@yuzuha
"As a buyer, I would be very annoyed to receive either one of those two things. I will receive the tracking number when you print the label, which is the only thing that matters so that I can enter it in my Informed Delivery. If I cared about any of the other things you had for sale, I would have already either purchased them or added them to my watchlist to consider for purchase in the future."
It's interesting that (as a buyer) you would feel "very annoyed to receive either one of those two things."
First of all -- you haven't read either message -- so how do you know that those communications would annoy you?
Secondly -- since I don't leave immediate "knee-jerk" positive feedback each time a buyer makes a purchase, it provides me the opportunity to thank them for visiting my site. And many of my buyers let me know how grateful they are to receive BOTH messages, and have mentioned that they wished that other sellers would respond in the same thoughtful manner.
Finally -- many, many buyers are unaware of the potentiality in other items on my site, which may be similar to the items which the buyer had originally purchased. I definitely don't expect ANY of my buyers to have the intellectual foreknowledge to be aware of EVERY work ever written on a subject in which they may be interested; and many, many of my return buyers are those who have followed up on the recommendations which I have offered in my second email to them.
When I was employed at a "brick and mortar" store, it was not uncommon for one of my regular "return buyer" customers to spend about $1500.00 a week on items which I would recommend to them -- so apparently they were not "very annoyed" with me -- nor are my current return buyers on eBay.
mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
