posted on November 12, 2001 02:45:27 PM new
I have learned a lot at this message board so I am going to pass on a tip and a success story that I think you can use. (Background) If a buyer bought nine lots, in the past I sent out one “attaboy” (Positive feedback). What was the point of the other eight? They only increase his/her feedback base line, nothing else. No one ever complained. (Now the story) Yesterday I had only two bids on thirty-three lots at four PM with two hours to go until they all close. I went to “My Ebay/Feedback” and down to the bottom where it says “list of feedbacks you have not sent” or words to that effect. I clicked on it and saw I had over one hundred feedbacks I could send! In gangs of 25 I sent 82 positive feedbacks in about 10 minutes. Thirty minutes later I looked at “My ebay” and I had fourteen lots sold with eighteen bids! To the last buyer they came from the feedback list I had done earlier. My new rule, “All bulk feedback sendings will be done two hours from when my lots close”.
posted on November 12, 2001 03:12:39 PM new
Interesting, but who were the buyers? Are you saying that some of the buyers were those you left feedback for?
Sounds interesting, but many folks don't check their feedback that often, so I am not sure you didn't just run into a fluke!
posted on November 13, 2001 08:24:36 AM new
That's a Great Idea! We always check who sent us feedback when we get them and would suspect a lot of people do the same. The buyer would have your positive, a rosy glow about the great widget they bought from you, and your name at just the right time to win another widget from you. Excellent timing!
Thanks for the wonderful idea. It may have been a fluke...but then again...
posted on November 13, 2001 09:49:19 AM new
Hello
I know it worked for me, at least once, likely for the reasons prior stated. I had one customer mad at me basely because I could not understand his language. I finally used an Internet translator (You do know about translators don’t you?) and communicated. I sent him four atta boys as stated above and he bid after a three-week pass. Another who got about 25 PFs has bid and bought several lots on THIS weeks listing as well. Perhaps you have lots of customers. I don’t. Look at it this way you likely are going to send bulk PFs anyway so use some timing. It sure cannot hurt and unlike other eBay helps this is FREE!
Dave
posted on November 13, 2001 10:14:46 AM new
Sounds like a fluke to me. You should always give feedback to multiple items winners as they may think it is important to get the baseline number up even if you think it is not important. You're only out a few minutes.
I try to leave feedback to all buyers and sellers I deal with one exception. You have four feedback options, positive, neutral, negative, and no feedback. I leave no feedback in lieu of a neutral sometimes when an item was not as described by a seller and chalk it up to expierence. Leaving a neutral just invites a retaliatory neutral and that does not help things at all no matter what you say.
