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post #751 of 3545
9/29/12 at 2:48pm
New strategy - don't leave feedback unless/until the buyer does.

So far it appears to be working. At the very least, I haven't been receiving less feedback.
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post #752 of 3545
9/29/12 at 3:21pm
As a seller, I understand why, but as a buyer, I hate that approach and I'm more likely to leave a really bland comment.
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post #753 of 3545
9/29/12 at 4:02pm
I leave feedback immediately on payment, which is the completion of the buyers obligation. I feel it's up to me to earn the positive feedback after that through quick shipment, accurate descriptions, quality products and exceptional customer service. Yeah you get the occasional douchebag, but it has worked for me 1628 times. Only one negative....still yet to be posted.
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post #754 of 3545
9/30/12 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by Mox C View Post

As a seller, I understand why, but as a buyer, I hate that approach and I'm more likely to leave a really bland comment.

I had been leaving feedback either immediately or after a few days. In most cases the buyer would then never leave feedback and I'd never hear from them again. Pisses me off, so now they don't get feedback unless I do.
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post #755 of 3545
9/30/12 at 6:15pm
Germany ok to ship? I know spoo said to use express mail but any other issues? Had a bidder bid and not contact me beforehand.

edit and Switzerland? Cmon Europeans, contact me beforehand...

Also anyway to force an international bidder to message you before being able to bid?
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post #756 of 3545
9/30/12 at 6:19pm

My biggest spending buyers are all three from Germany. I haven't had any issues...knock on wood...

 

They shouldn't be able to bid if you do not offer international shipping....but I strongly recommend that you DO offer it. Almost 35% of my sales are overseas.

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post #757 of 3545
9/30/12 at 6:24pm
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My biggest spending buyers are all three from Germany. I haven't had any issues...knock on wood...

They shouldn't be able to bid if you do not offer international shipping....but I strongly recommend that you DO offer it. Almost 35% of my sales are overseas.

Thanks, I do offer it to international, just prefer to have bidders contact me before hand so I can make sure they understand what shipping they'll be offered and at what rates and stuff. Have had a few buyers flake on shoes especially when they saw shipping would be $45-50, even though I clearly had that stated in my auction and told them to contact me beforehand...
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post #758 of 3545
9/30/12 at 6:32pm

Well, you will get non paying bidders from all over the world...most of mine come from the US. I bump my international handling fee up a bit to trigger shipping cost questions from serious bidders. Once they contact me about that I give them a more accurate shipping quote. It seems to work, but there is no way to weed out all of the nonpaying bidders....new ones born every day around the world.

 

Be sure to set your buyer requirements to the max and that will help.

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post #759 of 3545
10/1/12 at 6:59pm
Speaking of which, can you/do you require auto payment on auction items? I've had 3 nonpayers. in probably 200+ transactions. 2 Last week! All three have been international.
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post #760 of 3545
10/1/12 at 7:08pm
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Speaking of which, can you/do you require auto payment on auction items? I've had 3 nonpayers. in probably 200+ transactions. 2 Last week! All three have been international.

As far as I know you can only require immediate payment for BIN listings. I give the buyer 10 days to pay. Ebay automatically send the invoice at the end of the auction. Then they send a reminder after two days of nonpayment. I resend the invoiceon the 4th day. On the 6th day I open an unpaid case, and send a friendly email telling the buyer not to worry, they still have 4 days left to pay, and that they should pay or contact me if they need more time to pay to avoid any further action. On the 10th day, I close the case. People are busy these days, most aren't sitting by the computer all day like us. With this "constant reminder" method, I have had far fewer non payments. 

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post #761 of 3545
10/1/12 at 8:23pm
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Speaking of which, can you/do you require auto payment on auction items? I've had 3 nonpayers. in probably 200+ transactions. 2 Last week! All three have been international.

In my wettest motherfucking dreams.
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post #762 of 3545
10/1/12 at 9:04pm

Haha, I figured as much Spoo. these two assholes didn't even respond to any of my numerous messages... I guess 1.5% nonpayment is pretty good, but it still pissed me off.

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post #763 of 3545
10/1/12 at 9:21pm
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Haha, I figured as much Spoo. these two assholes didn't even respond to any of my numerous messages... I guess 1.5% nonpayment is pretty good, but it still pissed me off.
My rate has gone up dramatically in the last month or so. Dunno why.

Anywho, continuing the saga with the lost package: Dude sent me pics today. Tyvek was useless, Whole package was soaked and the thing is furry now. He's returning it for a refund (not that I blame him). I will have it cleaned and Oxy soak it (what the fark do I have to lose?). I also plan to hammer both USPS and UCSF mailroom until someone owns up to leaving it out in the rain for 3 weeks. But, as I said before, Priority is no longer insured by default, so I suspect I'm SOL here.
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post #764 of 3545
10/1/12 at 9:43pm
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My rate has gone up dramatically in the last month or so. Dunno why.
Anywho, continuing the saga with the lost package: Dude sent me pics today. Tyvek was useless, Whole package was soaked and the thing is furry now. He's returning it for a refund (not that I blame him). I will have it cleaned and Oxy soak it (what the fark do I have to lose?). I also plan to hammer both USPS and UCSF mailroom until someone owns up to leaving it out in the rain for 3 weeks. But, as I said before, Priority is no longer insured by default, so I suspect I'm SOL here.

When did that change? I thought it was insured up to $250?

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post #765 of 3545
10/1/12 at 9:48pm
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Haha, I figured as much Spoo. these two assholes didn't even respond to any of my numerous messages... I guess 1.5% nonpayment is pretty good, but it still pissed me off.

Even more annoying, when someone makes and offer on a BIN item.... then dosnt pay. It's not like you bid on it a week ago and won but forgot, you just made a damn offer like an hour ago.

 

PS - Welcome back Top Rate Seller statues icon_gu_b_slayer[1].gif Got to wait to the 20th though for my cycle to refresh.

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