eBay

ricarmic · ‎09-21-2016

I thought it worthwhile to post this "other way around" way of looking at this.

Had a $300 plus sale last night to a gibberish ebay id (the automagic ones assigned) with zero feedback.

Generally this would be viewed as a worrisome thing...

However it is a regular buyer, he bought something same size, same time last year, and something the same sized the year before...each time a gibberish id and zero feedack.

If I blocked zero feedback buyers, I'd be out over $1,000 of sales in the last 3 years, just on this one buyer.....

femmefan1946 · ‎09-21-2016

So he signs in as a 'guest' once a year?

KISS- no need to remember yet another password.

Love those repeat customers!

pjcdn2005 · ‎09-21-2016

Great post! Thanks for sharing.

ricarmic · ‎09-21-2016

@femmefan1946 wrote:
So he signs in as a 'guest' once a year?
KISS- no need to remember yet another password.

Love those repeat customers!

I guess, I suspect they see something they like, they click buyit now with credit card in hand and it automagically asks for the information it needs to create the guest id etc for them to pay.... I really don't know because I've never used a guest id before.

I do know that a portion of my buyers are somewhat computer illiterate, so they only do what they have to to actually buy the item...

mr.elmwood · ‎09-21-2016

eBay is moving away from being a club and towards a buying site anyone can use.

The sooner all feedback, for everyone, goes away, the happier I will be.

There will no longer be any of this absurd (0) buyer angst.

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prarie_nerd · ‎09-21-2016

I find the higher feedback buyers to be worse because they "know how the system works". I have tons of 0 and low feedback buyers and tons of guest buyers. With every website getting hacked these days people don't want thier information saved and prefer to shop as a guest when they can. If I don't have a balance in PayPal I pay as a guest because I don't want my card # on file.