....once again "you da' man!"
This brings up the issue of feedback rating on eBay and what constitiutes a "good" rating? Mine is 99.4 positive, I had a guy complain cause two auctions he won were lost in the US Mail in a combined shipment. I had proof of shipment but he didn't request insurance. I made part of the loss good with a duplicate item but could not replicate the other. He b!tched because I didn't ship UPS.
Lets face it, Stuff happens, I have also been guilty on occaison of waiting several days to ship after receiving payment because I was on business travel and did not have time to pack and ship. I have also sent stuff the day I got paid and had the customer receive it the next day!
Personally I will not deal with anyone under 90% buying or selling. I know you can't please everybody but if you fairly describe your product and ship in a reasonable time you should be able to please most. I tend to "underdescribe" my items and point out all flaws up front...in my experience it gets me better bids. FYI my eBay handle is rcmconcours so you can see what people say about my auctions. I wish everybody would be fair with the pictures and descriptions on eBay but the temptation is just too great to "bone" some poor stiff hundreds of miles away.
I saw a 1967 Mustang convertible sold out of Illinois that looked GREAT in the pictures, when it was delivered, the winning bidder, a local woman brought it to my shop for inspection. I told her I would not drive the car on the street, it was that bad and unsafe structurally. She managed to get the seller (a sorta dealer) to take it back but she was out the transport both ways.
I do think ebay does not do enough to ban and prevent scammers from selling on medium.
Rick
