Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

[capnwes]

Random thoughts:

1) What percentage of buyers leave you feedback? It’s got to be under 20% for me. Only thing I can think of is that I usually have to wait a few business days to mail. (Then again, I mailed one item within the hour, have the guy a discount, sent a nice note — no feedback) :-/

Less and less all the time. Years ago about 60-70% would leave feedback. Now it's probably more like 30%.

In about 15 years, I've left 28,888 feedback for buyers, but have only received 13,049.

In the past 30 days, I've received 171 feedback on 468 items sold.

 

[California Dreamer]

Random thoughts:

1) What percentage of buyers leave you feedback? It’s got to be under 20% for me. Only thing I can think of is that I usually have to wait a few business days to mail. (Then again, I mailed one item within the hour, gave a discount, sent a nice note — no feedback) :-/

I'm not a volume seller, but I've noticed this too. I've received just one item of feedback in the last 6 months.

 

[Fueco]

I've received 188 feedback in the past six months off of around 800 sales.

Edit: make that 189...

 

[madeinbogota]

Yeah leaving feedback is something that I wish eBay did a better job of forcing buyers to do. I like Poshmark's system and how they require you to rate the seller & give you an option to leave feedback as well. I think that would really help a lot of us out in terms of providing more credibility for the volume we're moving.

 

[noob in 89]

^If people left feedback, I would also be able to list more than one $30 Hermes tie at a time.

 

[kbadgley84]

Lately I’m welcoming not getting feedback. I have Gotten a **** ton of **** feedback this year. 99% are low sale prices and ***** women buyers

 

[Fueco]

^If people left feedback, I would also be able to list more than one $30 Hermes tie at a time.

Having recently sold a stained Hermès tie for $50, I hear you. It’s absurd that eBay forces such limits on new sellers.

 

[kbadgley84]

Hmmm was this any different 10 years ago?

 

[capnwes]

Anywhere pants are my favorite.

 

[drlivingston]

Hmmm was this any different 10 years ago?
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A prime example of the need for minimum IQ standards for buyers.

 

[madeinbogota]

A prime example of the need for minimum IQ standards for buyers.

Man...may not be PC but that would save us soooooo many headaches.

 

[kbadgley84]

A prime example of the need for minimum IQ standards for buyers.

Annnnnnnnnnd just got another one lol

 

[drlivingston]

Annnnnnnnnnd just got another one lol
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Good grief, man. You are a magnet for these lunatics.

 

[kbadgley84]

Good grief, man. You are a magnet for these lunatics.

Yea the downside of selling women’s clothing

 

[California Dreamer]

Yea the downside of selling women’s clothing

Best feedback I've got this year has been on women's items.