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pinetreecottage · ‎09-09-2015

I have a potential buyer, who keeps asking questions on an item. She wants me to relist, if it doesn't sell. She says she's waiting for a paycheck. So far so good. When I checked her feedback, it was the same word for word, from many different sellers, over a long period of time. How is that possible? I know, I can block her, I'm just curious. I didn't think feedback could be manipulated.

reallynicestamps · ‎09-09-2015

"Thank you for an easy pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer A++++++".

Which is one of the automatic eBay-written comments available to sellers.

Why would it be necessary to handcraft every single feedback, especially since a seller has only two choices, positive FB or no FB?

The feedback I leave is consistent too, since typing the first word automatically fills the text box. I do change the date of shipping but that's all.

And that being said:

A lot of questions, a claim that she is living from paycheque to paycheque and a request for private listing on the other hand are all signs of a sketchey buyer.

BBL for sure.

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block36 · ‎09-09-2015

May me she just does not buy anything and this keeps her feedback as is?

Nowadays "paycheck" situation is hardly ever comes up in view of great majority payments thru PAYPAL's credit card system.

pierrelebel · ‎09-09-2015

"When I checked her feedback, it was the same word for word, from many different sellers"

Is it "from" or "to" different sellers?

What are the exact words used?

pinetreecottage · ‎09-09-2015

FB is to this ebayer from sellers. "Thank you for an easy pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer A++++++". This repeats many times, with other few normal FB in between. I have now blocked her. Don't need the stress, as the item has more "watchers", so fingers crossed, it may sell. Cheers.

triber · ‎09-09-2015

Something like this often happens from buyer to seller, but not the other way around. I recently had a feedback " !"

My immediate reaction was "oh no, there is a problem". When I checked, the buyer had left several hundred feedbacks, all exclamation marks.

reallynicestamps · ‎09-09-2015

"Thank you for an easy pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer A++++++".

Which is one of the automatic eBay-written comments available to sellers.

Why would it be necessary to handcraft every single feedback, especially since a seller has only two choices, positive FB or no FB?

The feedback I leave is consistent too, since typing the first word automatically fills the text box. I do change the date of shipping but that's all.

And that being said:

A lot of questions, a claim that she is living from paycheque to paycheque and a request for private listing on the other hand are all signs of a sketchey buyer.

BBL for sure.

pjcdn2005 · ‎09-09-2015

"Thank you for an easy pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer A++++++".

Which is one of the automatic eBay-written comments available to sellers.

Why would it be necessary to handcraft every single feedback, especially since a seller has only two choices, positive FB or no FB?

According to the OP, the identical feedback was received FROM many different sellers. What are the chances that all of the different sellers would give the same feedback? It does seem odd to me.

femmefan1946 · ‎09-09-2015

Nope.

EBay has an 'automatic feedback' option.

If a seller wants to leave feedback but doesn't want to bother writing it out every time, she can choose from a few boilerplate statements and that FB will appear automatically a short time after the buyer pays.

That particular one is the first on the list and it makes sense that it would be the one most often used by thousands of sellers.

lady.stark · ‎09-09-2015

@reallynicestamps wrote:

A lot of questions, a claim that she is living from paycheque to paycheque and a request for private listing on the other hand are all signs of a sketchey buyer.
BBL for sure.

I would not block someone just because she/he is "living from paycheque to paycheque". I have a regular customer like that, and she always pays on time.

rainbow71113 · ‎09-11-2015

I think the issue is what she's wanting you to do in a "private listing" you didn't say what kind of questions or demands the buyer is making. If they are asking for a better price or different shipping method then that's easily dealt with, you either change the price or figure out the shipping if you agree. I can't imagine any other scenarios where someone would ask for a private listing- I would have just emailed her that the listing is up for everyone and she can buy it if it hasn't sold by the time she's ready to purchase.