zxrlocost
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 08:43 PM |
|
|
EBAY delivery expectations are getting a bit OTT
going to rant now 
As a high volume seller there is one thing on ebay which I can tell you
within reason it doesnt matter what you send customers as long as they get it really quick you could send them shite but they get it next day
"great ebayer next day delivery"
or you can send them an electronic item that could not work?
"Positive ++++++ super fast delivery havent tried it yet though "
its a joke
now the thing thats starting to annoy me is and its getting more petty every week
item finished saturday night
so then theres sunday
and monday
monday night email
MY ITEM FINISHED TWO DAYS AGO WHERE IS IT HAVE YOU SENT IT
blunt
so I be BLUNT back
then they get all apologetic 
oh well the wonder ofthe human race
we should all approach the kit car industry like this
"WHERES MY ITEM ITS BEEN 9 WEEKS "
chris
|
PLEASE NOTE: This user is a trader who has not signed up for the LocostBuilders registration scheme. If this post is advertising a commercial product or service, please report it by clicking here.
|
|
|
DIY Si
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 08:49 PM |
|
|
I had that too. Sold a poorly Ipod and got the feed back, "good delivery, awful product!" It was even sold as having an unknown fault!
Prat. Personaly if I'm in a rush I'll ask if they can send stuff ASAP (as I was for my best men's gifts! ), otherwise A week or
so is reasonable. People hopefully have a life outside EBay.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
|
|
|
Zero 7
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 09:00 PM |
|
|
Yeah its a nightmare on there nowadays ... I think you just need to put in listing what delivery is gonna be eg Delivery will be within 7 days ect ...
I gave up selling on there as it became to much hassle and to expensive with ebay fees and paypal fees.
The feedback system is a joke to ... tit for tat and people blackmailing with feedback
|
|
|
DIY Si
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 09:01 PM |
|
|
Fair point, if you've paid for next day etc shipping then it's only fair to receive that. If you've paid £1 however, expect it to
take a little longer.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
|
|
|
martyn_16v
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 09:15 PM |
|
|
I'm actually quite chuffed with my last ebay sale, within 3 hours of the auction ending blokey was here to collect with cash in his hand 
Here's hoping the rest of my tat goes as fast...
|
|
|
bigandy
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 09:38 PM |
|
|
I;ve sold a fair amount of stuff this year on ebay, and I always tend to let the buyer know exactly when I shall be despatching the item in question.
As buyer, I tend to email the seller, and enquire when he/she will be sending the item.... If it is urgent that I need something, I tend to avoid
buying from EBay....
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
|
|
|
VinceGledhill
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 09:47 PM |
|
|
Go to the post office every night, that way you avoid negative feedback and customers are happy. ;p
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
|
|
|
Hellfire
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 10:00 PM |
|
|
I always end up going out of my way to buy or collect on ebay. I have found ebay to be sometimes more expensive than the shops (product dependant)
lately.... 
Steve
|
|
|
BenB
|
| posted on 12/12/06 at 10:27 PM |
|
|
What pisses me off is I bought a DVD the other day. Advertised as a UK seller, sending via Royal Mail 1st class.
Buy-it-now Monday evening, immediate Paypal payment. Get an e-mail Friday morning to say it's been sent Friday AM (what was wrong with Tues, Wed
and Thur?)....
Finally arrives a week later.
Bloody seller is based in Guernsey (which is not a part of the UK BTW!!) and sent via flipping back-of-a-donkey Guernsey post (which is equally not a
part of the Royal Mail)....
From ordering to receiving a DVD shouldn't take 9 days....
Annoyingly SWMBO (who is a teacher) needed it for a class so I ended up going to Oxford Street and buying another version...
Ebay don't seem to give a poo that the vendor is completely lying. Hell Guernsey's almost in France!! If I wanted a copy sent from a tax
haven (through customs marked as "gift" which doesn't work often, meaning I might have even been liable for import tax) I'd go
via play.com or cdwow!!! Lying bastards...
Oh well. Anyone want an as-new copy of Frankenstein??????
|
|
|
zxrlocost
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 12:25 AM |
|
|
calvinx dont worry i know how to sell on ebay finishing saturday night tea time wouldnt be a norm but was on this occassion
youd understand what l mean if you did the same thing
|
PLEASE NOTE: This user is a trader who has not signed up for the LocostBuilders registration scheme. If this post is advertising a commercial product or service, please report it by clicking here.
|
Zero 7
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 12:30 AM |
|
|
Americans are another thing altogether ... I had so many Problems with them that i refused to deal with that country.
|
|
|
zxrlocost
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 12:51 AM |
|
|
yeah I know, they expect it on the day they pay hehe!!!
|
PLEASE NOTE: This user is a trader who has not signed up for the LocostBuilders registration scheme. If this post is advertising a commercial product or service, please report it by clicking here.
|
Gav
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 09:20 AM |
|
|
On the flip side i bought an item last weekend and i got an email asking why i hadnt left any feedback on monday! muppets
|
|
|
UncleFista
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 10:34 AM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Gav
On the flip side i bought an item last weekend and i got an email asking why i hadnt left any feedback on monday! muppets
Hehe, funniest ebay feedback I've seen was a negative that said "Here's the feedback you've been badgering me for"
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
|
|
|
Gav
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 10:39 AM |
|
|
hehe oh i like that one
|
|
|
MikeRJ
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 11:14 AM |
|
|
I bought a (2nd hand) laptop from someone on Ebay a while back and was not a little surprised to find the hard drive chock full of hard core porn
movies. So I left the seller a positive feedback:
"Thanks for the hard core porn though I'm not into the man on man stuff"
|
|
|
JonBowden
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 12:00 PM |
|
|
I think it is important to distinguish between amateur sellers and professional shops selling on eBay. I expect that an amateur might take a few days
to post. However I expect fairly quick delivery from a shop, especially when that is what they advertise.
I have found most eBay shops to be very professional, fast and good value.
Jon
|
|
|
mcerd1
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 12:18 PM |
|
|
I get a few things form HMV (also in Guernsey) used to be almost next day (as 1st class post) but now they do 'free' 1st class postage its
3 to 5 days on average
I've got a few things of Amazon they've all been quick so far (even 1 that I ordered at 16:50 and it came at 8:00 the next day !)
And even ebay hasn't been that bad for me (I don't sell stuff though), but I did have to wait 3 weeks for my conrods  still they were
cheep
and 2 weeks for some calipers - but he had advertised as collection only and was doing me a favour [pre aranged of course]
on the other side I won a crankshaft on ebay on a friday lunchtime and TNT sent me an e-mail an hour later saying they'd collected it would be
delivered before 5 that night (thats 400+ miles in 3 hours = 133mph average) needles to say it was pre 9am monday when I got it - but thats still
v. quick I thought
|
|
|
Schrodinger
|
| posted on 13/12/06 at 01:23 PM |
|
|
I have been having some trouble with Ebay as well with people putting in bids and then retracting them and with non payers.
The funny thing is, according to their rules, if you withdraw a bid on an item you are liable to have your account suspended but if you don't
pay (which to me is worse) then as a seller you have to give them 14 days to pay then notify ebay and then wait another 14 days and then the bidder is
told they have been naughty and don't do it again but no penalty, by which time any other bidder on the item has gone elsewhere.
[Edited on 13/12/06 by Schrodinger]
|
|
|
