@gurlcat wrote:
Again I don't think there's no truth to what you're saying, but I would just put forward the possibility that you're extrapolating metadata from micro. We can't know what "too many sellers think" based on these forum posts. The Community is automatically a skewed source of info. -People come here when they have a problem, usually something involving a single transaction or maybe a platform issue, but when it's about their overall sales, of course it's always of the 'problematic' sort. Why would anyone come and write a post about how their sales have stayed steady for 10 years, or that it has grown by leaps and bounds? For the record mine has, but it feels icky just writing that because if feels like bragging.
I don't even know where I'm going with this. I asked if you never buy items you can't make offers on, you answered, and I have no intention of trying to change your mind about it because it's none of my business and it sounds like you have sound reasoning behind your buying strategy.
True, I don't think most sellers come to these boards. Most probably know nothing of them. But the theme is the same anytime eBay reselling is the subject - youtube - ecommerce bytes - ect.
Even beyond that, when one might reach out to a seller. It's way more often I would get a "screw you buddy" type comment, then a polite, graceful response, when you CAN get a response. Even my wife, does NOT like eBay. She buys very little here, and when she does, ends up regretting it half the time (not an exaggeration). Her last purchase resulted in a return because the product's measurements were not as described. The seller was a PITA the whole way, being very combative and argumentative. A recent purchase of my own, same thing. Seller does not describe it correctly and they become combative about it. Neither of those two sellers are even on these boards, at least not under their selling ID's.
No, that surely does not describe every seller, but I think the negatives are more common then you might think. There are some good eBay sellers here, but the list is getting shorter. The environment here is turning pretty sour as time goes on. If you buy enough here, you kinda get the bigger picture. Just in the last month, I have made 23 purchases, from about 20 different sellers. This is a normal/average buying metric for me. I don't think I am jaded about my experiences, but I am disappointed how too many sellers act. I take it in stride when I run into a bad seller. But I am not bashful about leaving negative feedback either if they are a jerk about it. If it was a "meh" transaction, I likely leave no feedback at all, rather than a neutral. Positives are always left for good sellers who do a good job.
