[meteorite-list] Dealers and their duty - A APOLOGY FIRST

[JKGwilliam]

I'm going to make a simple suggestion here.  If receiving feedback is so 
important to you, why don't you simply send the seller an email BEFORE 
bidding and inquire as to whether or not he (she) promptly leaves 
feedback?  If you browse around Ebay, you will notice that several dealers 
actually mention in their descriptions that they leave feedback. Deal with 
these folks and forget about the non-feedbackers.

Best,

JKGwilliam

At 11:32 AM 6/29/2006, Walter L. Newton wrote:
>Hi list
>
>One big APOLOGY from me about posting a email to the list that was sent
>directly to me. Honest mistake, but I understand the rules now. Won't happen
>again.
>
>
>I've heard everything from list users feeling that Ebay feedback is almost
>bogus to Ebay feedback can put the fear of g-d in you.
>
>I can agree with the full extreme of opinions, all have very valid points,
>but I think when it all shakes out, feedback does work for the basic good of
>the Ebay community.
>
>My bottom line is this. As a buyer, I never bid on a auction unless I know I
>have the money available NOW and I pay as soon as the auction ends. Cash
>flow is important to a business, and I suspect the dealers enjoy having that
>money as quickly as if he/she had made a sale over a counter in a store.
>
>As a seller, I promise to ship with in 24 hours of receiving payment, I
>always ship priority since I know how us "boys" (ok... the girls too) like
>to get our toys in our grubby little hands ASAP.
>
>And I leave feedback as soon as I can, for buyer or seller. Following these
>rules have worked for me for 10 years. But still, I see a recent trend in
>the last few years where both buyers and sellers are not as concerned with
>good customer service, or good buyers etiquette.
>
>I don't think I am being hard-nosed about this. Any closed system works best
>when all the parts are working in harmony.
>
>It's no different on this list. List members informed me, in very polite
>ways, that I should not have posted a private email to the list.
>
>Some other users recommended that I don't include my personal signature
>information with my posts.
>
>All this input helps make this list work well.
>
>I still think that anyone who waits for weeks to leave feedback is not being
>responsible.
>
>Walt Newton
>
>
>
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