posted on December 14, 2014 06:48:09 PM new
We sold a postcard this afternoon which was paid for immediately followed by this message:-
"Dear otteropp,
Hello: Payment has now been deposited directly to your PayPal account. Thank you in advance for your attention to packing! Please ship through post office and use stamps IF POSSIBLE. I try to get used stamps for the local youth collectors. Feedback is very important to me. Recently a number of sellers have been extremely slow to post, some as much as almost 2 months after the transaction. Once you have received your payment and are satisfied, please post your feedback right away. Upon receipt of item I will do likewise. Please let me know when you ship my item. Good communication is always appreciated and is reflected in a feedback category. Thank you. Bruce XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Note the quote: "Let us do and let our deeds cast long shadows ... let us remake the soul of our people, let us throw ourselves into the future. I ask of life only one thing, use me." -Attributed to Joseph Guibord "
It made me chuckle! It may take me a while to consider the content of my reply!
posted on December 17, 2014 07:04:16 AM new
The issue I see here is that they are placing additional expectations on the seller. It's walking a thin line of feedback extortion - if you do this you will get this in return, if you don't, then what?
posted on December 17, 2014 05:53:07 PM new
I didn't have an issue with it as everything that they asked for I do anyway. The only thing I do differently is that I don't post the Feedback until after I have mailed the package.
I told him this in my reply and he sent me a note back that he was fine with it and was thrilled with my personal reply.
My guess is that he has dealt with a few very sloppy Sellers in the past. This is his reaction to that.
In the same way that we Sellers are inclined to react after we have been burned by a Buyer and we change our requirments or some other little thing in our listings to try and avoid any other Buyer doing the same.
I just thought it was cute as we had been talking about this type of note to Seller.
posted on December 17, 2014 11:45:40 PM new
If I had an extra stamp, I would include it in the package but I would not change my shipping routine. It could cost you with eBay, not to mention maybe having to standing in a long lines at the PO.