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<p>[QUOTE="GreenPVCHaze, post: 1889582, member: 68310"]"I'm not an Ebay seller, but I've seen sellers ask for at least some feedback before selling an item to them. Of course, how does one get feedback if he can't buy till he has feedback?"</p><p> </p><p>I've been burned too many times by non-paying bidders with zero feedback on coins I sell on eBay. Just to recoup the eBay fees takes over a week, while the other bidders have usually moved on to other items and aren't interested in a second chance offer. Sometimes on a higher-priced coin I'll cancel a bid from a person with less than 25 positive feedbacks or who has been on eBay for a short period of time because of another habit I've noticed, some people like to bid on multiple items, win them, then pick and choose which they actually want to pay for.</p><p> </p><p>I do realize that I myself started with zero feedback, and that new, well-intentioned bidders may become frustrated by this. My answer would be to use the "Buy It Now" option and pay immediately for several low-priced items ($5-$10), so that as a seller I can look at your feedback profile and see you have no problems with paying for items you win.</p><p> </p><p>Do not ship your coin to Turkey. Do not sell to international bidders, period (Canada is my lone exception, I've had no problems whatsoever with packages to and from our northern neighbor). It is routine for items shipped to European countries to take several weeks due to customs delays, and my experience was that some international bidders get impatient very quickly when the item doesn't arrive immediately (within a week or so). Then they leave a negative feedback, involve eBay, only to receive the package and never even bother to thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GreenPVCHaze, post: 1889582, member: 68310"]"I'm not an Ebay seller, but I've seen sellers ask for at least some feedback before selling an item to them. Of course, how does one get feedback if he can't buy till he has feedback?" I've been burned too many times by non-paying bidders with zero feedback on coins I sell on eBay. Just to recoup the eBay fees takes over a week, while the other bidders have usually moved on to other items and aren't interested in a second chance offer. Sometimes on a higher-priced coin I'll cancel a bid from a person with less than 25 positive feedbacks or who has been on eBay for a short period of time because of another habit I've noticed, some people like to bid on multiple items, win them, then pick and choose which they actually want to pay for. I do realize that I myself started with zero feedback, and that new, well-intentioned bidders may become frustrated by this. My answer would be to use the "Buy It Now" option and pay immediately for several low-priced items ($5-$10), so that as a seller I can look at your feedback profile and see you have no problems with paying for items you win. Do not ship your coin to Turkey. Do not sell to international bidders, period (Canada is my lone exception, I've had no problems whatsoever with packages to and from our northern neighbor). It is routine for items shipped to European countries to take several weeks due to customs delays, and my experience was that some international bidders get impatient very quickly when the item doesn't arrive immediately (within a week or so). Then they leave a negative feedback, involve eBay, only to receive the package and never even bother to thank you.[/QUOTE]
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