Deadlord39 wrote:It got tired of him pigeonholing Acaeum bidders. Karma, ya dang Brit!Al, I don't think you have much to worry about as far as getting dinged by a buyer. You've always been exemplary.
g026r wrote:One thing I've noticed with their feedback changes: while the total feedback number has often gone up for some sellers, the fact that they now only calculate by one-year periods has resulted in some sellers having their feedback percentage taking a nosedive.I've seen a few making sudden drops from mid- to high-99% to mid-98%. Ouch.
Aneoth wrote:Yup... Al has always been at the top of the heap as a seller (Buyer too).The mode of delivery is not (Usually*) a big probem for me as a buyer, more so if the item is damage due to lack of care in packing by the seller.*Of course, on the other hand I do not enjoy seeing something like an RPG Adventure module shipped in a thin envelope and being bent in half by the postal carrier so that it can be stuffed into the tiny mail box.In that case, if I thought the seller had packed it in a way that did not comport to safe delivery and the seller would not resond to my questions as to why, then a neg would (IMO) be well justified.It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that writting DO NOT BEND on both sides of an envelope is not that big a time consumer and is really worth the small bit of effort expended.
killjoy32 wrote:wel its funny you should say that jason, cos i had an instance the other day. perfect for what i was saying.i sent a guy 2 mods. i dont have to, but i packed them in a jiffy, in a plastic sleeve to protect the mods and then two pieces of thick card, to help keep the parcel firm and then write do not bend on both sides. pretty good job, if i have to say so myself. not only that, i sent the package out 2 days after payment (would have been quicker but work didnt permit the time), still pretty quick imo, as he got it the morning after. he left glowing feedback, but marked my DSRs with "average"so my ratings temp went from 4.9 to 4.8. is that fair? i didnt think i offered an average service. without blowing my own trumpet, i felt i offered a damn f-ing great service, not only that, i but i e-mailed him and advised of the parcel being sent too!!!!now thats what i am on about. i feel that i have been hard done to there and there isnt a damn thing i can do. his reply to me upon questioning it, was "i just left average, i always do". well no shit sherlock...that really helps things. so my DSR goes down for no real reason at all, because some muppet cant grade things properly!really p's me off for sure. i wonder sometimes, why i bother making the effort to go an extra yard. oh maybe it was the £0.07 i charged for handling, which covers a brand-new jiffy, materials etc.....hmmm yea i guess i overdid it there feckin dumbassneedless to say he is blocked now, cant be arsed with it.Al
mbassoc2003 wrote:You know what. I don't generally care whether a seller has 2 stars or four stars. If I want an item I'll buy if from them. If their negative feedback says 'this guy wrapped my woodgrain in brown paper and shipped it in a bag of rocks' and there's a stack of other people leaving similar comments, then I might think twice.On the whole, I don't think eBay buyers really care much about any of the rating systems. They are looking for a bargain. If you've got the one they want, you get the sale. When it gets closer to market value, or up into the collectables, on the whole you're dealing with intelligent people, and they know not to put too much weight behind rating systems and negative feedback. And if they aren't that intelligent, then maybe you don't want to be selling to them anyways.Don't worry about all that eBay crap. Put up good product with accurate shipping costs. Pack it as if it was gonna be handled by monkeys (it is!), and ship on time. Business will do just fine.
JZavoda wrote:Except ebay offers a %15 discount if you have a high DSR. So true that the buyers might not give a toss about stars but some do, so that's sales lost, and then there is the bottomline. Between ebay and paypal the fees really eat into profit from ebay and %15 savings is nothing to sneeze at.
Badmike wrote:But that's part of Ebay's fake carrott and stick approach, Jason. Don't pine for the 15% discount because ITS NOT REALISTIC ANYONE IS GOING TO GET IT!!! When the change came, I wasn't trying to get a discount and changed practically nothing, because I figured if I even got a 5% discount (which I finally got this month) it was a bonus, pure and simple. And just to comment on shipping, I refused to offer free shipping since I use priority mail (to get there quicker, and supplies are free), and as a matter of fact RAISED my shipping costs to make up for the USPS higher costs. So, I raised shipping, and refuse to offer free shipping, what happened? My DSRs went UP enough the last few months to give me a discount. Try to figure that out. The campaign to force everyone to use "Free Shipping" only helps Ebay, it does nothing to improve your DSRs, feedback, or bottom line.Mike B.
JZavoda wrote:I disagree, free shipping has gotten me some regular customers and helped my more humdrum postings get a little notice on the listing pages. It has helped my bottom line, and its saved me from having to try and work out shipping costs, which I hate with a passion.It is a carrot, the %15, and since I'm a closet cleaner now instead of a reseller I doubt I'll reach the sales to even make the lowest level of power seller. but that doesn't stop me from wanting it, just a tiny, eeny weensy bit anyway, and I like the %100 and good feedback from people. To someone still in the brotherhood it is a different story and I've mentioned elsewhere that a lot of ebay customers never check what the shipping is or figure the shipping cost into what they are actually paying. To me $20 is $20, whether I spend it on something delivered or out of a storefront. So if I pay $10 for a high bid and $10 more for shipping I count that as $20 spent on the item, but talk to a lot of newbie buyers and they think they've only spent $10.
mbassoc2003 wrote:Fees only eat into profit if they are not factored in in the first instance. Total Cost + Profit Margin = Price.I know that if you're trying to shift a box of used B2s in a market full of games stores selling used B2s, then your probably onto a loss there, but then that's just a case of trying to sell the wrong product in the wrong market. Regular market economics work here just the same as they do everywhere else.As for the propensity of certain buyers to be swayed by eBay's insentive schemes, I would suggest these people are just as susceptable to buy life insurance based on television adverts. And again, you have to factor in whether your intended buyer has a low, moderate or high intelligence level.
