I just hate Power Sellers sometimes
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I got one who won an item 9 days ago.
I filed a UPI with Ebay this evening. He responds back that I am in violation of Ebay rules by filing that. He said that since he is a Power Seller he can choose if he wants to pay for an item or not even after he wins and Ebay will not do anything. He then demanded I retract the UPI or he would report me to Ebay.
I filed a UPI with Ebay this evening. He responds back that I am in violation of Ebay rules by filing that. He said that since he is a Power Seller he can choose if he wants to pay for an item or not even after he wins and Ebay will not do anything. He then demanded I retract the UPI or he would report me to Ebay.
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<< <i>I got one who won an item 9 days ago.
I filed a UPI with Ebay this evening. He responds back that I am in violation of Ebay rules by filing that. He said that since he is a Power Seller he can choose if he wants to pay for an item or not even after he wins and Ebay will not do anything. He then demanded I retract the UPI or he would report me to Ebay. >>
Let me get this straight. He says he can just bid on items and not pay if he chooses not to? What the heck is that?
For the sake of everyone, post his ID so it doesnt happen to anyone else....
That truly defies logic.
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I took my power-seller thing off about two-weeks ago;
biznez picked up almost right away. That was not my first
experiment and the results are always the same.
But, when ever the eBay performance cops tell me they
are going to take the badge away from me if I do not get
to selling, I speed up so I can keep the thing. It has
some use for lurking with the big-boys in the PS forum,
but that is about it. (I wish every buyer could go in there
and hear how some of the big sellers talk about buyers.)
My rag-merchant relatives do more than $20k a month
in several different stores. (All used clothing that they
buy from the Salvation Army and GoodWill.) Their FB
in every store is just barely above 98%, but they NEVER
display the power-seller thingies. MANY buyers will no
longer buy stuff from power-scammers.
eBay does tend to be a tiny bit liberal - sometimes - in
handing out punsihments to the PS-crowd. I do not
have any outrageous examples, but they do let the
98% FB slide quite often if it's for a big seller.
eBay is out of control. eBay is the Devil.
storm
Is that like being a surgeon or something?
Is there an association? The American Society of Powersellers?
Do they like get Diplomas and stuff - special badges - secret handshakes?
When I grow up...?
I wanna be a Powerseller!
mike
Cut and paste for a treat:
powersellersunite.com
storm
<< <i>I took my power-seller thing off about two-weeks ago;
biznez picked up almost right away. That was not my first
experiment and the results are always the same.
>>
Sorry, I don't believe this. You may have a problem with the whole "Powerseller" thing, but you really expect people to believe that by taking this designation off (I didn't even think you controlled this, rather I thought Ebay gives it and takes it away) more people buy stuff from you? Everyone, therefore, that shops on Ebay hates Powersellers? If this was the case, Ebay would have stopped the practice a long time ago.
If you request, I will place one of my PS thingies up right now,
and after you look at it, I will remove it, and you will see that
it is missing.
Sellers have complete control over whether or not they wish
to display the symbol. They can take it up and down
at will.
I wouldn't say it, if it wasn't so.... and, I am willing to demonstrate it.
storm
They have been involved in many of the
largest scams on eBay, but that certainly
does not mean that the program is bad.
But, smart-shoppers would never rely on the
PS symbol as an absolute guarantee of a
good transaction.
storm
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It seems like that should be so. And, I think it used to
be so. But, PSs have gotten a really bad name among
some buyers in the past 18-months. It really does not have
the value that it had in the beginning.
New shoppers might still think it "means something," but
most experienced buyers know that it really ONLY means
that the person turns a bunch of merch at a certain dollar
level. Experienced buyers also know that 98% FB is a
pretty low standard.
I am not opposed to the program. It just does not mean
what it should because of the lax standards that eBay
applies.
storm
Nick
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No validity to it at all. He's probably just trying to get wizard to respond with some type of threat or insult, in which case he WOULD be able to report him to ebay and possibly get him suspended. This happened to a large modern seller not too long ago. You have to be real careful with what you say to buyers (especially if you communicate through ebay), and this powerseller probably knows that.
No validity to it at all. He's probably just trying to get wizard to respond with some type of threat or insult, in which case he WOULD be able to report him to ebay and possibly get him suspended. This happened to a large modern seller not too long ago. You have to be real careful with what you say to buyers (especially if you communicate through ebay), and this powerseller probably knows that.
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Yup.
By accident, I participated in the hikack. Not sure how
that happened. Sorry.
Serious biznez here: Wiz needs to be told - if he does not
know, maybe he does - you cannot argue with folks who know the
way eBay's customer satisfaction scheme really works.
On eBay, much of the time, if you are right, you will be determined
to be wrong after the nitwits "get to the bottom of things."
Reporting the guy's first communication is the only way wiz can
win this with eBay. If wiz responds to the deadbeat-arrogant-bum,
they ah will claim that he is being abused and wiz could very well
get his tail caught in a crack.
My advice: No further communication with the bad guy. Just rat him
out to eBay, and even if they want to shaft you, there should be
no way that they can.
Power Sellers all have different levels of phone numbers that they
can call if they have problems. Low end PSs get a junk call center
number, and high guys get a good number where people actually
know your name and what you sell.
(I had a PS stiff me for 26-days on $3.17 last month. I mailed his
junk to him immediately when he bought it. Sent him 2 or 3
reminders, and still no payment. A few days ago, he pays and puts
a message on the PayPal thing: "Got your emails. I was out of town.")
Not good to fight directly with those guys; they are mobbed up with those
little phone managers and they can make life miserable. Report auctions,
cancel BINs, bid with tossable IDs, any number of bad things.
storm
Go to the Ebay messages boards and you will hear the same thing that the logo can be a sales deterant instead of a sales booster..
Being a Power Seller is not really that hard to do all it really means is this seller pays Ebay more money than others, but that is not always true.
How many Power Sellers have you seen spend half their item description describing what it means to be a PS.
I have also found and heard lots of stories about Power Sellers being among the worse buyers. I have filed 5 UPIs on various Power Sellers for non-payment 3 gave me the same type story.
Forgot to add: He now wants me to remove the dispute before he will send Payment.
A PS can go below 98% the PS requirement is figured on all their feedback recieved not just unique feedback recieved. So a PS can have a 97.5%, but under the PS percentage they can be 98.5.