Tom C wrote: > ***Basically***, the only things that are against the ***strictly > enforced*** rules on e-bay are receiving money for an item and not > delivering it to the buyer, or buying an item and not delivering the funds > to the seller (which in the end deprives the seller of nothing but his time, > and other bidders of a potential purchase... assuming the seller does not > ship until receiving the funds). I'm not advocating this of course. >
Tom, as someone who barely scrapes by as ebay with nearly my only source of income, let me say this. (just for the stats, I have 783 feedback points, 99.9% (1 neg from a book dealer in 1999 who only said the book I had wasnt a a real "first" after I left him negative feedback but took the book back. ) But when buyers don't pay or drag their heels the time becomes considerable. I always treat any deliquency as an oversight on their part with cause - gently reminidng them, never threatening, and occasionally I've actually called someone who didnt write at all. Even though there really is no excuse for a buyer not using another's computer or asking a friend to check to see if they won, I don't get on their case about it. The problem is I spend time not just writing them, but having to go through the extensive red tape to get back my final value fee - maybe this has changed as I haven't had to do this recently. It is an emotional strain, as well. Ebay isn't like a garage sale anymore, alas. Though I'm struggling to keep that atmosphere in my auctions. Having a cold seems to make me procrastinate a lot more too.. I have to go write some reminder letters now :) annsan
