Ah yes, the old placed order by mistake aka I found a better deal after I bought from you instead of shopping around first and not wasting everyoneâs time LOL. Been getting one of those every month it seems lately. And I donât even sell really newer books, variants etc; itâs mostly stuff from my collection I just want to get rid of so god bless anyone selling âHOTâ books. I enjoy the side hustle but 10 years on eBay and this year has by far been the most annoying as far as dealing with buyers.
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If only I could track their purchases and see if that were true. But at the time my book was the best deal by far, and does not have any defects. 9.8 candidate. So I was the best option at least from an asking price perspective.
Donât you just love when this happens?
Selling a book for $30. I send a few offers for $28.50. Buyer counters at $20. I reply kindly stating that I can go as low as $26, but no lower. They then counter at $23.
Just as I was about to reject the offer with no further counter offer, someone else buys it for $28.50. 
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I always loved when someone swoops in and bought my stuff at my original listing BIN price while someone was trying to negotiate a much lower price.
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Recently had a similar experience with a house of mystery book. Had it at $28. Sent offers several times at $25. Decided I actually liked it and wouldnât take anything less than $40 for it. Raised the price and sold in 2 days. Felt good.
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Canât say I have that joy, as I donât do offers. My price typically undercuts all others. Or Iâm not that desperate to move it.
Take it or leave it (and pay more!)
Has anyone else noticed the new automated feedback on eBay now? If a sale goes through, is shipped on time, and the buyer doesnât leave any feedback, you now get a positive automated feedback.
I guess I donât hate that. I wish it would have started years ago. Iâd be a lot higher than 371 positive responses.
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Thatâs for people like me who are lazy. I rarely give feedbackâŠI always tell myself I should, but then get distracted.
Mercari is interesting how they force you to respond or youâre stuck with it (or as a seller payment is delayed). Interesting tactic, but that incentive is enough for me to be more proactive.
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I never gave feedback for buyers, shopping and buying things is easy and requires nothing on their part by having money and clicking âbuyâ button. You donât get rewarded for just being a shopper, the reward is you bought something you wanted with your own money.
As for the automated feedback, Iâd welcome star ratings and honestly, eBay should just operate on Stars instead of actual comments⊠most of the time comments are just generic anyways⊠âA+++++++â as the comment tells me nothing that a star rating can already tell me, and star ratings broken down in communication, delivery, packing is more valuable than what someone has to say, particularly if itâs a positive comment which goes into the actual value of positive comments on eBay. If they allowed more characters for an actual review, then maybe comments would be more meaningful and helpful but honestly, 99% of the comments Iâve seen on eBay have zero value for me.
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I donât buy a ton on eBay. But, when I do, I SCOUR the comments first. If there are multiple negatives, Iâm probably not buying from that person. Iâve been burned (like I think we all have).
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Thatâs the only value I get from eBay feedback, if theyâre low on the star ratings, that prompts me to review negative feedback and any comments to find out what happened. Sometimes you gotta take it with a grain of salt to and just come up with your own conclusion if theyâre worthy of buying from or not.
And if the seller gets nasty despite what the buyer says, itâs a definite no on buying for me.
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I did not notice the positive automated feedback but that thatâs pretty cool.
I like the idea. I have sold tens of thousands of things successfully over the years but only have a few thousand feedback.
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My stats:
- 2.2K items sold.
- 1615 feedback.
Thatâs a 73% feedback/sales ratio! Obviously that may include me as a buyerâŠbut weâll roll it all together.
Curious of others stats.
My main account is 100% positive feedback 2649
5.1K items sold
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573 sold
371 feedback
100% positive
69% feedback/sales ratio.
52%.
Thatâs a pretty low rate of return relative to others. I wonder why that is.
Iâll have to dive deeper into my numbersâŠsee if I can differentiate purchases from sales.
I wonder if you guys leave buyer feedback? I usually donât. I also donât purchase much on eBay.
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I have it set to automatically leave buyer positive feedback when they leave me positive feedback.
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I did not know you could do this! Thanks for sharing. I usually go on once a week and leave feedback for buyers up to a specific date. So if itâs been 21 days or so, I leave positive feedback. I just go with the âno news is good newsâ philosophy.
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