@harleyman49-us wrote:
I enjoy reading your comments as your advice is generally very solid. But I look at it this way if I have customer come into my brick and mortar store and they make a purchase and pay, I am going to thank them right away whether they thank me or not. Why? Because as soon as they pay they have fulfilled their end of the transaction and I am grateful they chose me over my competition. I do not feel when someone gives me their money that they owe a thank you or positive feedback, we just hope they keep coming back. Once again not knocking your comment as your consistent good advice has earned our respect.
Thank you for the compliment~very much appreciated and I am glad that you find what I post worthy, and I am honored and humbled by your respect. I'm glad you feel I earned it.
But I'm sorry if my post was unclear~I wasn't stating that was the right way, or the only way, to leave feedback (after the buyer does). I simply meant that many sellers do it this way. It was, as I said, the accepted and Ebay recommended way to leave feedback~but that changed in 2008, when Ebay eliminated negs for buyers. Feedback for buyers evolved into a simple thank you and not a reflection of the user's behavior. I respect everyone's right to decide how they want to post feedback. There is no right and wrong way; I understand why some do it one way, others do it another, and some don't do it at all. I'm sorry I did not state that.
I totally understand that it is up to each seller to decide how they want to handle posting buyer feedback. Some may decide to not post any. Some may post at payment, as you do; some may prefer to wait til the buyer posts. It is voluntary, so no one is wrong. There is a chance, however, that those who wait to post until the buyer posts may get a neg happy buyer who is offended and drops a neg reflecting that! It's sad it can come to that.
I understand that you feel that the buyer's part of the transaction is over at payment, but actually, there are many types of bad buying behavior that can occur AFTER payment, so many sellers do not consider posting at that time, as they know the transaction is not over at that point. If they get someone who exhibits bad buying behavior after they have paid, they may feel they posted a dishonest positive when they would have preferred leaving that buyer no feedback at all, since they can't leave a negative.
But if you are comfortable posting after payment, that's fine. You're not alone, many do it that way. But even if you were alone, it is still your right to post whenever you choose to, as feedback is voluntary.
Hopefully this more fully clarifies this.
