Regards,
-Buyer purchases an item then AFTER they pay asks to have the shipment delayed 4 days ... errnt, I have one day Handling, no can do. eBay never implemented the Pause button that was suggested, had to message and eventually call the Buyer to explain eBay's late shipping defect policy and lack of flexibility that would allow me and other Sellers to work out a deal like this. They pretty much agreed ...
-Another Buyer was interested in 7 items, they messaged and asked if they can be combined, I say yes and let me turn OFF Immediate payment required, which I did. Buyer buys one and it comes through Paid for and after that the Buyer messages again and says to WAIT to ship that one until they make up their mind on the other ones ... errnt, had to explain One Day Handling and late shipping defects to them too.
Sellers are perfectly capable of working with THEIR customers and constructing deals with special requirements ... the above are only a few examples. But sadly, the eBay venue for Sellers is not flexible for Sellers to work out their own deals with Buyers. eBay is too hung up on the subjective Seller metrics and that inadvertently works against "Enhancing the Buying experience".
eBay wants every transaction to fit their cookie cutter format but that is not what happens in the real world.
@jack-falstaff wrote:@mr_lincoln I don't think it would. It would enhance the selling experience, but I really feel it would add to clutter with little benefit (for eBay). Personally, I like the idea, but I don't see it ever being a thing. eBay is already bloated with half thought out ideas, and when I am looking to buy something I usually start on Amazon simply because its simple. After my initial scan of Amazon, then I move to eBay and compare.
@jack-falstaff You are correct on it never "being a thing", eBay shot the idea down twice if memory serves.
@varebelrose wrote:"Something for the weekly chat maybe? "
It has been brought up on weekly chat almost every other week for years. Yet nothing ever gets done about it.
TBH, I do not recall any issue brought up in the chat ever actually being resolved due to the chat, and I have been following them since Griff was on them.
@varebelrose The Chat at times is just lip service for Sellers, but we are advised with confidence that everything is passed on to the department that handles it ... I do not recall the last time the head of one of those mysterious departments actually came ON the Chat to respond to Sellers.
If Sellers seem snarky at times it is for good reason and they are reacting to a situation eBay created. I have read MANY good suggestions from other members and have suggested a few myself. They took my advice here on The Community for one thing but never anything on the eBay venue ...
@varebelrose wrote:".. The Chat at times is just lip service for Sellers.."
Exactly. Its a relief valve, no more. I read them every week, but have never participated (its right during my commute time on the East Coast). I used to regret not being able to participate, but have long since realized that doing so is tilting at windmills to a great degree.
@varebelrose I am East Coast too and the time slot they picked on the Left Coast does not work for me more than it does. I think there was a day when it was effective but I think that day has long passed. BTW, love the "tilting at windmills" reference ...
@bc_ca-25 wrote:Did not go through the whole thread, maybe this was already suggested....
Why not print out a shipping label with later date? Think 4days out is max?
@bc_ca-25 eBay's Late Shipping defect is pegged off of when the item ends and the Handling time. For example: One day Handling means ship NO LATER THAN the day after the sale. So a Monday sale has to ship Tuesday and by that it means the carrier has to scan the package in to their system, other wise it is late. Likewise, a Friday sale means shipment Monday because weekend days do NOT count in the Handling time period. It all relates to "business days".
