posted on March 28, 2003 03:27:19 PM new
I'm not looking at this from a "moral" standpoint. I'm looking at it from a "public relations" standpoint. You could turn this into an opportunity to look good to other bidders by being BETTER than she is and generous about her mistake. They're not going to know the circumstances of her mistake - they're just going to see what appears to be a retaliatory neutral.
posted on March 28, 2003 03:36:46 PM new
yah, but what about the MUHHAAAAAHAAAAAA effect?! ... I would still Neut her in a NYminute ... these people DO see the ebay Flags saying 'hey try to work this out via email, etc before you click that mouse' ... this buyer did not do that. ... hard to "work with" some people! ... I say set her on the road to the straight and narrow ... Neut her fresh little tush.
posted on March 28, 2003 06:17:17 PM new
If I believed that this was *truly* a newbie I would react differently & try to be more of a 'teacher'.
She left two feedbacks within nano-seconds of each other ~ the only was to do that is by using feedback forum or some sort of FB tool ~ NOT through the auctions as a newbie would.
No, FB doesn't mean much to me BUT
I take my responsibility as a Seller to heart ~ I file NPB & FVF and have left over 300 negs ~ ALL deserved. I have received 14 negs (12 were retaliatory).
I guess I tend to live my life morally rather than from the perception of others.
Sorry, neonmania, but I admitted to regressing and throwing a temper tantrum in my opening post.
I am fully aware of my lack of maturity here
so be it ~
My reputation speaks for itself ~ no psycho seller here.
She'd look like a fool to 'warn' anyone to stay away.
I'm a 3yr Seller w/ over 99.5% positive feedback and over 20% returning customers.
I'm not sure about your areas, but in the clothing categories, those numbers are pretty impressive.
(EG are you out there anywhere?)
The question was never about her participation in this auction ~ she paid promptly but gets an F in communication.
Leaving a neutral is not retaliation, it's just reality.
[ edited by zoomin on Mar 28, 2003 06:23 PM ]
posted on March 28, 2003 06:48:10 PM new
::My reputation speaks for itself ~ no psycho seller here.
She'd look like a fool to 'warn' anyone to stay away. ::
All she has to do is tell someone that you waited until her feedback got up to a certain level, tracked her progress and then negged her because she gave you a neutral two months earlier and I would think you were a little off kilter.
::I'm a 3yr Seller w/ over 99.5% positive feedback and over 20% returning customers.
I'm not sure about your areas, but in the clothing categories, those numbers are pretty impressive. ::
Those are great numbers, undeniably, which is exactly why I am baffled as to why you are letting this get to you. She's a new bidder who left you a positive statement filed under nuetral - what is it that you think this has cost you that it bugs you so much? If it's not going to cost you future sales (and quite frankly, do any of us want the buyer that decides that that comment is a worth passing up a seller for anyway?) why are you so upset about it?
