Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
It's not bogus. It's a way for the seller to charge more without paying the eBay fee, and it's a way of retaining more of the money in the event of a returned item.
The seller has a right to verify you're not going to return the item for some contrived BS reason (really buyer's remorse) before giving you feedback. Just because you pay quickly doesn't mean you're a good customer.
I have ONE negative feedback from a whacko nutjob seller. The item I bought never came. She had a tracking number but the number never showed up in USPS (I think that means that she had printed a label). There was no proof the item actually shipped. E-mails were exchanged without resolution - I left her a neutral, she retaliated with vitriol. It wasn't worth it, only a $6 item.... I'll be more careful from now on.
What's wrong with having returns? You pay the shipping back, I'll let you return your mom if you want. Nome sane? You still deserve feedback. I'm not a suspicious person, I don't scam people either.
Everyone is going to get neg'd. It's like losing your virginity... The first time is devastating, the next time is easier. We stopped selling about 2 years ago with over 10,000 unique feedback and a 99.9% feedback rating. Every single customer got their feedback within 24 hours of us receiving payment.
Better yet... We'd ship on an uncleared personal check, and we never had one bounce.