
Any advice appreciated – thank you. |
Personally, if payment has not been made after a few days, I would send a message thanking the buyer for the purchase and advising them that the item was packed and ready to post once payment is received.
If payment still hadn't been made after a week, I would send another message asking if there was a problem with making payment or if it had simply slipped their mind.
I would leave it for about two weeks before opening an unpaid item case in case they were on holiday.
Anybody opening a case after two days is asking for bad feedback in my opinion. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
bobholl29
Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 103 Location: Stockport
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:00 pm
Post subject: eBay feedback |
|
|
Thanks to New Forest for calling people who charge £1.85 for postage, a scumbag
I charge £1.60 on average but Man Utd programmes I charge £1.95 due to weight..
eBay take 10% + 20% VAT on postage charges and PayPal 3%. That is a total of 15% that the seller has to pass on to the buyer
A typical programme from 2000 onwards costs £1.30 to post.
From a charge is £1.60 eBay/paypal takes 24p which leaves 6p to cover the cost of the envelope.
And, don't forget new postal charges later this month
I am not backing the people who charge excessive postage, but in most cases, there isn't a problem.
Get your facts right before you call people scumbags
Last edited by bobholl29 on Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:32 pm; edited 2 times in total |
|
Back to top |
|
|
whosbrianwilson
Joined: 08 Aug 2011 Posts: 245
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:23 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
Tbh New Forest, £1-85 is just about what it costs to post one of the modern programmes when you take into account all the various charges.
And personally, I don't appreciate being called a scumbag |
|
Back to top |
|
|
gatfb
Joined: 05 Nov 2011 Posts: 331
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:35 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
Guess, I'll get around to leaving FB come the weekend but it's just another ebay thing that grinds the gears a little.
As for non payment I take the same route as five and in.
And £1.85 for a modern programme as people have pointed out is fair enough. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
New Forest
Joined: 05 Jun 2017 Posts: 148
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:55 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
whosbrianwilson wrote: |
Tbh New Forest, £1-85 is just about what it costs to post one of the modern programmes when you take into account all the various charges.
And personally, I don't appreciate being called a scumbag |
Apologies for that. I should have clarified in meaning a single sheet in an ordinary envelope with perhaps a bit of cardboard cut from a cornflakes packet and a second class stamp all for £1.85. You are talking of modern 21st century programmes with the weight of a Sunday supplement. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Westbourne
Joined: 17 Oct 2017 Posts: 91
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:33 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
I listed some Esso coins at £1.50 Post Free... Some idiot offered 90p by the time I had paid for everything I would be 10p down.. I hate the way Ebay encourages sellers to list items POST FREE.
They are the modern day slave owners, who expect people to work for nothing.. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
littlewiggy
Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1801 Location: Newport
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:32 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
One trend I've noticed increasingly over the last decade is that I always have to leave feedback first, regardless of whether I'm the buyer or the seller. And I still only get feedback back for roughly half of my transactions.
That's something else I lay firmly at eBay's door though - they've made the feedback system so one-stacked and utterly meaningless, no sod bothers with it anymore. And even though I personally consider it good manners to leave feedback as soon as somebody pays me, or something arrives, I don't blame folk for not bothering with it.
EBay can't be arsed with operating the system fairly, so why should its customers?! _________________ NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Auchinleckian Forum Moderator
Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 4352
|
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:49 pm
Post subject: |
|
|
For all it's faults, and it's blandness nowadays, it's still far and away the best place to get the odd gem cheaply. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
DySporting
Joined: 20 May 2015 Posts: 340
|
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:10 am
Post subject: |
|
|
I’m going to do something unusual and praise eBay. I was given my first negative feedback. Apparently I’d charged postage on a free post item. I messaged eBay explained and they removed the feedback. Hassle free no phone calls, all good. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
martino
Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 2165 Location: Beautiful downtown Goostrey, Cheshire
|
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:30 am
Post subject: |
|
|
Westbourne wrote: |
I hate the way Ebay encourages sellers to list items POST FREE. |
So which is best:
Listing an item for £3 post free
OR
Listing an item for £1.50 with £1.50 P&P?
Either way the buyer pays £3 and the seller fees are the same.
Is it the headline price of £1.50 that attracts a buyer or the item being post free? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
GrestytheLion
Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Posts: 203
|
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:38 am
Post subject: |
|
|
It's a tough one, however when buying I look at what I want to pay, add the 2 and see if that is the figure I'm prepared to pay.
However when you charge me £1.50 postage and it arrives in a used envelope with a second class stamp when leaving feedback I will mark your postage as such and have been known to leave feedback but leave a comment about postage |
|
Back to top |
|
|
bee007
Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 249
|
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:56 am
Post subject: ebay feedback |
|
|
On Ebay at the moment, one particular seller has a Badge for £100 with p&p at £7.50 and another Badge at £100 with p&p at £7.00. Also a Badge at £150 p&p £7.00 with another at £125 p&p £7.50. What is with the differences on postage. Surely the packaging on one Badge would be the same, and postage value would cover the same amount. I have bought high priced Badges in the past with Free p&p and they have come next day with just a First class stamp on and no problem. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
martino
Joined: 21 Jun 2011 Posts: 2165 Location: Beautiful downtown Goostrey, Cheshire
|
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:33 am
Post subject: Re: ebay feedback |
|
|
bee007 wrote: |
On Ebay at the moment, one particular seller has a Badge for £100 with p&p at £7.50 and another Badge at £100 with p&p at £7.00. Also a Badge at £150 p&p £7.00 with another at £125 p&p £7.50. What is with the differences on postage. Surely the packaging on one Badge would be the same, and postage value would cover the same amount. I have bought high priced Badges in the past with Free p&p and they have come next day with just a First class stamp on and no problem. |
For higher value items surely it is more attractive to list as post free with first class delivery. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
hibernian
Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 599
|
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:07 am
Post subject: Re: ebay feedback |
|
|
bee007 wrote: |
On Ebay at the moment, one particular seller has a Badge for £100 with p&p at £7.50 and another Badge at £100 with p&p at £7.00. Also a Badge at £150 p&p £7.00 with another at £125 p&p £7.50. What is with the differences on postage. Surely the packaging on one Badge would be the same, and postage value would cover the same amount. I have bought high priced Badges in the past with Free p&p and they have come next day with just a First class stamp on and no problem. |
Special delivery for these badges would cost £6.45 to post. I certainly would not send these with just a first class stamp as if something went wrong the sender would never get his money back from Royal Mail. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
littlewiggy
Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1801 Location: Newport
|
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:09 am
Post subject: |
|
|
I bought 4 badges from a fella in Chile on Friday - I normally only buy in Europe as anything from the Americas can be a nightmare with customs and there's a good chance I might be dead through old age before they arrive.
These though were a massive bargain, I was amazed to buy them unchallenged.
So I'm not overly surprised to see I have a full refund in my PP account this morning - apparently the badges were sold on another site just before I'd bought them - and the seller didn't know.
lol
I'm not too bothered, they were badges I already had, but I knew I could flip them for 1000% profit easily. I'd be pretty pissed if I had needed them for my own collection though.
_________________ NEWPORT COUNTY & GENERAL FOOTY BADGES:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newport-county-badges/albums |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
|
|
|
grantham, 7 hours, 41 minutes ago
Enniskillendoc, 9 hours, 26 minutes ago
James, 9 hours, 59 minutes ago
Raxfactor, 10 hours, 29 minutes ago
Raxfactor, 10 hours, 34 minutes ago
ndg1860, 10 hours, 44 minutes ago
colchestersid, 11 hours, 6 minutes ago
Raxfactor, 11 hours, 53 minutes ago
Pete’s Picture Palace, 1 day, 2 hours ago
Martin1963, 1 day, 6 hours ago
ndg1860, 1 day, 7 hours ago
PhilWBA, 1 day, 8 hours ago
Flaming Pie, 1 day, 10 hours ago
slightfold, 1 day, 11 hours ago
CAFC 1947, 1 day, 16 hours ago
Flaming Pie, 1 day, 17 hours ago
CAFC 1947, 1 day, 17 hours ago
DerbyCounter, 1 day, 18 hours ago
Dorking, 3 days, 14 hours ago
Dorking, 3 days, 15 hours ago
colchestersid, 3 days, 18 hours ago
Raxfactor, 4 days, 13 hours ago
Cpfc jim, 4 days, 13 hours ago
Raxfactor, 4 days, 13 hours ago
Cpfc jim, 4 days, 13 hours ago
grantham, 6 days, 6 hours ago
Pablo2019, 6 days, 7 hours ago
Dorking, 6 days, 12 hours ago
grantham, 6 days, 18 hours ago
seandel1, 6 days, 19 hours ago
Thedoog10, 1 week ago
colchestersid, 1 week ago
kenners46, 1 week ago
Thedoog10, 1 week ago
colchestersid, 1 week, 1 day ago
Spireitenag1955, 1 week, 1 day ago
siddy, 1 week, 1 day ago
DerbyCounter, 1 week, 1 day ago
grantham, 1 week, 2 days ago
pafcprogs, 1 week, 2 days ago
pafcprogs, 1 week, 2 days ago
Flaming Pie, 1 week, 2 days ago
Cpfc jim, 1 week, 2 days ago
FootballShirts24, 1 week, 3 days ago
gatfb, 1 week, 3 days ago
Cpfc jim, 1 week, 3 days ago
grantham, 1 week, 4 days ago
PaulRStoke, 1 week, 5 days ago
manchesterunitedman1, 1 week, 5 days ago
manchesterunitedman1, 1 week, 5 days ago |
|
11,648
Members
10,148
Members Wants
39
Members Mini-Stores
4,227
Members Items for Sale
|
|
|