Ebay Etiquette Question

[CorpX]

Who rates first?? The buyer or the seller?

I usually end up the first one to give the rating :/

[crimedog]

as a seller i won't rate the person until they rate me. you never know what can go wrong from the time you recieve the money and ship your item.

[skou]

Since I'm usually a buyer, I'll wit until I get everything and check it out. If I'm happy, I say so.

If I have waited a while, and see nothing, I say that, too.

If I'm going to leave a nasty feedback, I'll wait until the seller has posted, to do it. That way, I can keep my perfect record going.

steve

[TekeTorvo]

as a seller i won't rate the person until they rate me. you never know what can go wrong from the time you recieve the money and ship your item.


BAH! LOL, I purchased an item with the "Buy Now" option. Paid instantly. After 5 days, I emailed them asking when they were going to post a feedback. They replied with, "We normally do not leave feed back until it is left for us". They also went on to say that they, would indeed, leave me a feed back first, which they did.

That's BS, and I told them so! I did leave them a positive feed back, because they deserved it. But I paid instantly. What my feed back for them is, should not have a thing in this world to do with what their feed back is for me.

I paid instantly, but lets say it took them 2 weeks to send me my item. I have every right to leave negative feed back. Does that, then, give them the right to leave me bad feed back? Of course not.

[meionm]

When I sell on ebay, most of the time I leave feedback first, since I fully disclouse any defects damage missing stuff, don't sell crap, and don't wait 2 weeks to ship, I have nothing to worry about.

[crimedog]

well there's also the way that people handle things... say you send someone something and they're not happy with it, or it gets lost and insurance covers it, or whatever... **** happens

[PCGUY112887]

I sold some stuff for the first time on Ebay a few days ago. I awaited payment and got it via Paypal. Then I sent the stuff and left them feedback.

[adriana]

if i buy i would give them first when i get the item, and if i sell i would wait for them to give me a feedback.

[JTanczos]

I think it should be the seller that gives first. If the person pays promptly, you ship the item and leave them good feedback. As a seller your job is over after you send the package out. I am a buyer 99.9% of the time and I pay within 3 days of the auction every time unless it is a MO. There are sellers out there that take forever to ship and dont leave feedback just so they can give you a negative even if you leave just a neutral. I read a thread where SSS posted about a seller like that.

JT

[Steveo989]

When I sell I leave it first. Mainly I don't worry about negatives because I tell the truth about items and give the right shippin amount.

[Elif Tymes]

That's BS, and I told them so! I did leave them a positive feed back, because they deserved it. But I paid instantly. What my feed back for them is, should not have a thing in this world to do with what their feed back is for me.

I paid instantly, but lets say it took them 2 weeks to send me my item. I have every right to leave negative feed back. Does that, then, give them the right to leave me bad feed back? Of course not.

As a seller, I wait for them as well.

Why? Because what happens if they get the product, say "It's broken!" even after I tested it before selling, then send it back, and I find out it works?

What about if the shipper loses it, and the buyer blames me? Then I have every right to say "The shipping company lost the package, insurance covered it. He unreasonably demanded a full refund as well as his product"

or something like that, and I would leave negative feedback.