You're a buyer only. That explains a lot. As a seller, I've encountered numerous unscrupulous buyers. Usually, I can spot them ahead of time. But early on I learned that some will wait until you post feedback and then try to blackmail you with the threat of negative feedback. They usually ask for a substantial refund based on inventive complaints. If I sell, I wait for the other party to post feedback. When I buy, I post feedback immediately if I like the merchandise. It seems to be the natural order of things. On Jan 23, 2007, at 10:26 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: OT- eBay > > >> In a perfect world, you might be right, Godfrey. But in the real >> world, unscrupulous buyers frequently try to rip off legitimate >> sellers. Leaving feedback before the buyer has approved the >> merchandise only encourages that behavior. Do as you wish, but beware >> of rip-off artists. > > Two way street Paul. I've only done some 50 eBay transactions, all > were > purchases on my part. I've had two sellers rip me off outright, one > seller > send an item that was nowhere near as advertised, and two vendors who > refused to leave feedback until after I had left positive feedback > for them. > > The question I have for this sort of vendor is, if you have been > honest and > haven't misrepresented anything, what are you afraid of? > > It is far easier to be an unscrupulous vendor than an unscrupulous > buyer, > and my experience is that there are far more dishonest vendors than > there > are buyers. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
