A few noddy Amazon Marketplace Qs

lisyloo

Hi - I just sold a dvd on Amazon a few weeks ago and I wondered if anyone could answer a few questions (I have searched first).

1. how long do I need to keep proof of posting. It been 2.5 weeks so it's probably too early, but knowing the deadlling would be handy.

2. Is there anything I can do to get a buyer to leave feedback. I only have 1 so would be really good on the other hand I don't want to hassle buyers. Is there any "remind" facility via Amazon?

Crowqueen

Amazon send out loads of reminders but if someone hassled me for feedback I'd give them a piece of my mind. Unfortunately Amazon buyers don't leave feedback that often (they can't receive visible feedback themselves, and the site is not as much of a "community" as eBay as far as its buyers are concerned), so you may have to be careful what you expect. When I buy there, I don't tend to keep as close an eye on the site as I do on eBay, and very seldom let my sellers know an item has arrived. I buy there because it's quick, there's no danger of fakes and it's more reliable than eBay for certain items - and I keep meaning to start leaving feedback but it doesn't seem as pressing to me to do so than when I buy on eBay.

In general on sites that have a feedback system it's never good to remind buyers more than necessary. Feedback usually reaches a good level, average for the site, which gives a buyer an overview of the seller's performance. From reading this board, I believe Amazon feedback standards are reasonable for the average positive feedback that buyers leave.

Amazon spam the cr*p out of buyers as it is, I'd just delete a feedback reminder if it added to the weight of correspondence from them. (I keep my eBay stuff on a separate email account, that's probably why I've never complained about it, but Amazon stuff goes to my main personal account and although I couldn't say it drives me round the bend.)

Sorry this probably isn't what you want to hear but most Amazon buyers probably don't see feedback as so important, even for the seller.

lisyloo

Amazon send out loads of reminders but if someone hassled me for feedback I'd give them a piece of my mind.

Yep my feelings too.
It would just be nice to know the sale was "concluded".

Sorry this probably isn't what you want to hear but most Amazon buyers probably don't see feedback as so important, even for the seller.

No, that's great, thanks for your comments.
A bit frustrating that you don't know a sale is concluded but I can live with that.
Amazon is great for selling DVDs quickly if you price it right. I think for DVDs it's better than ebay.

Crowqueen

lisyloo wrote: »

Yep my feelings too.
It would just be nice to know the sale was "concluded".



No, that's great, thanks for your comments.
A bit frustrating that you don't know a sale is concluded but I can live with that.
Amazon is great for selling DVDs quickly if you price it right. I think for DVDs it's better than ebay.

As a buyer I've bought far, far more on "The Big River" than on eBay, particularly recently, but can't sell because I don't have a credit card.

I agree with the last line, though that said, recently I've found it cheaper to buy the box-set kind of stuff (as opposed to films) on eBay because you can get good stuff when bidding as opposed to paying the large prices for stuff new. I got a lot of my Star Trek collection on eBay cheaper than what it cost on Amazon, though on the other hand I recently helped my church source some films for a bible study class (don't ask) and it was much quicker to get it done through Amazon.