On my way to my first Negative Feedback on eBay?

[Black]

Dakota wrote:
Does Delivery Confirmation require a signature? If not, then what is the proof that the buyer actually received it? You can go down this road further. Does the person receiving the merchandise have to show ID that he is indeed the buyer?

Technically your are correct, but ibn my experience delivery confirmation seriously decreases the chances an item will go missing, and also decreases the chances a joker will try to pretend they never received anything. I'm with grateful-- I consider it an absolute minimum when I use USPS for anything that's not expendable.

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For a guy with three feedbacks, he sounds like he knows an awful lot about how to work the system. I think the odds are 50/50 that he's pulling a fast one on you but 95% that you lose this.

The only way you're going to win this is if he's telling the truth, AND the package arrives in the next day or so, AND he calls off the dispute. Even if he's telling the truth, if the package shows up he has no incentive, aside from chivalry, to call off the dispute.

I don't think one negative will affect your ability to do future business on eBay.

Nor do I think $60 or so is all that much to lose considering the chances that the guy is telling the truth and you realize for future transactions you need to have proof of delivery. You have probably gotten a lot more than $60 of value out of your other successful eBay transactions.

I shipped several items at one time out of my office building's mailroom early on in my eBay career. Not one of them got to the recipient. I ate it and learned a lesson.

[pRICE cUBE]

Even if you end up with a neg, no one cares. I had one after 300 transactions to some jerk demanding items not listed in the sale. It did not affect any of my high price items, some sold for more than the ebay going rate. Ebay is a place where people will pay thousands to a 0 rated seller so don't worry about it.

[rgG]

I only buy a few things on eBay, mostly stuff I can't get anywhere else. I have bought from sellers with only one or a few negatives, depending on the total number of sales, because I figure almost everyone gets a nut job buyer every once in a while. You can usually tell if there is a pattern. Still, I understand your wanting to keep that perfect score.

[Zoidberg]

Ditto re/wanting to keep that perfect score. Mine's at 586 with no negatives. I'd hate to lose it but I'm not going to let myself be played, either.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I used receipt confirmation with USPS four times and only got one actual confirmation.

ebay sucks.

My opinion is everybody needs to find another business to patronize. That might make them wake up, but since it is a U.S. company, I don't expect them to see the writing on the wall.

[Janit]

rgG wrote:
I only buy a few things on eBay, mostly stuff I can't get anywhere else. I have bought from sellers with only one or a few negatives, depending on the total number of sales, because I figure almost everyone gets a nut job buyer every once in a while. You can usually tell if there is a pattern. Still, I understand your wanting to keep that perfect score.

If you do receive a negative, you can always post a response to that specific feedback. Keep any response simple, factual and polite, and you will be ok.

I once had a buyer who gave me a negative feedback because someone else had stolen her package from her porch after it had been delivered. Because delivery was confirmed, PayPal decided the dispute in my favor, but the buyer still gave me a negative out of spite.

Keep all emails from the buyer. If he is clueless enough, he may issue a threat that crosses the boundary into what eBay considers "feedback extortion." (Maybe something like "I know PayPal decided in your favor, but I will give you negative feedback unless you refund my money anyways." )

If a buyer does resort to feedback extortion, and you can document it, you can get the feedback removed.

[RAMd®d]

DC is free only with Priority and if and item is under 2 lbs.

Incorrect.

DC is free only with electronic, printed labels with the proper barcode for Priority Mail, all weights.

I stand corrected on Parcel Post and Media Mail (part of Package Services)- electronic printed labels are $.19.

http://pe.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm3...ice123.pdf , p.35

[Harbourmaster]

Don't worry about a neg, it will drop off after 12 months under the new system...

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zoidberg

the clown you bought the Star Trek magazine from is a freak, judging from his feedback

just wanted to point this out to the hoi polloi

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