Buyers ?

[ellenshideout]

Am I the only one dumbfounded by buyers today. Got neutral feedback because I took two days to ship and arrived in 8 and they called that slowest ever!? Was purchased just before midnight the day it was bought. I shipped quickly and am upset since they are upset since no tracking ever. Standard envelope rarely does lately, or is it just me? I am literally scratching my head on this one. Am trying to take a break from eBay am burned out so taking time away almost missed it. 

[reallynicestamps]

First neutrals don't count against your FB rating.

Second eBay doesn't use FB at all in evaluating member accounts.

Third you can leave a Response to any FB.

"Purchased 1/3/24 . Shipped 2/3/24. Received 10/3/24. "

Which politely and calmly and factually shows the buyer to have issues.

Fourth, don't leave Responses unless they are calm and professional. Or any really.

Also. Your buyer is a weirdo.

[chapeau-noir]

Your reply is fine. I have some real oddball neuts. Don't worry about it - you're gonna meet all kinds working with the public as we do.

Enjoy your time away!

[ulfesharpe]

I ship the same day or the next and packages generally take 5-6 working days to arrive (whether it's Europe, US or Asia). 90% of the time I don't even get feedback, that's how nice buyers are.

[vitameatavegamom]

If it were me, I would leave a factual message stating the dates of purchase, ship, acceptance scan by the USPS, and delivery. Now it goes from neutral FB to a marketing promo.

[iamalwaysright]

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@reallynicestamps wrote:

First neutrals don't count against your FB rating.

Second eBay doesn't use FB at all in evaluating member accounts.

Third you can leave a Response to any FB.

"Purchased 1/3/24 . Shipped 2/3/24. Received 10/3/24. "

Which politely and calmly and factually shows the buyer to have issues.

Fourth, don't leave Responses unless they are calm and professional. Or any really.

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Ooooh, you're one of those guys with the date notation huh. I sincerely hope you are because if you're taking 9 months to get an item to me, the neutral I'll be giving you is the least of your worries.

[luckythewinner]

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@ellenshideout wrote:

Am I the only one dumbfounded by buyers today. 

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There are 150 million active buyers on eBay. I try not to generalize. 

[aeparts1]

"I took two days to ship" does not equal  "I shipped quickly " in my book.

You have enough negatives & neutrals I am surprised you are concerned about this one.  Don't worry about it.

[desertsage*]

I block buyers like that for ever buying from me again. No need to deal with people like that.  

[ellenshideout]

One day really for shipping. Because of time difference it was early am here just before midnight where they are out west.

[ellenshideout]

Just upset since I was counting down to days until 0 of either. Had been almost 5 months since the one and over 6 months since any of the other. I only ship tuesday and Friday life is super busy and do not drive so do not over burden my driver to places. Work as a teacher and a care taker to elderly parents so quite busy. 3 business days is my set time frame and those dates fall into that time period.

[jerseyboymusic]

@reallynicestamps 

"Third you can leave a Response to any FB.

'Purchased 1/3/24 . Shipped 2/3/24. Received 10/3/24.' "

DANG! I wouldn't brag taking a month to send out, then EIGHT MONTHS to receive! Unless you are just using arbitrary dates...

[reallynicestamps]

Most of the world uses logical dating.

First March 2024/Second March 2024/ Tenth March 2024.

Day Month Year.

The military system is even more logical, but unless hour and minute are needed less understood.

Year Month Day Hour Minute Second

[tdl_collectibles]

February seemed to have been worse than usual for ESE tracking, so hopefully just a blip on the radar and not something worse.  Not sure if weather impacted the tracking or what but I have had to answer a lot more "where's my item" questions, from both just not picking up certain scans to items showing Delivered but then not showing up until 4 or 5 business days later.

In terms of feedback, I wouldn't sweat it.  I buy stuff all the time on Amazon and eBay and barely look at reviews and/or feedback scores.  I dont think a buyer is going to hesitate just because you are a bit below 100% and honestly I think eBay should round the %'s up anyways.

[ulfesharpe]

@luckythewinner 

"150 million active buyers" — I'm sure the redundancy is corporate lingo for "users"

I've seen only 2 buyers so far this month 😉