posted on November 9, 2007 07:34:57 AM new
Why rant against Powersellers, rant against any seller that does not fulfill their "promises" to your satisfaction?
posted on November 9, 2007 08:10:44 AM new
Your point's well taken, but in my experience, it's usually powersellers who are the worst at communication with potential buyers.
posted on November 11, 2007 03:33:21 AM new
When a seller does not answer the question where is the item made or the manufacturers name it is made out of the USA and is probablt junk. I would never bother to ask the question again it is a waste of your time.
I have been a powerseller since the program started and answer every question no matter how stupid and I am offended that you put us all in one group because some are jerks.
I have some stupid buyer but I don't call all my buyers stupid.
posted on November 11, 2007 09:46:21 PM new
Toolhound, I understand your taking exception to my statement. As I said above though, this is in my experience with powersellers I've dealt with personally. When I buy, I pay within minutes of the close of auction. I don't make requests unreasonably either before or after the sale and I have never griped about shipping costs. I read every single word of an auction twice and am a very good reader. Most of what I have sold on Ebay has been fairly high dollar collectibles. I haven't sold a lot but have sold enough to understand how I should behave as a buyer. I'm an easy and reliable customer in short. I certainly haven't dealt with more than a tiny fraction of the powersellers who do business on Ebay, but the vast majority of those I have dealt with were slow to leave feedback and poor communicators. On the other hand, the vast majority of small sellers I've dealt with are the exact opposite. I can only suppose that the high volume dealers are often overwhelmed with the details of keeping thousands of listings going and just can't or won't take the time to put a little human touch into what they do. That human touch makes the difference for me in a good transaction, and I daresay I'm not alone in that regard. My apologies for having offended you.
