It's really quite simple. Positive feedback from the buyer indicates that they are pleased with the merchandise. Only when they indicate that they are pleased is the transaction complete. To leave feedback before the buyer okays the merchandise is foolish. The true "jerk" is the seller who does so. Paul On Jan 23, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Perry Pellechia wrote: > >> I agree 100%. I just bought a Optech strap from an eBay dealer >> and he >> "thanked" me for the sale and wrote "you can anticipate us leaving >> positive feedback for you ... when you have posted positive feedback >> for us." >> >> This is BS. I bought the item via buy-it-now and paid immediately. >> He should be leaving positive feedback for me at that moment. I have >> lived up to my part of the deal and feedback should not be considered >> part of the payment. >> >> Needless to say I am not going to be making any repeat business with >> this dealer nor will I be leaving any feedback. > > I agree with you. I refuse to leave feedback for anyone who implies a > threat like that, unless it's negative feedback, and I usually report > such nonsense to the Ebay staff. > > As a seller, I post feedback on the buyer when I have received > payment and shipped the product to them via a tracked service. That's > when my part of the transaction is complete. > > As a buyer, I leave feedback when the transaction is completed ... > when I have received all the merchandise I paid for and verified its > condition. Earlier than that would not reflect an evaluation of the > transaction, that's when the transaction is complete. > > Case in point: > > My old LD player died for the third time and I could not justify > sending it out for a $240 repair again. Meanwhile, I still have a > huge number of LDs that I like, many of which are not available on > DVD yet (nor do I really want to buy them again). So I hunted around > and found that I could get a serviceable if not quite the same > quality Pioneer CL D2400 for about $35 from a vendor on Ebay. Not a > great player but good enough for my purposes. I used the BIN, paid > immediately, and waited for the package to arrive. The seller and > shipped the package on time, left positive feedback as I had > fulfilled my part of the transaction. The player arrived on schedule, > but the remote listed in the auction was not in the box. I sent a > note asking whether there'd been some mistake, as the auction clearly > listed the remote as included. The seller responded within a day, > their mistake, and they would send on the remote separately. It > arrived in four days, I tested it with the player and everything > worked well, the seller had completed their part of the transaction > properly. I left feedback that the transaction was positive with good > communications and item as described. > > That's how it should work. > > Only a jerk would consider the feedback to be part of the transaction > on the part of the buyer and the obligation of the buyer to post > first. I would never knowingly buy anything from a jerk. > > G > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
