[WWI] "hostage" feedback

[Scottrik]

Recap:

I agree that doing things like this to get around e-Bay fees is poor
business in my book. But that's my PERSONAL bias...there's nothing illegal
or, necessarily, immoral about it. Any business looks for ways to minimize
their costs of doing business--it's prudent. Also note that e-Bay hasn't
done anything about it yet. You can BET they know it's going on, but it's a
hard one to write blanket policy on so they're kind of stuck with it for
now.

Secondly...if they said 12GBP for "postage" you're right--they're dead in
the wrong. But IF, as I'm betting, they said 12GBP for shipping and handling
THEY'VE GOTTEN 10GBP FOR HANDLING. They didn't lie, they didn't even shade
the truth. You assumed a level of shipping service, packaging, etc. Your
fault for assuming. Simple as that.

Agreed--it sucks that you have to check on little things if they aren't
specified. Good sellers will specify in their listing the level of post
service ("Priority", etc) plenty conspicuously if that's what they use as
their default method. If I don't see it specified I assume it's first class
or media (in the case of printed matter) absent asking for clarification.

Finally, rather than stooping to negative feedback that is wrong...just
don't make the deal. Simple really. Though as someone mentioned, hurts not a
whit to give the appropriate "good" feedback with a comment to the effect
"charges 12GBP for 2GBP post", after all the facts are the facts.





-----Original Message-----
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org]On
Behalf Of Magnus Berggren
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:54 PM
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
Subject: Re: [WWI] "hostage" feedback


Liberties of the truth? What about telling people that the postage is £12,
when it in reality is £2? That isn´t taking liberties with the truth? And
all because you don´t want to pay ebay for their service?

/Magnus

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scottrik" <scottrik at noisymuse.com>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:49 AM
Subject: [WWI] "hostage" feedback


>
> See--THIS is a far bigger problem than whinging on about "he charged me
> what
> he said he was going to charge me".
>
> I've always thought sellers holding a buyer's feedback hostage until they
> leave feedback was poor business. The buyer has met his obligation paying
> the agreed amount withing the agreed timeframe, he's entitled to good
> feedback.
>
> Then again, listening to this lot discussing negative feedback because
> they
> don't like the S&H charge after the fact would maybe prompt me to think
> otherwise...
>
> I must confess that practices like these see me doing less and less
> business
> on e-Bay. It just isn't worth dicking around with the yahoos. And it seems
> like people have been taking more and more liberties with the truth re:
> condition, terms, etc.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org]On
> Behalf Of ernest thomas
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:33 PM
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> Subject: Re: [WWI] ot: Ebay shipping costs
>
>
>>From: "Nicklas, Brian"
>
>>I hold up my end with a quick and timely payment, the vendor should then
>>rate me accordingly and mail me my goods.
>
> I agree.
>
>  >But some have sent me notes saying, "I've mailed your item, I will rate
>>you after you give me a positive rating."
>
> "My rating of this seller is positively coerced."
> E.
>
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