posted on November 26, 2000 08:17:53 PM new
I've auctioned a certain item on ebay about 25 times over the past couple of years. The lowest price I've ever gotten for this item is $275. The highest is $390. Last week I noticed that someone else had one up for auction, only it was nicer, and larger, than mine. And trust me, larger is definitely better when it comes to this item (sorry, I don't want to say what this item is). Anyway, I expected it would sell for at least $400. Turns out, it only sold for $75!!! The seller even had a nice picture, but his feedback was only 2, with no negatives. My feedback is 1700, with no negatives. I guess feedback is more important than I thought.
posted on November 26, 2000 08:51:02 PM new
I read some posts here, where people said feedback is not that important, but I also have to disagree.
Nice feedback says a lot about a sellers relations with his buyers regarding customer service etc. I am personally very proud of my nice feedback and I believe strongly good feedback attracts buyers. I personally leave feedback right after payment is received and the item is mailed out(the day payment is received). Needless to say that most of the times I make daily trips to the postoffice (called customer service)!
posted on November 26, 2000 09:41:52 PM new
I agree, feedback is important. For the last several weeks I've been bidding on multiple auctions for the same item. The item sells for about $200 to $400. Several times I found an auction for this item with no bidders. Sure enough, the seller always had a feedback rating of 0 to 5 positives. Everyone avoided it like the plague even though they could have won the item for about $170. I finally won 2 auctions for this item -- from sellers with no negatives. One of the sellers became Naru'd, but he still completed the transaction to my satisfaction.
posted on November 26, 2000 10:51:23 PM new
Yes, feedback is important. To me, the contents of the comments is what is important, not the NUMBER. I often bid on items by new sellers: o to 3 feedback, and always feel good to be able to leave a positive, to end the deal. So far, my "bad" deals have always been with higher feedback users, who perhaps, become a little jaded? careless?...From those bad deals, I can see that there are a few high-feedback users who SHOULD have received more NEGS, based on their bad attitude. But those are the exception to the rule.
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posted on November 26, 2000 11:05:29 PM new
Nope, I didn't bid. I put it on "watch", and then I forgot about it. By the time I remembered, it was too late. Oh well, life goes on.
