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@katlover1952 wrote:
i could still easily get a defect depending on what eBay used for a date & how long it takes to arrive & whether or not she leaves feedback. Hopefully works out OK.
Yes, I sincerely hope this ends well for both you and the buyer. Discovering last-minute damage is a situation any of us could find ourselves in, and no seller wants to end up with an unhappy buyer and a defect over it.
As an aside, the fact that few buyers bother to leave FB at all anymore actually works in sellers' favour in such instances. No FB, no late delivery defect possible. I'm still hoping some day eBay will decide to add a third option to the on-time delivery question, namely "Don't know/Can't recall". I know, don't hold your breath...
@rose-dee wrote:
@katlover1952 wrote:
i could still easily get a defect depending on what eBay used for a date & how long it takes to arrive & whether or not she leaves feedback. Hopefully works out OK.
Yes, I sincerely hope this ends well for both you and the buyer. Discovering last-minute damage is a situation any of us could find ourselves in, and no seller wants to end up with an unhappy buyer and a defect over it.
As an aside, the fact that few buyers bother to leave FB at all anymore actually works in sellers' favour in such instances. No FB, no late delivery defect possible. I'm still hoping some day eBay will decide to add a third option to the on-time delivery question, namely "Don't know/Can't recall". I know, don't hold your breath...
i would be content if they used the total transaction count rather than the way they do it now.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:i would be content if they used the total transaction count rather than the way they do it now.
Yes, I agree with you that this would make more sense. At the very least eBay could post a separate total transaction count for users who are sellers. That's as much a reassuring factor for buyers as the actual FB.
In fact I'd be content if they threw the whole unworkable FB system out the window completely.
Another site I sell on simply uses reviews (not product reviews per se, but open reviews as buyers wish). That system works well because it isn't directly linked to seller punishment by the site itself -- the market decides seller status. (Let's not forget that although eBay doesn't count negative or neutral FB as defects anymore, certain low DSRs do create defects).
EBay now has a clumsy dual system of FB comments plus product reviews that is probably even more hassle for buyers to bother with. Nonetheless, as long as eBay holds onto the FB system they have, I believe it's still meaningful in a relative sense for buyers to compare sellers and as a reflection of seller service.
Sorry...off-topic again. 
