thanks phil... my sentiments exactly.
enough of the crying, whining and nashing of teeth... lol
jeff
On Sep 1, 2008, at 10:51 PM, Phil Edwards wrote:
I am actually presuming all you guys really are not this naive
about how this all works and why?
Crikey!
And DSR is an acronym for what?
Phil
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From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] This Is Patently Absurd
It certainly is absurd. The eBay discussion boards are full of
criticism the flaws in eBay's DSR rating system. There have been
reports of sellers who offer free shipping who have received low
ratings for postage costs. Basically, if you drop below a certain
level your listings will be lowered in searches so you may as well
not list.
I dont think buyers should be allowed to rate sellers on postage
costs. In many cases they dont even know what the actual cost of
postage is so how can they leave an informed rating?
There is more on the way. Soon you will have to specify a return
policy in your listings. Apparently, sellers will be "encouraged"
to offer a full return policy including paying for shipping both
ways. If you do this your listing will be "raised" in searches ie
if you dont your listings will be buried. Many of us already have
this policy but it is open to abuse and there have been some
complaints already about the new policy on the eBay discussion boards.
Regards
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Linkenback
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] This Is Patently Absurd
Same thing has happened to me Freeman.
Since I moved to exact shipping charges (not even counting the cost
of tubes or masonite), my shipping has dropped below 4.7 instead of
the 4.9 that it was.
And my shipping time has taken a hit from overseas customers – I
guess they all want priority for regular airmail prices or
something, as they keep lowering my rating even though I usually
ship within 48 hours.
The eBay system is designed to pretty much give 4 stars on average
– look at what the ratings say when you rate someone next time you
buy something.
Description:
4 stars – accurate
5 stars – very accurate
Communication
4 stars – satisfied
5 stars – very satisfied
Shipping Time
4 stars – quickly
5 stars – very quickly
Shipping Charges
4 stars – reasonable
5 stars – very reasonable
So if someone thinks exact postage is reasonable, they will leave 4
stars – get enough 4 stars and you will get thrown off eBay now.
You send an email saying an order is shipping (maybe automated) –
ok, I think that’s satisfactory communication so I leave 4 stars
and again I’m helping you get thrown off eBay. Someone gets a
package from you in a week, that seems quickly right? Ok check the
4 stars again and you’re another step closer to not being able to
sell anymore.
eBay needs to take better steps to inform buyers that 4 stars is a
BAD rating and could result in sellers not being allowed to sell,
they are basically saying if you describe your items accurately,
communicate satisfactorily, ship quickly and charge a reasonable
amount for shipping they don’t want you as a seller because that is
the definition of 4 star behavior.
Sean
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Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] This Is Patently Absurd
Mopoers,
I just checked on my seller status or whatever the hell its called
on Ebay as its the first of the month. I now have a lowered
listing status due to my shipping in the last 30 days coming in
with a 4.5 average rating and not 4.6.
I went back to my feedback and at least the first 10 or 20 praise
me for fast and expert shipping. 80% of my sales in August were
overseas but the bulk of those have hardly left feed back. 100% of
those shipping charges were short a couple of dollars what I
charged to as high as $10 short. Is it possible if people just
leave feedback and don't trouble with the number ratings that its
being averaged as zero? Plus its completely false. This is so
screwed. My user ID is flixspix if you can find something I am not
seeing. Oh and my one negative is a retaliatory posting after
filing a negative against a seller after sending a money order for
$500 that he cashed before I could reverse and not receiving my
poster. And that seller has gotten 3 more negs since mine and he
is still on Ebay.
Khafka had a word for this bullsh*t.
freeman
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