I have been beat up on here before because of my shipping rates. In hindsight, I should have used reserves and other tools and realise that free shipping will help me get a better bid than higher shipping.
I read a lot of comments. The ones about long time to receive, well, if it was mentioned in the ad I see no issue here as it was stated. Is 7 weeks too long, sure I think so, but it's not an issue if it was stated between 2 to 8 weeks.
He has also received a lot of positive replies and there are many very good replies there too. So if I remove the ones about poor shipping, then I looked at the rest: there were a lot of relies that were worded in a way that had me wonder about the person complaining. Well worded negative replies set off far more alarm bells that those that appear to be written by an angry teenager that did not get his way.
I was interested in one item he has for sale. So I wrote a well worded responce asking for information. I will post the excerpt which addresses pay pal:
From retrogeek (Doomy)
"Not long ago, back when I was mainly selling vintage toys, I accepted all sorts of payments. I accepted cash, money orders, personal checks, bank checks, just about any form of payment you can think of. Then two buyers ripped me of by issuing a stop payment after they received their item. eBay did not do a thing about it. One guy bid on and won a rare vintage black GI Joe for $428.00. He mailed me a bank money order. When I received the money order, I deposited it into my bank account and shipped the guy his black GI Joe. After he received it, he issued a stop payment on the bank money order and kept the rare black GI Joe. I did not find out about it until the following Friday. I went in to deposit more checks and was told that my account was in the negative. Another person bid on and won a rare Matchbox Model of Yesteryear for $331.00. The same thing happened. After he received the item, he issued a stop payment and kept the car. The two items were stolen from me and I lost all of that money, eBay did not do anything about it. After that, I swore it would never happen again. So, now I only accept forms of payment that can not be stopped (cash, Postal money order, or a check from either US Bank or Wells Fargo Bank, I can cash these without getting my bank involved). I do not accept PayPal because the charges can be reversed or disputed after a person get the item."
I just don't like to see a person beat up too much on a weak case. I would say that his 93.6 is more like 97.6.
Just my two cents,
S
