Do sellers still leave feedback?

[Doofy]

I've won seven items in the last three weeks, paid the same day, or at worst the next day, and have received feedback on none of them.

Hell only in two of the seven did they even acknowledge getting my payment.

Even when I left feedback, and they no longer had to hold it hostage, they still didn't leave me anything.

Is feedback a thing of the past?

[tekobari]

Doofy, I've occasionally had sellers who didn't leave feedback. The excuse is that buyers don't need it.

I believe buyers DO need it. Several times I've asked sellers if they'd send something directly to my mother rather than to me, saving me postage. While that was against their policy, they said that due to my excellent feedback, they'd go ahead and do it. Things like that. So it HAS been useful for me.

Another thing is that I intend to start selling regularly when money picks up a little. I'll be selling in a collectible area, and have noticed that prices and sales haven't dropped very much, since collectors are always buying. Because most buyers look only at the number, and not that the feedback is for buying rather than selling, I'll look pretty trustworthy to them.

Sometimes, when a seller doesn't leave me feedback, I will write to them and explain why I'd appreciate it if they left it for me. They almost always do. At least the "mom-and-pops" do, which is where I do most of my buying. I've found most of my sellers to be nice people; then again, I investigate them pretty well.

I feel bad for the small sellers, which is one reason why I choose them over big ones. The little ones are being run out of town. eBay has just changed SO much over the past ten years or so.

[White Owl]

I agree Doofy. I have bought a few things off and on in the last few months, and I have left feedback for each one. Plus, I have paid within seconds of the auction ending. As a matter of fact, I just gave 5 DSR's to my last buy and I am not holding my breath for feedback. Too bad for them because I probably will not buy from them again.....

BTW, has anyone here even seen any pinks on the boards since the lay offs?

[White Owl]

I feel bad for the small sellers, which is one reason why I choose them over big ones. The little ones are being run out of town. eBay has just changed SO much over the past ten years or so.


Me too, Tek. I was a small time seller and will never sell on ebay again because of this. Remember when it was FUN to sell on ebay?

[janos]

Me too, Tek. I was a small time seller and will never sell on ebay again because of this. Remember when it was FUN to sell on ebay?

If you were selling on Ebay for fun then you were never selling for the right reason anyways.

[White Owl]

If you were selling on Ebay for fun then you were never selling for the right reason anyways.

Why would you say that? I sold for years to supplement my income, and yes, it was fun. I loved to watch the auctions run to the last minute, as a seller and a buyer.

What are you getting at, anyway?

[Flutterbees]

I still leave feedback.

however, since ebay basically took away the right to leave HONEST feedback in EVERY transaction, I have changed my feed back to:
Thanks

that's it, nothing more.

before I used to say something like "quick pay, a pleasure to do business with. Enjoy the xxx!" or "no contact, no payment"

now its just
thanks.
to every transaction.

i usually leave feedback about every 2 weeks

[VocalVixen]

I don't sell anymore, but as a buyer, I hate the new feedback system. If you aren't VERY careful, you can make a mistake.

I do leave feedback for every transaction, and sometimes I do get it back.

It is no longer an enjoyable experience to make purchases on eBay. When it was a true marketplace, it was fun to look for bargains or that widget you loved and lost. Now, it is full of sellers from Hong Kong and other parts and people with zero feedback bidding outrageous amounts. Scams all over the place.

The end of an era has come and gone.

[lakelady]

I sold on eBay for years, apparently for the wrong reasons. It was fun and I made enough money to quit the day job. For a few years.

Sold off and on, part time until surgery forced me back home. Tried selling full time and it just sucked. Not worth the hoop-jumping that eBay requires, the flakey buyers, and the profit margin is too low. I haven't listed for over a year and probably won't. My DSRs are over a year old now so I couldn't have taken advantage of the last promotion if I'd wanted. The last bunch of my auctions closed with bids, were paid, shipped quickly, and I received no feedback.

I always left feedback for my buyers.

I have been known to buy now and then, usually from people I know from the boards, but doubt that will continue.

[janos]

I sold on eBay for years, apparently for the wrong reasons. It was fun and I made enough money to quit the day job. For a few years.

Sounds like you were able to quit your job because of the profit. I doubt if anybody would have stuck around Ebay in the early years if the only profit was fun.

Now if you mean the profit was fun then yes, I had shitloads of fun back then too. I still having a little bit of "fun" on there still but I will say that the emails I get from buyers are practically non-existent which I prefer.

[tekobari]

Janos, what sort of emails don't you like? Or does that mean you don't want any at all?

[janos]

Janos, what sort of emails don't you like? Or does that mean you don't want any at all?


I would rather have no emails at all.

[newslady]

No emails at all from your customers?

[Doofy]

I understand Janos's viewpoint.

It all depends on whether your ebay selling is what puts food on the table, or its just a hobby.

When I sold it was just a hobby, and I enjoyed talking to people from all over the world.

At my RL job I pray the owners aren't home when I get there so I can just do what I have to do and split.

If the person is home, I have to explain everything I'm doing and it takes three times as long.

If Janos had a 100 items listed and answered just one question for each item, thats a lot of time to spend.

If the only time Janos hears from the buyer is when the payment hits his inbox, he is way ahead of the game.

[janos]

No emails at all from your customers?



I like the emails that generate revenue. Emails telling how much they love the item or telling me what an asshole I am I can do without. Buyers on Amazon don't email sellers and everyone raves about how nice it is to buy from there.


I get all customer interaction I need at the B&M store. Last thing I want to do is email chatty people when I get home.