Anyone ever purchase from discountcardz??

fsjeter

I swear, you just never know. I won a 2003-04 SP Authentic Shawn Marion/Leandro Barbosa Dual Auto and a 2003-04 Upper Deck Legends Signs of a Future Legend Fred Jones from this guy. I figure a seller with a feedback rating of 97% (27,628) would be o.k. to buy from. I've taken riskier chances. Well, I paid on 6/1/06 and as of today, no cards or response from the seller. Then I look at his past feedback and I see he has almost 2,000 negatives in the last month alone.

Needless to say I've opened a dispute with paypal and I have no doubt it will be escalated before the 20 days. FYI, if you do buy from him, he is very slow, if you hear from him at all!

Scott

Edited to add: I apologize, it should be 2,000 negatives in the last 12 months.

storm888

This seller does not seem to leave retal-FB when someone negs him.

But, he has a mix of negs; some for no show items, some for junk items.

Maybe he got too big too fast. In general, a seller below 98% is not worth
making a deal with; most of the time, it will be OK, but when it is not, you have
to waste time trying to unwind the deal. There are plenty of eBay sellers
with 99% or better, and I usually can find what I want from them.

On the other hand, there are many reasons that a seller/buyer can get
a few negs, even if it is not their fault.

What really amazes me is the sellers with 10,000+ FB and 100% rating.
I do not know how they manage it.

storm

fsjeter

<< <i>What really amazes me is the sellers with 10,000+ FB and 100% rating.
I do not know how they manage it. >>



It's really not that difficult when you have good customer service and conduct business the way you're supposed to.

Scott

fsjeter

Except for some medical reason, there is really no excuse for not sending a card you sold or at a minimum, contacting the buyer.

Scott

pandrews

his feedback is ugly as hell.. i admit ive bought some cheap modern singles from this seller.. i think it took awhile to get my cards too, but i have no complaints.. ive never tried communicating with the guy..

Wizardsguildcards

It's really not that difficult when you have good customer service and conduct business the way you're supposed to.

Its not all that easy all it takes is one idiot. You can have flawless CS and eventually you will find one.

Actually scammers tend to target sellers with 100%FB more than those without it.. They view these sellers as pushovers. Most sellers are most scared of their first neg and will do anything to keep from getting including letting the buyer push you around.

I hang out on the Ebay boards as well and see it all the time "I don't want a neg so I am going to just refund the 100.00 and let him keep the item."

storm888

<< What really amazes me is the sellers with 10,000+ FB and 100% rating.
I do not know how they manage it. >>



^^It's really not that difficult when you have good customer service and conduct business
the way you're supposed to. ^^



It really does ONLY take one scamster to nail the 100-percenters. All of the great CS is no
defense at all against JUST ONE scamster.

storm

Lothar52

I have dealth with this guy in the last 2 months....PM sent....

1- he dont respond to emails, even when prompted by a dispute from paypal
2- he dont leave feedback...whatever
3- see #1
4- It took 2 months to get my cards without communication....i wont buy from him again.

Loth

onlyanumber

Bought two fleer focus masterpiece manias from him dirt cheap.

Won the cards March 30th. Paid via paypal March 31st.

Got an automated invoice April 6th. Replied with a 'paid via paypal March 31st' response.

Got an automated response April 13th that the cards were going out.

Got the cards April 29th.

Very slow, but got a great deal and eventually got the cards...

fsjeter

<< <i>Bought two fleer focus masterpiece manias from him dirt cheap.

Won the cards March 30th. Paid via paypal March 31st.

Got an automated invoice April 6th. Replied with a 'paid via paypal March 31st' response.

Got an automated response April 13th that the cards were going out.

Got the cards April 29th.

Very slow, but got a great deal and eventually got the cards... >>



I never got an automated invoice. NOTHING! The guy's a putz. I guess if you have over 25,000 feedback and you're turning out a couple hundred auctions a week you could care less.

Scott

Snowball

I think this seller ship slow a month or so. Base on some FBs.

All the neg and neutral FBs of discountcardz

I always use this site to look at negative and neutral FBs of an ebay ID.

MooseDog

<< <i>What really amazes me is the sellers with 10,000+ FB and 100% rating.
I do not know how they manage it. >>



I'll second the fact that it's not easy. I have been in retail and customer service most of my working life and I try to do right for the customer, even if it costs me. I've done close to 10,000 transactions since 1997 and left almost 9,000 postitive feedback. I have received only 4600 positives in return, and I have five negs, and here's what for:

1) Buyer from Egypt bought $100+ worth of merchandise from me, was his third purchase from me as the first two went off without a hitch. Package got delayed/lost so he negs me without even contacting me. I gave him a full refund including shipping. He purchased again, and left a positive, something to the effect of "neg feedback was in error" but eBay wouldn't remove it. This was before they instituted the "mutual remove" policy.

2) TWICE I got negs that were meant for OTHER sellers. They apologized but then failed to respond to the mutual remove message so those stuck.

3) Had a guy leave me a neg BEFORE HE EVEN PAID for his 3 items. Finally pays me 45 days late and then leaves me ANOTHER neg saying the cards weren't as mint (they were).

4) Package apparently got lost so the buyer, without so much as an email or anything letting me know he didn't get the package, leaves me a neg calling me a thief. I emailed him twice asking him what the problem was, and offered a full refund including shipping. Got no response so that one stuck too.

It sucks being 99.9% but anyone with half a brain should be willing to deal with me despite the few negs.

fsjeter

Assuming they left positive feedback after the first two purchases, at least the Neg in #1 didn't count against your %. Silver lining?

Scott

RedRomad275

I'm in the same boat with Lothar. I got my stuff but it took forever. A buddy of mine never got his cards from the guy. Bad business.

Red

gosteelers

The funny thing about this deadbeat is that he states in his Item Descriptions that he sends an e-mail upon Paypal payment and then when the item ships. Yeah, okay...

Edited to add: I just saw onlyanumber touch on this very same thing

fsjeter

Surprise, surprise. A full 22 days after I paid for the auction, he sends an email apologizing and the cards are in the mail. Apparently, he's been on vacation all this time. That must have been on hell-of-a vacation.

Scott

onlyanumber

Hey, it's like earning miles on your credit cards--all those $1 and $2 auctions add up over time

slatsme

Volume or no volume, that's alot of negs on the board!!! Many dealers out there produce that volume or near to it with impeccable ratings.