jkason wrote:Hey! I thought this was about feedback, and not shipping charges...but then again, I would LOVE to leave negative feedback for idiotic shipping charges.



Anyway, I'm very patient with sellers, as I try to contact them at least twice before giving up and leaving a neg. I've only had one problem (that was resolved) with a slow shipment, as I didn't contact the seller like he said in his auction.



As a seller (I don't sell much, just duplicates or copies I've upgraded from), I always contact the buyer to let them know when I ship their item.



As an aside, I got a real good sell with an earlier Dragon mag, and I put insurance on it at my expense to make sure no one got burned.

It was started for a reason that never took off but that is all right. I was looking to see eveyones thought on what an accepatable negatve feedback rating for a seller is. I am thinking I ever lost that as I went on and on writing the message. The shipping charges in this case I thought qualified because they offered to combine and then that action was to take what amounted to 5% off their shipping charges. Please note that I have not left them a negative, only ever left one in all my years on eBay. I just see more and more sellers misrepresenting items, using shipping and handling to make money the item's selling price did not and using negative feedback as a veiled threat when the transaction sucks.

As a general rule of thumb that I adhere to (and don't necessarily encourage others to do, just what I do as a CYA) don't be the first to leave feedback. Whether the buyer or seller, I simply won't be the one to leave feedback first. I got burned by one person who disregarded my payment instructions and sent an out of state personal check to pay for the auction (which I accepted anyway since I didn't want to be difficult). I had to wait for it to clear (which I informed them of) then shipped the auction out to them- using the cheapest method possible (which he paid for- parcel post) across the country. It took about a week or so for the package to reach the buyer, and I did everything I could around the system to find out the status of the package since they didn't want delivery confirmation either (since this experience, I tack on delivery confirmation on everything I sell). I found the item for the buyer in the mail, and went above and beyond the call of duty for them, and they still left me neutral feedback, for a 'long transaction'.

So yeah, long story short (too late), I won't leave feedback anymore unless I know for certain the buyer/seller on the other end is happy or not via either an email (which I openly encourage) or their feedback. If they aren't happy, I'm willing to go the extra mile to set things right if at all possible.