How can a buyer blackmail you? You have the money, they have your goods. If they're dissatisfied with the goods, tell them to return them and then return their money.
Use an insured, tracked shipping service only, and stipulate that in the communications surrounding the sale. If the goods do not arrive at the destination, the shipper is liable to pay out the insured value. If you have to ship where such service does not exist or is too expensive, get that into writing before you complete the deal, stating that the loss in a situation for non-delivery is between the buyer and the shipping company, and document that the item was shipped. It's the way business transactions have always been done. I see no reason to threaten a buyer with bad feedback so that they will write good things about me first. And if they give me bad feedback in an unjustified manner, I go to the auction host and have them remove it. (No one has ever given me bad feedback.) G On Jan 23, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Fine. I do the same, although I don't restrict bidding. But good > communication and due caution are just common sense. But if you > provide positive feedback before the buyer indicates that the > merchandise is acceptable, you open the door to blackmail and > possible problems. Waiting for approval is common sense as well. Why > would you throw caution to the wind at this point in the transaction. > The buyer can still claim that you didn't send the merchanidise or > that it was not as advertised. Positive feedback is the only > assurance you have that this won't happen. Simple logic. > Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
