So, I eMail an eBay seller with my usual question about a proof set...
Russ
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"Is the set pictured in this auction the actual set the winning bidder will receive?"
And, this is the response I get:
<< <i>HI!! I think you are kidding, right?, could you check mi feedback, and if you do not trust,DO NOT BID, THANKS >>
This guy seems a little defensive. I wonder why?
So, being the diplomatic sort of guy I am, I responded gently to his answer:
No, I wasn't kidding. I was asking a very simple question. Since your auction does not specifically state that the set pictured is the actual set the winning bidder will receive, and since many sellers use stock images, it is perfectly legitimate for a bidder to verify the item prior to deciding whether or not to bid.
The defensive nature of your response is, to say the least, interesting. Is this how you treat all potential customers?
BTW, I did check your feedback. It's lousy.
Just a quick suggestion to sellers: When you have a 98.5% rating and only 261 feedback, it's not a good idea to hold that up as an accomplishment.
Russ, NCNE
And, this is the response I get:
<< <i>HI!! I think you are kidding, right?, could you check mi feedback, and if you do not trust,DO NOT BID, THANKS >>
This guy seems a little defensive. I wonder why?
So, being the diplomatic sort of guy I am, I responded gently to his answer:
No, I wasn't kidding. I was asking a very simple question. Since your auction does not specifically state that the set pictured is the actual set the winning bidder will receive, and since many sellers use stock images, it is perfectly legitimate for a bidder to verify the item prior to deciding whether or not to bid.
The defensive nature of your response is, to say the least, interesting. Is this how you treat all potential customers?
BTW, I did check your feedback. It's lousy.
Just a quick suggestion to sellers: When you have a 98.5% rating and only 261 feedback, it's not a good idea to hold that up as an accomplishment.
Russ, NCNE
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You should email him back and tell him you have shared his email with the NGC, PCGS and ANACS messege boards. The boards where 75% of the buyers hang out.
I had a good e-mail the other day:
"Dear sampleslab,
As a consumer and seller I prefer to see and show both the obverse and reverse of coins so that people can fairly see the coin, since most coins are one sided cameo's and I think you can get more bids by doing that. Jim"
My response:
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the tip. NGC won't grade a coin Cameo if it is a one sided Cameo. Are you asking for a pic of the reverse or just giving
me a hint on what I should do with my auctions?
Cameron Kiefer
His reply:
"Hi Cameron..can u please resend reverse pics..did not go thru."
I don't think you're dealing with the sharpest crayon in the box there. Too bad you can't cut the slab in half if he wins and only send the front side of it.
After all, you are only selling what is pictured, right?
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
<< <i>After all, you are only selling what is pictured, right? >>
Yep. I show the slab # and say it the pictured coin is what you win. I am more then willing to send reverse pics and I do it all the time. He should just sstraight out ask the first time instead of trying to skirt around the question.
Cameron Kiefer
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You should email him back and tell him you have shared his email with the NGC, PCGS and ANACS messege boards. The boards where 75% of the buyers hang out. >>
I think you forgot to add a decimal point before your percent, .75 of 1% is a far more realistic number.
Maybe I'm a snob- but not being able to spell "my" is a little red flag for me.
He had to use the phonics method to spell 'my.'
You should've responded to him with a picture of your icon, Russ.