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Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral? David
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Hi- I would like to add my answer to this question. I look at a powerseller as someone experienced at selling. Important things I look for is good feedback, of course, but I like seeing when the unique is much lower than the total, indicating that there are many repeat buyers. Repeat buyers means that the experience was so good that they came back for more. There is no better feedback then that! Another thing I look for is how long they have been selling. Someone can have few negs, many sales, but only selling for 6 months or so. The longer they have been on, the better I like it. I am turned off by complicated payment instructions, or lack of choices of payment. I wont pay by money order. I figure, there will be another same item for sale soon enough that will take my credit card. If I have to go out and get a money order, I may as well drive to a store and buy the item. Other turnoffs are terms like: payment must be received in 2 days or I give neg feedback, bad pictures, I wont bid on something if there is no picture. My husband bought a set of coins recently, the people sent him 2 sets instead of one. They people were located in another state. My husband called them and told them what he thought had happened, and that he would either send them money for the extra set or send them back. The people could not even find his invoice and finally said to him, "just keep them, dont worry about the money". Although I thought it was so nice of them to take the loss on what was probably their mistake, I have to worry that this seller does so much business that they have difficulty keeping their books straight. Although their policy is "the customer is always right" and it was not a big ticket item, this is the perception that I have of big sellers-these were nice people, but there are others that are not so nice. My husband is going to send the coins back to these people at our expense, he feels guilty for having these coins without paying for them. Can you imagine that? And, of course, I have learned a great deal from reading all the posts in this newsgroup, the best place of all to learn about Ebay. — – Allison AIM ~ duffbeer ICQ ~ 92606254 Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral? David
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Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral? David
Neutral. I’ve bought from powersellers before and been perfectly pleased with the transactions, but it’s not the powerseller thing itself that decides me on whether to buy from a seller or not. I always check the feedback, period. And look at terms in the auction. Cynthia
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Arenson/Marilyn Werden) shows that I have caved in and started bottom-posting, except when I forget: Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral? David
If the price is right, I’ll buy from a Powerseller. I’ve had good service and even feedbacks from Powersellers. I do expect that the price might be higher for some types of items than when buying from an individual. Anyone running tons of auctions either has staff to pay for, or expect you to fill out a silly form in order to get your item quickly. Either way, not good.
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Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral?
I used to not care, but now that Paypal searches out all my auctions for me, it makes a difference – a Power Seller is more likely to list the shipping in such a way that Paypal can find it and thus I can pay with one click. With less experienced sellers I often have to go back, find the shipping in the listing or in an email, then hand copy the shipping over to the Paypal page.
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Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral? David
For me it’s a (small) minus. I tend to believe that powersellers do not have the time to answer questions, or work with me on various conditions (shipping,multiple items in one shipment,packaging etc…) Norrin Radd
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When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral?
It’s a minus to me. My perception: powersellers’ auctions tend to be rude and borderline illiterate. "Powerseller" = "obnoxious wank". — L.V.X., brother mouse http://www.mousetrap.net/~mouse/
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Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral? David
It’s a neutral to me. Just another useless picture within the auction description. Nell
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Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral?
I see a Power Seller logo as a BIG *WARNING* sign. I’ve bought a LOT of computer hardware on eBay. To date, the only DOAs I’ve been sent were by PowerSellers. And in each case, getting a response from them was like pulling teeth. From looking at the feedback profiles some some powerseller whoze auctions I was considering… it seems like being a power seller is an excuse to have an extra large boatload of negative comments, and still stay in business. – Dan. — – South Jersey, USA, Earth <http://cronus.spaceports.com/~darmok
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Hi- Question for the sellers: Do you assume that the typical buyer knows the benifits of being a Powerseller? Other than the fact that it represents a certain level of selling on your part that is maintained according to some standard that Ebay sets, are we buyers supposed to know that there is supposed to be quicker customer service, and all the other stuff that comes with the title, outlined in that previous thread? That was all news to me, when I read it here. Is the Powerseller logo also a link to the information in Ebay about the powerseller distinction? — Allison AIM ~ duffbeer ICQ ~ 92606254
Noting the thread above on bronze Powersellers, here’s a question for bidders only: When you see a seller who is also a Powerseller, is that a plus in your mind? A minus? Or a neutral?
I see a Power Seller logo as a BIG *WARNING* sign. I’ve bought a LOT of computer hardware on eBay. To date, the only DOAs I’ve been sent were by PowerSellers. And in each case, getting a response from them was like pulling teeth. From looking at the feedback profiles some some powerseller whoze auctions I was considering… it seems like being a power seller is an excuse to have an extra large boatload of negative comments, and still stay in business. – Dan. — – South Jersey, USA, Earth <http://cronus.spaceports.com/~darmok
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Hi- Question for the sellers: Do you assume that the typical buyer knows the benifits of being a Powerseller? Other than the fact that it represents a certain level of selling on your part that is maintained according to some standard that Ebay sets, are we buyers supposed to know that there is supposed to be quicker customer service, (snip)
It has nothing to do with improved service for the buyer, only with eBay supposedly responding quicker to the power seller when s/he has a complaint. Kris
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