Why do sellers hold me to feedback ransom?

socks_uk

I've been an ebay buyer since 2003 and have 100% feedback (103). I'm usually at my computer when an auction ends, just in case I need to up my bid, and if I win I pay, via Paypal, within 2 minutes of the auction ending.
Now forgive me if I'm wrong, but I consider that to be a perfect transaction on my part and I have done everything that is expected of me and in that case I deserve to have positive feedback.
So why do some sellers send invoices or notes inside the parcel saying something along the lines of 'please leave feedback and I will do the same'?

I can only think that sellers won't leave feedback first just in case there is a problem once I receive it but I'm more inclined to 'forget' to give feedback than be held to ransom, or am I wrong on this?

teeni

as a seller i always leave feedback as soon as payment received.

If the purchase has been paid for in a reasonable time then i see no reason not too.

If after purchase there is an issue that is the time to deal with that.

As a buyer i do forget to leave feedback if I am asked for it.

freddysmith

Ebay/Paypal can hold some Sellers funds upto 21 days.
Giving feedback can release the funds much quicker.

socks_uk

Thanks for that. I can't say that I've ever had a problem with anything I've bought. I buy mainly clothes and sometimes they don't quite fit but the seller never knows that because I never tell them but that is the problem of 'not standardising women's sizes' not the seller. Just as if I went shopping in the high street some shops I'll fit into a size and some shops I will.
I always give feedback if I don't get the request.

socks_uk

freddysmith wrote: »

Ebay/Paypal can hold some Sellers funds upto 21 days.
Giving feedback can release the funds much quicker.

I wasn't aware of this... do you mean feedback from me or from the seller? Doesn't the seller get the money as soon as I pay for an item? The seller does see that I have paid for it doesn't he/she?

freddysmith

Some info on this thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3453617

arwenelf

I usually say that I will leave feedback once feedback has been received for the item I have sold. I usually ask people to leave feedback so I know it has arrived. I didn't think I was holding the buyer to ransom over it (ooops).

socks_uk

Thanks for that info... it certainly explains why the sellers put in the little notes but I'd rather have the positive feedback for me doing what I am supposed to do within 2 minutes of the auction ending.

Valli

Buy from me then - I always leave feedback as soon as I have received cleared payment - I actually state this in my listings, too.

Shall I PM my user id?



I used to wait until I had received the buyer's feedback but, as it was pointed out somewhere on this forum all a buyer is obliged to do is pay, and once that's been done then feedback should be left. I changed my ways after reading that!

I do believe it's possible to report users to ebay for feedback extortion - and I would assume saying feedback will be left after feedback has been given is just that - because the implication is that they want to see GOOD feedback before they will leave any, given that buyers are able to leave negative feedback which sellers aren't.

socks_uk

arwenelf wrote: »

I usually say that I will leave feedback once feedback has been received for the item I have sold. I usually ask people to leave feedback so I know it has arrived. I didn't think I was holding the buyer to ransom over it (ooops).

I'm not a seller so I don't see things on your side of the fence. I realise that problems do occur and I suppose sellers want to get their money as soon as they can.

I will think again about 'forgetting' to give feedback but I would be quicker to give my feedback to a seller who has given me my feedback recognising I have fulfilled my side of the bargain.

arwenelf

oh, I don't do it just to see good feedback - although of course that is always welcome. After looking on this board, I think I need to review a few of my 'terms and conditions', I'm afraid I am another who states that I will be held responsbible for the item once handed over to royal mail. Hmmmm, thanks everyone although I guess you can never please all buyers all the time.