Feedback Adice? Good, Neutral, or Negative?

What kind of feedback should I leave?

  • Positive

    Votes: 11 44.0%

  • Neutral

    Votes: 10 40.0%

  • Negative

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Total voters
    25
  • Poll closed .
Leave honest feedback. That was not a positive or neutral experience for you from my perspective. I admire your patience
 
ndmiller said:
I'm in Marietta GA, and I've had a box received to the buyer in OH and never showed accepted by USPS, even though I used the 24 hour machine and dropped it in the wall box. As the seller I went nuts explaining and reexplaining if it doesn't show I'll refund, but it got there with 0 tracking for the 2 days. USPS tracking position isn't always 100% reliable and I've sent package to NC from GA and it went to CA and WA first????, but eventually got there. I think buyers/sellers should look at each others feedback and if it's dozens positive, let the process continue before freaking out.
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I agree. I've had the same kinds of experiences with USPS both as a buyer and a seller. It's rare that it happens in my experience... but it does happen. If both parties on BF have good FB, and a good pile of good FB, and if PP G&S was used... just be patient. See if it shows up at it's appointed destination within a day or two of the expected delivery date. Shipping is one thing that neither the buyer or the seller can control. We're at the mercy of whoever we choose to be our carrier and all of 'em create SNAFUs from time to time.
 
I'd probably leave no feedback. Then again, I also wouldn't have wasted my time going back and forth with him. It was 24 hours! This guy has obviously not dealt with USPS very much. I've had far longer periods to go by with no tracking where everything goes fine. Ive had what seemed to be perfect tracking fo completely wrong in the end.

And he wanted to get his credit card involved? 24 hours people. Jeez. Maybe I would leave neutral feedback. He's definitely going on my do not deal with list.

24 freaking hours!
 
moshow9 said:
I will say that is far too impatient. The item was delivered in two days from the ship date. I understand it wasn't scanned in by the postal worker but to file a claim with paypal as a result of that? C'mon. AR-Trvlr even explained this happens, and if you have bought and sold before you know this to be true on occasion.
All that was needed was a little time (definitely more than a day or two), patience and understanding by both parties. AR-Trvlr had it, Mike Pierson did not.
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Lone_Wolfe said:
I'd say neutral or no feedback, not positive. This buyer is going on my no-fly list. My post office often doesn't post outbound tracking, even if you take it to the counter and get it scanned it. I don't want the headache.
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^ +1

AR-Trvlr said:
I think this is the direction I'm heading. What's interesting is that the postman *did* scan the package - that's what the "Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending" was for. I think the 'acceptance pending' was because the USPS uses contract employees on our route, and even thought he wore a USPS shirt and drove a USPS truck, the USPS won't say that they accepted it until it makes it back to the post office itself. And I've never had the opportunity to get a receipt when dropping packages off in person - at UPS stores yes, but not USPS.

One of my huge frustrations is that he got himself *nothing* by starting the process on Friday night. It was after business hours, so it wouldn't have gone anywhere until at least Monday morning anyway. All he did was wreck *my* evening since I've never had to deal with paypal freezing my funds.

I'm leaning towards neutral feedback as a warning to anyone else who might do business with him. They need to know that he's a high-maintenance buyer, that they should use a shipping method that has bullet-proof tracking (UPS overnight? USPS registered mail?), and that he should pay accordingly. Perhaps he should be upfront with that.

And I get that $500 is real money. It's real money to me too, yet I told him I'd make him whole. I guess my word isn't worth anything. However, if the money is such a huge deal to a buyer, perhaps they shouldn't be purchasing things from strangers on the internet. On the few occasions that I gamble I don't take more than I'm comfortable losing. I treat my internet purchases the same way...
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^ Thank you for sharing this, AR T. I can completely relate with your frustrations. Patience...IS, a virtue.

Peter Hartwig said:
I think Mike could do himself a world of good by replying at this point on how he feels about it now and if he is planning on changing his behavior if such a situation crops up again.
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^ This! Where is he? :thumbsdown:

dalefuller said:
I agree. I've had the same kinds of experiences with USPS both as a buyer and a seller. It's rare that it happens in my experience... but it does happen. If both parties on BF have good FB, and a good pile of good FB, and if PP G&S was used... just be patient. See if it shows up at it's appointed destination within a day or two of the expected delivery date. Shipping is one thing that neither the buyer or the seller can control. We're at the mercy of whoever we choose to be our carrier and all of 'em create SNAFUs from time to time.
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Anyone who's done any measure of buying/selling here, knows that these type of situations are inevitable. Using the PayPal Good option, always gives me the peace of mind, & patience to play the waiting game...no matter how long that may take. FWIW: I can remember about a half dozen occasions (as both a buyer & seller), where we've been left waiting for 10 days+ (Christmas time), while the USPS tracking showed the packages just sitting there spinning at a certain USPS hub...

At which time I would pick up my phone and call MONOFLETCH on his Hotline!:) His number is still stored in my contacts. :thumbsup:
 
Peter Hartwig said:
I think Mike could do himself a world of good by replying at this point on how he feels about it now and if he is planning on changing his behavior if such a situation crops up again.
We all make mistakes, some learn from them some don't
Just a suggestion
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I understand everyones comment, and why, no worries at all, & great to hear opinions and all thoughts.

Thank you, I was not going to post, & only listen & learn here,
since you ask-
I hope this makes sense.

Later on or the next day after I paid,
& seller "created a shipping label" at his Georgia home, (he was polite and corteous also)
he informed me around late afternoon on Friday that
"he was going to the mountains, and or would be gone, plus have sketchy phone/internet.
That he could make some calls on Monday, once he came back home, if no scans of the tracking number had appeared."

Amex when contacted on Friday evening recommended contacting PayPal as well,
& was suspicious of a "no acceptance scan/receipt" of no scan being completed locally from the sellers post office, any proof of "accepting any box", & no forward progress, only a "label has been created situation", no package, no tracking, & still no acceptance/movement proof, anywhere.

The package was never scanned as being accepted anywhere in the process in the sellers home area, or his state. The package went from Georgia, to Albq New Mexico & was never scanned.

Insurance added up to $500 total; tho, I had paid $545 to seller.

After no receipts were produced or sent to me,
being told he would be gone until Monday, my frustration and becoming suspect of the missing data,
that receipts were at his home, he was not-
I made a phone call to Amex Friday evening to get advice.
Again later and as stated by the customer service agent that they would now
"locate the package",
they located the box, & notified me.

I was outside waiting for our rural mail carrier Saturday, hoping.
As soon as any knife appeared
and every istep of this saga, I communicated to seller exactly "what, and why"
I was doing anything at all.
Me, looking for the "warm fuzzy" good feeling in all BF's transactions;
it never came until I contacted Amex, and they acted to find it.

No excuses, impatient yes, now looking back.
I felt suspect for good reason I thought. I wanted to see proof if a shipment.

I left positive feedback, felt like on a whirlwind, moved on.
I learned that in some cases: buy directly from the knife maker if possible,
usps service sucks even on an $500 insured package, & that a sig confirmation may not help,
that I could also be more trusting, that not everyone is a scammer, & some good people are still there.
I luv the Medium Chopper.
Thanks, Mike
 
OK... so, well done to both ARK-Trvlr & Mike. It was very pleasant to follow this thread and not have it go sideways. I'd have no hesitation dealing with either of them in the future.
 
I had a deal where something similar happened. I was fortunate that the buyer was patient and allowed me to talk them through it. Not to mention you have something crazy like 90 days to create a dispute. Self imposed and unnecessary. Leave neutral.
 
Popsickle said:
I had a deal where something similar happened. I was fortunate that the buyer was patient and allowed me to talk them through it. Not to mention you have something crazy like 90 days to create a dispute. Self imposed and unnecessary. Leave neutral.
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Go crazier. They upped that to 180 days around a year or two back.
 
I had it happen once with a video card. The guy fried it and claimed it was defective/not as described MONTHS later. I ate it on that one.
 
Mike Pierson said:
The package was never scanned as being accepted anywhere in the process in the sellers home area, or his state. The package went from Georgia, to Albq New Mexico & was never scanned.
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That's not at all true. As listed above, it was scanned at 1:20 pm when the postman picked it up. I have no idea why the USPS doesn't consider it 'accepted' until it makes it to their site.
USPS Tracking 12 July @ 1:20 pm
Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending
ATLANTA, GA 30324

Mike Pierson said:
Insurance added up to $500 total; tho, I had paid $545 to seller.
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Again, that's not true. It was insured for $545. I have no idea why their site rounded it down. In any case the insurance is for the *seller* not the buyer. It's mine until it gets to you.

And you've still never apologized, which indicates that you felt you did the right thing, and would do it again.

I've made my decision, and will be leaving neutral feedback. I'm locking this thread.
 
I thought this was put to bed, but I guess not. After I left the neutral feedback for Mike he went and changed his positive feedback to neutral.

I guess that’s simply further proof of his character.

I reported his feedback, and @Boru13 will be deleting it.
 
AR-Trvlr said:
I thought this was put to bed, but I guess not. After I left the neutral feedback for Mike he went and changed his positive feedback to neutral.

I guess that’s simply further proof of his character.

I reported his feedback, and @Boru13 will be deleting it.
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Glad it will be removed. Don't close this thread again. I'm sure others would like to share their opinions.

The guy didn't wait 24hrs until he opened a PayPal case and also contacted his cc company. They gave him extremely bad advice. Now he has to live with this reputation. Also, isn't retaliatory feedback very punishable?
 
You cannot appearantly hear the other side of the story, even tho you leave out the details.
When I tell my side, you closed the thread to shut me up.
Guess if you wanted to help, you would have sent a copy of the receipt to me, not just leave me hanging. You claimed you were headed out of town, offered no help.
I learned from my mistake,
I guess you cannot.
Basically I moved on, but you keep stirring the pot, & don’t want the whole story, only yours.
Guess you cannot admit, you could have also done things better?
I even sent a pm, and an apology for any hassle.
You could have left it alone.

2 sides to every story, not just yours, & you cannot seem admit it here that it did appear as tho the package was missing. You admitted in email “something was fishy”.
Are you done now?
 
Mike Pierson said:
You cannot appearantly hear the other side of the story, even tho you leave out the details.
When I tell my side, you closed the thread to shut me up.
Guess if you wanted to help, you would have sent a copy of the receipt to me, not just leave me hanging. You claimed you were headed out of town, offered no help.
I learned from my mistake,
I guess you cannot.
Basically I moved on, but you keep stirring the pot, & don’t want the whole story, only yours.
Guess you cannot admit, you could have also done things better?
I even sent a pm, and an apology for any hassle.
You could have left it alone.

2 sides to every story, not just yours, & you cannot seem admit it here that it did appear as tho the package was missing. You admitted in email “something was fishy”.
Are you done now?
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Dude, you freaked out. He did nothing wrong. 24hrs of no update is nothing. If that causes the reaction you had and still are having you better not plan on buying much more stuff on here. You were completely covered by PayPal and your credit card. Absolutely no need to involve them after only a day. Sorry, you are in the wrong here. And the fact that you changed your feedback in retaliation says a lot. Now you get to lay in the bed you have made.
 
Good grief, too comical.
He closed the thread, now reopens it for more drama.

craytab said:
Glad it will be removed. Don't close this thread again. I'm sure others would like to share their opinions.

The guy didn't wait 24hrs until he opened a PayPal case and also contacted his cc company. They gave him extremely bad advice. Now he has to live with this reputation. Also, isn't retaliatory feedback very punishable?
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Is not retalitory feedback at all, was trying to tell my side, the seller closed thread.

The package was picked up by his rural mailman but was never accepted at his post office or anywhere in Georgia.
His mailman might have made a scan, was never “accepted” & nothing happened after that, until Albq.
It was over 24 hours too, by the way.
The box was missing from his mailman, all the way to Albq, with no tracking no data nothing.
Thought it was done, but not going to sit here and be character attacked.
 
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