[meteorite-list] Dealers and their duty

From: JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 30 01:13:42 2006
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20060629221119.01cf9998_at_pop.west.cox.net>

Eric,
Good to hear you're getting settled in. If you ever get homesick for
Arizona, you're welcome to come stay at my place. I even have a lawn mower
you can use to show me your newly developed talent;-)

Oh....one more thing...I almost forgot. I agree with you about the Ebay
feedback issue.

Best,
John Gwilliam

At 03:32 PM 6/29/2006, star-bits_at_comcast.net wrote:
> Hey I'll fess up, I am the dealer in question. I find feedbacks to
> be a pain in the butt, a waste of time and in the grand scheme of things
> virtually worthless. As a result I do feedbacks in a big batch every 2-3
> months (sometimes longer).
>
> When I am buying it doesn't matter to me if the seller has a feedback
> rating of 15 or 150 or 15,000. If I look at a feedback it is only to
> look at the negatives to see why they were given, I don't bother looking
> at any of the positives at all. I pay zero attention to who has or has
> not given me feedback and rarely look at my own feedback.
>
> Walter Newton's emails have been a whole lot politer than some who
> seem to feel that because they gave me a positive feedback that I "owed"
> them one in return, immediately. I don't ask for feedbacks and just
> because someone gives me one there is no requirement or "duty" on my part
> to respond in kind. However I usually do - eventually. Yes, I know
> that if I did feedbacks more frequently I wouldn't get emails nagging me
> to reciprocate for the feedback they gave me. What can I say, sometimes
> the emails prod me into doing a batch of feedbacks and sometimes they
> don't. Repeated emails are guaranteed never to get me in the mood to do
> feedbacks.
>
> As far as loading 20+ auctions on monday, since moving to North
> Carolina I have no paying job and eBay pays the house mortgage. That
> makes loading things on eBay a priority, even over getting the house
> squared away. It puts feedback way down on the list well below mowing
> the lawn, something I did the other day for the first time in 12 years
> and which needs doing again.
>
> Hang in there Walter, I will get to them eventually.
>
>--
>Eric Olson
>http://www.star-bits.com
>
><>
> >I have sent him numerous emails, but no feedback yet. It's been over 3
> >weeks
> >since the auction.
>
>this might seem overly harsh, but I would think that maybe he hasnt left
>feedback because he thinks you are pestering him on the issue. 'numerous
>emails' seems to be a bit above and beyond the call for wanting feedback
>posted within a 3 week timespan. I could understand if he never sent you
>your purchase, but all those mails just because he never left feedback?
>
>just from my own perspective, as both a buyer and seller on ebay i normally
>leave feedback in large groups. maybe once a month, or even longer depending
>on my useage. Also dont forget that 3 weeks is still well within the time
>period where you might decide you arent happy with the transaction and it
>could go belly up. feedback should be left when both parties are happy with
>how the deal concluded. 3 weeks may be too soon for the seller to feel safe
>in doing this.
>
>just my 2 cents.>
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Received on Fri 30 Jun 2006 01:13:38 AM PDT