posted on May 22, 2004 09:14:57 PM newEzra's got 202,492 feedbacks
And a stellar percentage of 94.8%
Hoo-doggies! Lookie all those private auctions. Gee, do you suppose he runs private auctions so you can't see what the negative feedbacks (278 this past month) are all about?
posted on May 22, 2004 09:20:34 PM new
With his volume that two bucks apiece amounts to quite a bit of money. The combined shipping would appeal to a lot of bidders, would motivate them to buy more than one item.
Interesting... He keeps the bidder's identity private. No way to check the feedback to see what junk got him negatives. Maybe he has 6,000 more of the same item and doesn't want anyone to see which item it is.
As far as what he's selling, it reminds me of another jewelry seller who popped up here a while back. That ruby ring he has looks like it's made of thin wire. Very flimsy and cheap.
Amazing, people buy junk like that.
Edited to add - the other seller was Nancy somebody-or-other, selling cheap stuff from China or wherever... There was a thread about it a few days ago.
posted on May 22, 2004 09:22:49 PM newHmmm...I can buy 10 items from Ezra for only $2.95 shipping?!?!
BUT...insurance will cost me $20.00!
Seriously, does anyone know if that's how Overstock.com pulls off their "buy as much as you want, we'll ship it all for only $2.95" claim? Do they make it up on insurance? I looked at their web site but couldn't tell.
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posted on May 22, 2004 11:45:21 PM new
Cause I just gotta hear more......Non READERS..and flat out nin con poops.....Four years ago,,,,,,people could READ,,,,,,Now I get these idiots who say,,,,,You changed the terms after I bid..Oh Really? As you ALL know, that's totally,,,,,,IMPOSSIBLE......and the beat goes on,,,,,,,,,,,
What the mind can Conceive, and Believe,,,,It MAY Acheive.
I'll concieve, AND believe, I'll have another 2 Buck.
posted on May 23, 2004 01:04:00 AM new
I run all private auctions on one of my accounts. Dropped my dead beat rate signifigantly since competing sellers were no longer able to contact bidders about their deals. Jewelry is definitely a catagory where I prefer private auctions.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on May 23, 2004 05:19:40 AM new
i bot some VHS tapes on overstock.com at $1 a piece and shipping of 2.95 for 10 tapes is a bargain.
Then i moved on to buy other merchandise-bed in a bag,italian tank tops,leather handbags.
Overstock.com has a restocking fee ,cant rememeber how much,comes to a few dollars per item.
The bed in a bag turns out to be a different one from the picture,so i complained and they waived the restocking fee and offered to pay for return shipping.
The Italian tanktops are awful,the leather handbags are of poor quality made in eastern europe.
I returned everything except one handbag as i cant locate its tag,otherwise i would have returned it as well.
So,my conclusion is that overstock.com is no bargain and the leftovers are there for a reason,no one wants it!
It costs me like 20 dollars (restocking and shipping of 2.95) to find out i could have done better shopping around locally.
However,i did some jewelry shopping on smartbargains.com and they are okay.
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posted on May 23, 2004 08:09:46 AM new
self insurance,high shipping fee,restocking fee etc are all ways to discourage shoppers from returning the item.
The restocking fee at least let overstock.com recoup their loss on the 2.95 shipping fee.
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posted on May 23, 2004 08:15:35 AM new
WOW! Not somebody I would ever do business with. As for ebay allowing them to continue to sell, it's just like Jack says -- as long as feebay is collecting it's fees (and they are really racking them up with this seller), they could care less.
posted on May 23, 2004 08:19:08 AM new
HUH?? What is so different - charging $5.00 s/h + 1.00 insurance and NOT COMBINING orders or combining orders and charging $2.00 insurance per item?
Actually, if you buy more than one item, (ie: buy 2 items : 4.95+4.00=8.95 vs 6.00 + 6.00=12.00), Brother Ezra's is a better deal than many of the jewelry sellers who do not combine shipping (and certainly more of an incentive to buy more than one item).
Yikes do the math for 10 items! $60 for the non-combining seller and 24.95 for Brother Ezra!
Looks to me like he has found a way to make money combining orders while enticing shoppers to buy more than one item and it looks like it's working!
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posted on May 23, 2004 08:33:32 AM new
A whole lot of their positive feedback has a negative spin to it regarding size and quality (cloudy and included stones). One person waited 4 months for their item!!! One person's item was out of stock. I wonder if they drop ship. If so, that could explain why marks, cloudiness and inclusions are not showing up on their photos. No, I wouldn't buy anything from them. Here I am worrying about one negative when they've had 6,008 in the last twelve months! Who knows how many didn't even bother to leave negative feedback?
Just goes to show you that people want something for nothing and then they complain the quality is bad.
Cheryl
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posted on May 23, 2004 09:31:16 AM newHUH?? What is so different - charging $5.00 s/h + 1.00 insurance and NOT COMBINING orders or combining orders and charging $2.00 insurance per item?
Look closer.
1) Brother Ezra does NOT start his auctions at 1 cent.
2) As far as I can tell, his goods are of significantly inferior quality.
3) I don't force people to buy insurance.
4) Some of my items ship for $4.00; some of his ship for $4.95.
But don't get me wrong: I admire his technique. Heck, whatever works!
posted on May 24, 2004 06:32:24 AM new
Self-insurance (I'll bet that's what he's doing) is a great idea. I don't know why more people don't do it. As he says, it's much easier on buyers than USPS insurance.
$2 ins. per item is really high. But hey, he's charging what the market will bear. A great example of the free market system in action.
posted on May 24, 2004 10:18:18 AM new
I'd rather have a lower shipping price and have the customer pay for insurance. With delivery confirmation on every package, many times they claim it never arrived it shows as delivered, so I am covered.
Friends don't let Friends say stupid things like Friends don't let friends vote Republican!
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Bracelet great,but came with $3.46 postage due! No response from jewelrybyezra.
