The 'Have a Moan' thread

Pierre_De_Grenoble

thebestnameshavegone wrote: »

I'd like a moan about the address details sellers are often provided with - surely it can't be beyond the realms of the Ebay or Paypal tech teams to bolt on some sort of address verification? Having to check a buyer's address, correct the spelling, add capitalisation, and separate postcodes into something RM might be able to scan drives me mad. It's frustrating that the only part of the address that is always spelled correctly (and with a capital letter) is the county - which is the one part of the address that's not strictly necessary!

Thank you, I feel much better for that.

Totally winds me up as well, Are people so thick/ignorant/stupid that they think it's fine to give an important detail like their address in a proper fashion to an outfit such as Paypal..
:huh:

thebestnameshavegone

I have a theory that packages with addresses that have been copied and pasted without correction from Paypal/Ebay flag up 'this parcel contains something from Ebay' to every postal worker or courier that handles it, as I don't think any other major website mangles addresses in that fashion.

Whether that makes it more liable for theft I don't know......

Rosemary7391

On the flip side, if you edit an address be careful to get it right! My address has a bit along these lines:
Street Direction
City

And the seller had written:
Street
Direction City

Luckily the postman found it alright - the streets are close and it had a building name too - but if it'd just been a number it would've ended up in the wrong place.

chancesare_2

thebestnameshavegone wrote: »

I'd like a moan about the address details sellers are often provided with - surely it can't be beyond the realms of the Ebay or Paypal tech teams to bolt on some sort of address verification? Having to check a buyer's address, correct the spelling, add capitalisation, and separate postcodes into something RM might be able to scan drives me mad. It's frustrating that the only part of the address that is always spelled correctly (and with a capital letter) is the county - which is the one part of the address that's not strictly necessary!

Thank you, I feel much better for that.

The address thread on the PS boards is 18months old. :eek:

tattycath

I had no sales for over 24 hours, then I had 1 sale and now I've found this thread.
I listed some new items last night.
So I just hope my sales pick up very soon!

charlies_mum

100% feedback across three accounts, and today 2 neutrals on two different accounts. Both totally my fault.

Neutral 1, lost the £1.99 item, refunded and buyer left neutral

Neutral 2, description states used, but forgot to change item specific from new

Aaaarrrrggghh

thebestnameshavegone

chancesare wrote: »

The address thread on the PS boards is 18months old. :eek:

I know - the users there are so angry I expect the thread to spontaneously combust soon!

RFW

I've found the best way to get a sale on an item is to look through inventory and say "I haven't sold one of them in a long time, I better look at adjusting the listing", then totally forget about it. Sure enough one will sell in the next couple of hours. It happens a lot.

soolin

Just a quick question and one that I think fits on this thread. Has anyone noticed a downturn in sales to Australia?

Australia used to be a very big market for me, then when postage went up considerably a couple of years or so back it dropped quite a bit, but I still had a few regular sales. More recently I don't seem to be getting any Australian sales at all

I've never paid extra for any visibility and my listings still show Australian
postage

celestius

soolin wrote: »

Just a quick question and one that I think fits on this thread. Has anyone noticed a downturn in sales to Australia?

Australia used to be a very big market for me, then when postage went up considerably a couple of years or so back it dropped quite a bit, but I still had a few regular sales. More recently I don't seem to be getting any Australian sales at all

I've never paid extra for any visibility and my listings still show Australian
postage

Now that you mention it yes, I used to sell a lot more to Australia. Even my regulars have abandoned me!