Ebay Feedback System

whoatherechunk · #1 06-21-2008, 10:48 AM

As everyone knows the eBay feedback system is horrible. One question though.... how can I make someone leave feedback. Do I call eBay or message the user an endless amount of times until he succumbs to leaving feedback? It may sound stupid but I mean I've gone through a countless amount of perfect transactions and people have never left feedback. The most important part of the transaction is that I get the money but all my hard work in getting the product to the customer in it's pure described fashion should enable me to get another +1 for my feedback. Is there a possible solution? O yea...... and this thing about the seller not leaving feedback is absolutely ridiculous, but that doesn't mean the seller shouldn't get no feedback at all.

i_got_a_mohawk · #2 06-21-2008, 10:51 AM

I do hate the inability to leave neutral or negative feedback to buyers, it is stupid!

And no, there is no way to make people leave feedback, and if you harass them about it, they may just leave you negative feedback for being a PITA!

whoatherechunk · #3 06-21-2008, 10:56 AM

Yeah, that's what I was thinking but this whole thing is ridiculous. I might give eBay a call but that is most likely not going to led me anywhere. eBay should have some type of system if no one leaves feedback within like three weeks automatic positive feedback is left.

i_got_a_mohawk · #4 06-21-2008, 12:08 PM

Why?

It is optional, why should people be forced into leaving feedback. Maybe it is just the stubborn mule in me, but if ebay introduced something like that, i'd be leaving negative or neutral feedback more often . . . was always told if you have nothing nice to say . . .

RWP · #5 06-21-2008, 12:09 PM

I find that most buyers do leave feedback but once in a while they don't. I send a polite email asking if they got the item OK and hope everything went well. If they reply positively I'll ask they leave feedback. That is about all you can do.

peterbright · #6 06-21-2008, 05:06 PM

Just asking nicely usually works well.

whoatherechunk · #7 06-21-2008, 05:21 PM

yea i always send a polite e-mail but sometimes it works to no avail.

doktorfeelgood · #8 06-21-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by peterbright

Just asking nicely usually works well.

+1...
I've only had one person not leave any feedback at all and it bugged the crap outta me...But, at least he paid and everything else about the rest of the transaction was excellent.
After the first week went by without hearing anything, I emailed the guy and left a nice email stating that if there were any problems to contact me but I never heard anything, ever from the dude. I checked out the mailing address he used after about 2 weeks and it turned out it was the address of some Russian chick. So go figure...I just let it go.
But after 37 transactions where I've been a either a buyer or a seller, that's the only one so far. And that said, I've got 36 positive feedbacks. And because of some of the horror stories I've heard about on eBay, I consider my self EXTREMELY fortunate that I've only had that one issue and it wasn't about me not getting my money or some other really bad episode. )-(

Valerus · #9 06-21-2008, 05:30 PM

Sometimes happens here for me.

iamlowsound · #10 06-21-2008, 10:14 PM

I forgot once, the seller sent me an email asking me to leave feedback and I did. Also apologized for forgetting. Sometimes people just forget.

lowsound

whoatherechunk · #11 06-21-2008, 10:26 PM

Yea I understand that but some of the other remaining people just are ignorant, stubborn, whatever.......and simply don't do it.

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

I forgot once, the seller sent me an email asking me to leave feedback and I did. Also apologized for forgetting. Sometimes people just forget.

lowsound

**yodedude2** · #12 06-22-2008, 07:02 AM

perhaps they are unhappy with the deal but do not wish to leave neutral or negative feedback...later, ron

JimS · #13 06-22-2008, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

Why?

It is optional, why should people be forced into leaving feedback. Maybe it is just the stubborn mule in me, but if ebay introduced something like that, i'd be leaving negative or neutral feedback more often . . . was always told if you have nothing nice to say . . .

Wouldn't you want to know if a buyer or seller screwed somebody over so you aren't the next victim?

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i_got_a_mohawk · #14 06-22-2008, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JimS

Wouldn't you want to know if a buyer or seller screwed somebody over so you aren't the next victim?

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True, but the feedback system is pointless since they changed it anyways (IMO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by doktorfeelgood

+1...
I've only had one person not leave any feedback at all and it bugged the crap outta me...But, at least he paid and everything else about the rest of the transaction was excellent.
After the first week went by without hearing anything, I emailed the guy and left a nice email stating that if there were any problems to contact me but I never heard anything, ever from the dude. I checked out the mailing address he used after about 2 weeks and it turned out it was the address of some Russian chick. So go figure...I just let it go.
But after 37 transactions where I've been a either a buyer or a seller, that's the only one so far. And that said, I've got 36 positive feedbacks. And because of some of the horror stories I've heard about on eBay, I consider my self EXTREMELY fortunate that I've only had that one issue and it wasn't about me not getting my money or some other really bad episode. )-(

People tend to think ebay is alot worse than it actually is, I have over 400 ebay transactions and only one properly bad experience.

musicelectronix · #15 06-24-2008, 12:03 PM

One thing I hate the most, sellers do not leave feedback! I don't care if it is optional or not, sellers should leave feedback!

Of course, you shouldn't expect professional service from a person who sells occasionally on eBay. But sometimes they do not even act with common sense. Maybe this new feedback changes could do a better job to "filter" the good sellers a little more.

Only problems I encounter were with the inexperienced sellers, mostly regarding to packing. I tried to reason with a person packed a tube amp with shredded paper, a person who shipped a bass with nothing but a craft paper wrapped around it (I really mean "nothing", not even a box), a person shipped a rackmount unit inside a peavey 4x12 cabinet box with no support (as in it had been freely moving inside it) and more frequently being lied about the condition of the instrument (non working tuners, cracked pickguard, cracked nut, a fretted jazz came almost fretless with extensive fret wear, etc). To be honest, one way or another, about half of the "100% positive" eBay sellers did an important mistake and got away with it.