Buyers who send buyers notes are a problem 90% of the time

[rmv5555]

I went back through my sales history and discovered that buyers who send buyers notes when buying are an issue 90% of the time.  They always find a problem. Anyone else have this correlation?  The second group of red flag buyers are those that message for a lower price.  They are also never satisfied it seems.  Ive begun just blocking both these types of buyers immediately

[rmv5555]

Ummm yeah she did.  She’s trivializing mental health disorders just read the posts

[rmv5555]

You were insulting not helpful

[rmv5555]

The whole point was to disclose my experiences with buyers who send notes after purchase and now the thread is filled with people saying that’s wrong.  Which is comical because I don’t have any employees in this thread

[fbusoni]

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@vintagecraze50 wrote:

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@fbusoni wrote:

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@vintagecraze50 wrote:

SO, THAT 90 PERCENT is likely as BLOWN out of proportion as well. And just to get this straight. My context of explaining how fear can get a grip on you on this website is very very real. As a seller, I have had customers on here that can scam in a variety of clever ways, I keep my eye out for that all the time, but I do not let that destroy sales on here.

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Curious to know how YOU know that OP is blowing things out of proportion.

My experience is that there are some categories that one wants to avoid selling in BECAUSE those who buy in such categories are known as a group to be odd, persnickety, unreconstructed and/or recalcitrant.

I would never in a billion years sell stamps, coins or vintage cameras.  To name a few. 

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Well, All I can say is I sell in a high RISK category and I do not get 90 percent bad customers. If you are counting people who return thing simply because they do not like it, want it, the size is not right etc, that’s NOT A BAD CUSTOMER. If they ask me questions in a note, 90 percent of them do NOT end up being bad customers. 

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No, that is not the type of buyer I am referring to, not by a long shot.

I'll stop there.  

[fbusoni]

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@rmv5555 wrote:

This is the whole point.  Thanks

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I knew immediately what you were referring to.   My sincere condolences.  

[jnybuysell]

I learned a long time ago to check feedback left for amyone who messages me with odd questions or things that are answered in listing. Anyone who sends me an offer gets a feedback left check and block if more then a couple negatives left. Majority of times i check i find ALOT of negatives left, which equals drama. Pretty much eliminated the problem people and Returns are way down.

[rmv5555]

If they are a buyer only though they won’t have any negative feedback since it’s not allowed

[a_c_green]

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@rmv5555 wrote:

If they are a buyer only though they won’t have any negative feedback since it’s not allowed

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I think @jnybuysell is referring to the prospective buyer's Feedback Left for Others, which may show whether they've been a pain in the butt for other sellers in the past.

[rugerskick]

Good post.  You used a particularly good word I was thinking of, drama. All of this was to avoid drama.  We all just want to sell,  we aren't looking for drama, high stress, etc.  When we see signs indicating it could lead to that, based on past experience, we want to stop it before it actually occurs.

[rugerskick]

Well, you can read responses left by sellers, and you can read feedback they left for sellers.  Both are useful indicators.

[rugerskick]

People are talking about things here.  If you feel the thread isn't useful, no one is forcing you to remain here reading posts.

[rmv5555]

She comments on literally every post in the eBay community