UPDATE...Item arrived. What now?

wigglebeena

A neutral would be an honest assessment. However if everyone did that, along with objective DSRs, it would wreck his business and maybe his livelihood. With Ebay operating towards sellers as it does, I would be very reluctant to give an honest assessment of such a seller if I had the adequate item in my hand. Which shows how fantastically DummyHo's 'disruptive innovation' has worked.

aliasojo

Ah..ok then. But for arguments sake..isn't he wrecking his own business simply through the way he works? It seems wrong to gloss over the issues somehow. If other buyers who had had problems gave honest feedback, I probably would not have bought from him.

Sellers see a neutral as a neg...do they?

frivolous_fay

Any clues about where the item was despatched from? It does seem rash to promise 24h delivery if you're not the one despatching !

wigglebeena

aliasojo wrote: »

Ah..ok then. But for arguments sake..isn't he wrecking his own business simply through the way he works? It seems wrong to gloss over the issues somehow. If other buyers who had had problems gave honest feedback, I probably would not have bought from him.

Sellers see a neutral as a neg...do they?

It's DSRs that are more of a problem for a seller. I believe Ebay have stopped counting neutrals as negs.

I'm not saying you don't have a perfect right to rate him honestly. You do, and I'd be flipping mad in your place and ready to put a rocket under him.

As a seller I just detest Ebay too, plus the credit crunch would make me reluctant to potentially wreck someone's livelihood with my scores (as long as I had the product in the end). Not that his fate would be your fault personally: he's probably going to get slated by all his other buyers by the sound of it, so you might as well join in. Refraining would probably do him little good anyway, and he's certainly been asking for it.

pavlovs_dog

aliasojo wrote: »

If other buyers who had had problems gave honest feedback, I probably would not have bought from him.

i think you've answered your own question there TBH. It would be all the same if you'd chosen him over another seller under the illusion that you'd have the item quicker.

i'd go along the lines of 'item received X days after ordering, not 24hrs. trouble contacting seller but item did eventually arrive as described'.

i dont use fleabay much now as I don't really find it that much cheaper than elsewhere on the web for what I buy. I view a recent neutral (or series of neutrals over a longer period) as a sign to proceed with caution rather than as a negative thing

aliasojo

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Any clues about where the item was despatched from? It does seem rash to promise 24h delivery if you're not the one despatching !

I've got no idea. The auction page listed somewhere in England but I didn't check the wrapping to see if there was any postmark. It was in a grey plastic wrapping with sellotape all over so I just ripped it with a knife and binned it.