Wish me luck! Buyer has left 50% negative feedback for sellers! :(

[gone_4_good]

Why did I check the feedback she had left? Not sure just a bad feeling.

Hoping I am wrong. Good luck little snowman!

[zzydny]

Fingers crossed for luck! 

50%.....well, at least that means that she did Not leave negs for half of her sellers.  Let's hope you will be in the right half.

[fern*wood]

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@ldeehan-2012 wrote:

Why did I check the feedback she had left? Not sure just a bad feeling.

Hoping I am wrong. Good luck little snowman!

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I have pretty much stopped looking.  It makes my hands shake too much as I pack.  

[chrysylys]

50% of 2 is nothing.

50% of 100 is something.

Which are you seeing?

[pingpong517]

they paid you money right?  isn't that the important part? 

and you don't look at the buyers feedback before you ship?..just saying it doesn't hurt to look and decide then... dings or negative feedback....but cash in hand.....if feedback is going to hurt if they do leave it negative...then maybe the price of the item is worth it ...but sometimes a ding gives you less headaches in the end

[mistwomandancing]

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ldeehan-2012 wrote:

Why did I check the feedback she had left? Not sure just a bad feeling.

Hoping I am wrong. Good luck little snowman!

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This doesn't mean YOU have anything to worry about though. 

It could be that this is a buyer that has made quite a few poor choices in the sellers she has purchased from in the past, and received some pretty crummy merchandise from them.   Example: the book photo in the listing is stock and the condition is said to be good, but when received the book is some chewed-on rag tag nasty paperback about ready to fall apart.  Example:  The woman's top looked great in the photo and the measurements were what you needed, but you received the top only to find it was really a bit lopsided in shape and the seller had really stretched it to get those measurements, and the top won't remotely fit you.  Some buyers really do have reason to leave negs, although I wish the whole thing was ended.

If your photos were good and your listing was true, if you packaged very securely and safely and shipped promptly, you should be one of those sellers who receive positive feedback from a happy buyer.  I wouldn't worry.

[chipper01work]

It's happened to me a few times too op. I've always looked at it as a challenge. Made it through every time.

[mallontown]

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@chrysylys wrote:

50% of 2 is nothing.

50% of 100 is something.

Which are you seeing?

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 Maths is hard but I am here to help

50% of 2 is 1

50% of 100 is 50

even 3 out of 6 is out of the norm and would represent a bad buyer

Ebay says they proactively take care of these suituations. Do they? who knows.

[duggmills]

Don't agonize too much though we don't known the selling price or your cost; it's the Christmas season, a time to enjoy family and friends.

If the transaction does crash and burn and you get victimized by this buyer be sure to respond to a negative feed back, if received and thank eBay for the fine protection  they afford all buyers regardless of their history and even fraud.

[gone_4_good]

I generally don't check because there is nothing you can do and sometimes I have 20 sales to pack and ship.
It is a $90 ornament but I have sold enough to understand how it works - sometimes you take a loss.
They have left 6 feedback total - 3 are negs but they are all old they don't seem to leave feedback at all anymore so its hard to say if the trend has continued.

[odditiesandantiquities1]

I can't imagine anyone who could have anything to bad to say about a little snowman except the Grinch. That's not her last name is it?

[jason_incognito]

I just sold something and after getting emails pretty quick about tracking, went to look and have one like that.

So far so good. He's had it a few days and stopped emailing me, but the first few days after PO got the box it went nowhere. Finally got scanned in and then somehow went from Portland to Seattle (the wrong way from my customer in Southern Ca) in 1 hour and 14 minutes (100s of miles) Parcel Post 

Overall it took about a week for Parcel Post and got there in under the time expected but no scans the first few days and then finally a scan in Portland......

I would also say that unless you buy alot, you can't imagine the low quality sellers that are out there. Not all, obviously, but there are alot of sellers on eBay that deserve their bad reputation.  It could be that he's just willing to tell people they did a bad job that they did a bad job.

[plumbingspecials]

Maybe the buyer is a feedback extortionist and hasn't had enough reports filed against her to get shut down. Many sellers do not know they can report, and this is our power to combat habitual rip-off buyers.
If this buyer tries to blackmail you, be sure to report first. Then deal with the issue at hand.

[johnfduda]

Bad news would be a rental return AND a cherry donut.

[mistwomandancing]

That would definitely be salt in the wound!