Way to get feedback?

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nlewman

Feedback: +8 / =0 / -0
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Is there a way to get feedback under your belt without selling? I don't want to sell until I have feedback here so my buyers are confident. I know that you can get feedback by purchasing on eBay, but I know nothing about feedback here. Thanks!
 
Selling, buying, and trading is how you get feedback. These are the transactions that will help your buyers determine if you are good to do business with or not. Sell something, or buy something. That will start you on your way to feedback.
 
You can get feedback for any sort of trade/transaction in the for sale/trade section. So to answer your question, yes you can get feedback from purchasing!
 
I was asked when new to send a knife before receiving payment. Worked out fine.
That's something I'd ONLY do with a buyer who's a long time member with a stellar feedback score, though.

Just buy a bunch and pay quickly.
And hope that they leave feedback.
My score's around 70something but it'd be around 100something if everybody consistently left feedback...
 
nlewman said:
Is there a way to get feedback under your belt without selling? I don't want to sell until I have feedback here so my buyers are confident. I know that you can get feedback by purchasing on eBay, but I know nothing about feedback here. Thanks!
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Buying, selling, and trading are the only ways to earn feedback. That is, when it comes to the number of iTrader transactions. If you don't want to sell, or cannot sell then buy stuff. Ask the seller to give you feedback for prompt payment, and good communications, etc. I always ask for feedback when I buy something. Especially when someone needs to be paidwithin 3 seconds of me saying "I'll take it". Reciprocity is the best way to go.
 
arskrg said:
I was asked when new to send a knife before receiving payment. Worked out fine.
That's something I'd ONLY do with a buyer who's a long time member with a stellar feedback score, though.

Just buy a bunch and pay quickly.
And hope that they leave feedback.
My score's around 70something but it'd be around 100something if everybody consistently left feedback...
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I would HIGHLY suggest that no one EVER accept these type of payment terms, paypal goods protects both sides.
 
arskrg said:
I was asked when new to send a knife before receiving payment. Worked out fine.
That's something I'd ONLY do with a buyer who's a long time member with a stellar feedback score, though.

Just buy a bunch and pay quickly.
And hope that they leave feedback.
My score's around 70something but it'd be around 100something if everybody consistently left feedback...
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Agreed, I have over 1,500 on eBay but only about half of my other parties here on BF have left reciprocal feedback. I leave feedback on every deal...I have only done 20+ deals on this forum but my feedback is 10 with some done with very upstanding members that have neglected to leave appropriate feedback.

That being said, you have to do a deal to gain feedback :confused:
 
Follow the forum selling rules, post excellent pictures, disclose all defects and peculiarities in the knives you list, specifically ask for payment via Paypal goods and services only, set fair prices, and (perhaps) accept returns for a limited period, and you should start getting positive ratings in no time. I don't see any reason why someone wouldn't do business with you if you were to do these things.
 
Not to derail too much, but here's the problem I've had with feedback; Person A is selling a knife, Person B wants to buy it. The transaction is successful and Person B notifies Person A that the knife was received as described, they are satisfied and everything is good to go. Person A then asks Person B to take five minutes out of their day to leave a positive feedback on their profile, and is ignored. This has happened with at least the last four knives I've sold to people.
 
9Nine said:
Not to derail too much, but here's the problem I've had with feedback; Person A is selling a knife, Person B wants to buy it. The transaction is successful and Person B notifies Person A that the knife was received as described, they are satisfied and everything is good to go. Person A then asks Person B to take five minutes out of their day to leave a positive feedback on their profile, and is ignored. This has happened with at least the last four knives I've sold to people.
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I wonder if maybe some people don't know how to leave feedback and might feel awkward asking for instructions. It can be a little tricky the first time and maybe some people would rather ignore it than learn how to do it.

I've had lots of people fail to leave feedback but never someone that I specifically asked to do so. I agree that four in a row is kind of strange.
 
Feedback isn't the only way to get a feel for someone before dealing with them.
Keep posting in threads outside of the exchange that interest you. A member's post history can give you a good idea of what kind of person they are, sometimes more so than feedback.
 
9Nine said:
Not to derail too much, but here's the problem I've had with feedback; Person A is selling a knife, Person B wants to buy it. The transaction is successful and Person B notifies Person A that the knife was received as described, they are satisfied and everything is good to go. Person A then asks Person B to take five minutes out of their day to leave a positive feedback on their profile, and is ignored. This has happened with at least the last four knives I've sold to people.
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I'm not sure about that.... they sure figure out how to leave negative feedback in a hurry. I think it's laziness more then anything. I should have twice the feedback that I currently have, but so many buy, and disappear. I find this to be the case with new members who just joined for the sole purpose of buy a particular knife.
 
During a Sale when I ship the knife and send the Buyer the Tracking #- I ask the Buyer to let me know the knife arrived safely and meets their expectations. Leaving Feedback accomplishes both of the objectives.
 
spketch said:
Feedback isn't the only way to get a feel for someone before dealing with them.
Keep posting in threads outside of the exchange that interest you. A member's post history can give you a good idea of what kind of person they are, sometimes more so than feedback.
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I find this to be much more important than "feedback" in terms of letting me know what kind of person I am dealing with...

As far as getting feedback after all of your transactions, there is only so much you can do;

Making sure that you take care of the buyer the way you would like to be taken care of (Be prompt, communicate, update, be clear and honest) goes a long way.
Asking for feedback is something else you can do once the buyer has the item and has indicated they are happy with every aspect of the transaction.

Even after all of that there are still no guarantees, some people just don't leave it for whatever reason...
 
I've only received feedback for around half of my transactions (and have had zero issues). Just keep on truckin being a good guy, and feedback will inevitably build.
 
And if you post this in your Ad I won't be dealing with you- "if you'd like to use "goods and services" option to protect yourself add 3.5%."= No Feedback for You!
 
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