Originally Posted by
Stacey
This is a bull***** practice and you know it. I can't believe you have the cajones to announce that to us.
As a buyer, if I pay you promptly with clear funds, a valid shipping address and enough information for you to connect the payment to the product, then my obligation to you has been completed and I deserve positive feedback. No ifs ands or buts about it. This is non-negotiable.
As a seller , your obligation to me is to promptly and securely pack the item I just paid you for and deliver it to the proper transfer agent for cartage to my domicile. When I receive the aforementioned package, if the product is in as advertised condition, this is when you the seller get your attaboy.
If you've done you job correctly there is no swordpoint to be held with.
I refuse to do business with any seller who advertizes that they hold my feedback hostage.
I've been selling on ebay for about ten years. I've always left feedback for the buyer upon shipping the item. That way I can put the date shipped right on their feedback so they know the purchase is on the way. I've never worried about getting a negative because I make sure there's not going to be a reason to get one.
With two accounts and a combined total of around 10,000 sales I've really not had that high percentage of schmucks over the years, hardly any really. Way less then when I worked in a retail store and would have a few a day. Some of it has to do with what you are selling. Cool stuff attracts mostly cool people, I guess. Mainstream crap brings in the dicks.