NetCablesPlus
Posts: 207 +1
I am so annoyed, that I had to come to TS and start a new thread. I have been selling Ethernet and USB cables on eBay for about 2.5 years. I have taken great pains to ensure that I have a 100% Positive Feedback rating for all transactions. For those of you not familiar with eBay Feedbacks, it is a way for seller and buyers to rate each other after the auction transaction is completed. Let me just say that I have more than bent over backwards with illiterate, stupid, and downright dishonest buyers to keep my 100% rating. This month, eBay added a 'Star' system based upon a number of categories in order to 'enhance' the Feedback System. One of the new categories is 'Shipping and Handling' fees. Now, all sellers have to publish their shipping and handling fees in their auction listing, so the buyer knows upfront what the fees will be. For example, for a 14-foot Ethernet cable, I charge $2.99 for shipping and handling and it is published right on my auction so everyone knows what it is before they buy. So, guess what a few eBay dolts have done: they decided to buy my cable (given my published price and shipping fee) and then when it came time to leave feedback, they gave me a less than perfect rating on my shipping and handling fees! So, if they felt that my S&H fees were too high, why did they buy from me in the first place????? You can see my Feedbacks and understand what I am talking about at this link:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...sspagename=VIP:feedback:2:us&iid=200108298629
I am so frustrated right now, that I am thinking of dropping all of my auctions on eBay. This is just a warning to those of you considering selling technology on eBay: while 95% of the buyers are fine, the other ignorant and stupid and dishonest 5% make the entire experience painful and frustrating. There, I feel better now.
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...sspagename=VIP:feedback:2:us&iid=200108298629
I am so frustrated right now, that I am thinking of dropping all of my auctions on eBay. This is just a warning to those of you considering selling technology on eBay: while 95% of the buyers are fine, the other ignorant and stupid and dishonest 5% make the entire experience painful and frustrating. There, I feel better now.