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Well I tend to agree, based on a recent purchase of a '56
Plymouth speedometer from a low volume seller with a 96 rating. "Turns
free" was part of the description. No PayPal so I sent a money order. Two
weeks later, no reply. After bugging, the seller said her mother had been
sick [boo hoo] and she'd get right to it. Two weeks after that I got the
siezed up speedometer with a broken odometer. Gave her a positive rating
though. Her poor mother!
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56
Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 1:40
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 Dodge in Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
I remember that Dodge from a few months ago, as I
remember him mentioning the new intake/air filter set-up he was going to
install and the crappy picture of it at the bottom of the
listing.
As for eBay and feedback, I've purchased a few
items from sellers that fall into the "less than 99%
category." Most recently the majority of the complaints about
the seller were due to shipping costs. Shipping costs listed in the
actual auction vs. what was listed when looking through the list of items was
different (shipping started at a certain amount, but based on the item (box
set DVDs, CDs, etc...) could be more, which is what caused the
complaints). They have since corrected it, but the point of this story
is that I usually take a look at someone if they have more than
usual negative feedback to see what the nature of most of their
complaints are. If it's something such as the shipping issue I
mentioned, I'll usually just inquire as to shipping costs before bidding to
make sure I have it right, if it sounds like the seller continually rips
people off, I'll usually pass. In this situation, the listing was
somewhat misleading, although if you read the entire description (as you
should always do), there should have been at least enough info to make you ask
about shipping first.
My mom sells a lot of stuff on eBay, and I find
it amazing how many questions people ask or how many people complain about a
policy of hers (one that is the same as everyone else on eBay most of the
time), and everything is clearly stated in the auction
listing. If you don't read it, don't get mad because you're stupid
and/or lazy, and if you read it and don't agree, then don't bid. I have
some textbooks that are printed for Ohio State that I sell on eBay (select
chapters are printed in the edition instead of the whole thing, "saving" the
students some money). It will be clearly noted in the title and in
the auction itself that it is a special edition with only select
chapters included...yet people still buy them and then complain when they get
the book and it's not all the chapters. That's when the "All sales are
final" stipulation in the auction listing comes in real handy. I have a
hard time feeling sorry for people when all the information is clearly laid
out and they don't bother to read it.
Now that I probably sound like a mean ogre, I
guess I'll quietly sign off.
Garrett
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 4:05
PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 Dodge in Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
I'm not an expert, but I do enough eBaying to cause my wife
continually ask "Do we really need that?" :-D
In my experience,
someone with feedback in the hundreds should have a 99% or more
feedback. If you read the comments on most sellers with poor feedback,
they often seem to involve incorrect descriptions or outright fraud.
Also, power sellers often do not respond to email complaints, they are
selling dozens of items a day and just seem to not have time or don't
care. A seller with only a few feedback can have his rating capsized
by one or two negative feedbacks, but someone with hundreds or feedback and
who still has a poor rating has torqued off a lot of people.
Do not
forget that negative feedback is usually not a first sign of displeasure, it
is the end result of a very frustrating experience wherein the seller (or
buyer) has not responded to attempts to communicate or has not adequately
addressed the complaint. If 3 or 4 people out of 100 were so teed off
at their buying experience at Walmart or Target that they took out newspaper
ads voicing their displeasure, you would have the equivalent of a 96% or 97%
feedback rating. I suspect the store in question would not consider
that a successful business plan. If it were a store with big ticket
items, such as Furd, then the company might even go out of business, oh
wait, that is what is happening to Furd.
A favorite ploy for
unscrupulous eBay sellers is to string a dissatisfied customer along until
after a month has passed after the auction ended. After that the
customer doesn't really have any recourse with eBay or Paypal, not that
either of them do much to begin with. If you have a problem, register
it with eBay and with Paypal if applicable. You can always withdraw
the complaint or mark it resolved. On eBay it is always Caveat
Emptor. OK, end of rant.
Bill Huff
At 5/6/2006 02:30
PM, Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:
This is a bit
collateral, but what is the consensus about eBay ratings? Seems to
me that in the "real" world a business with a 96% success rate would be
doing quite well. Yet on eBay, any negative feedback is looked at
unfavorably.
Also, I'm mostly a buyer
[buy high, sell low] on eBay, and pay immediately, yet a number of sellers
haven't given me any feedback.
--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56
Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: William Huff
- To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 4:25 AM
- Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '57 Dodge in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Beware, be careful. This seller has a poor feedback rating,
lots of negatives stating misrepresentation. Plus, there are several bad
feedbacks that were withdrawn, or feedback rating would be even
worse. Any feedback out of the 99% range is a warning sign in my
book. As it stands, almost 4 out of every 100 sales was
unsatisfactory.
- Bill Huff
- At 5/6/2006 02:44 AM, Jim Hoekendijk wrote:
- Hi all,
-
- There?s a really interesting ?57 Dodge in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and I
wonder if someone is in the vicinity and could go and look at it for
me?
- It?s currently on eBay:
- http://cgi.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4637284346
- eBay item number: 4637284346
-
- I?ve been trying to get additional information off of the seller,
but he doesn?t want to send me the additional pictures I?ve asked for,
nor does he want to tell me about data/trim plate or any identifying
part numbers.
- I recall seeing this car before, but can?t really remember.
-
- It?s been listed three consecutive times before:
- http://cgi.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4628347529
- http://cgi.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4630979938
- http://cgi.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4634551760
- Bidders don?t come close to his reserve, which is 60K, which is
what seller told me.
- I am seriously interested, but only if it is a factory original.
-
- It?s not listed on his homepage www.carsfromyesterday.com
-
- Jim Hoekendijk
- Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
- ?57 Dodge D-500
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