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Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

I have a mad buyer due to my shipping the item out 4 days late. item was advertised for free same-day expedited shipping, also. Buyer never contacted me asking me whats going on and straight up opened a eB case.

Tracking was updated and I haven't answered to the case nor the buyer yet. The next day the buyer messaged me commenting about when he should of already received the item by now and hasn't and that this one will go on my record for sure.. and..I owe him a discount for sure.. and..not to advertise expedited shipping on my page because its not true.

Item is a couple hundred dollars and I guess I'm willing to refund whole amount but, how can I at least TRY to stop mad buyer giving me the low fb/dsr? Looking at his credibility been a member since 2003 and likes to give detailed feedback ratings. Even has written reviews on his about me page:shocked:

I do care about my 100% ratings. Especially when I have been getting first top half in best match results.

If I'm going to give this complainer all my money and even let him keep the item, isn't their a chance?

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Well you have no guarantee against a bad rating on this at all.
The you need to make the buyer feel like you care and offer him the price you paid on postage as an incentive and/or a free gift.

I would not give the buyer the full value of the item since you say its a few hundred $$
as you never know if this is why the buyer is doing this in the first place.

Ebay will show that the item is signed for or not since you added tracking, but if you even refund the full amount he can still leave you a bad rating.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Honestly, I would step back for a few and not let this bother you

continue forward being polite and "understanding" of the customer, and offer a small discount to protect your ratings.

Im actually horrible at this and have dug my own grave a few times in the past while trying to "keep it real." DONT DO IT. It will most certainly go wrong.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

I agree, a full refund is out of the question. It is like buying gifts for a girl you just met.

Making a Mad buyer feel importantly 'special' and with a free gift for the shipping delay and some sorta small discount is more sense. But he thinks I owe him a discount 'for sure', he says. And, I strongly feel that this is just the way he thinks (not intentional).
I have looked at his page and know what kind of person I am dealing with. An older stern man in his 60's - He's got his own mug shot on his about-me and seriousness is written all over his face. The kind of man that expects a real answer - a real excuse to a any problem. 'WHY is MY package LATE, sir?!?'

But yeah I think I need to address something as to why I have taken so long to deliver especially, when I have advertised (lied?) free same-day expedited shippin. I mean, when items are late they wonder where and why and like mentioned, this ones a talkative-detailed-nitpicker.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

IMO if you give this guy a 25% refund, he should be doing cartwheels, I would.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

EXACTLY!!

Took a whole day for me to realize who he is. Here's another dead give-away. He's a golfer. Their should be no problems.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

I agree! 25% ($50) of a $200. item is a Very substantial discount for late shipping and should resolve the problem.

If it was me, I would call my customer with my best award winning personality :d and apologize with a well thought out excuse on why it was shipped late.

Anyway, it is important to protect your rating, especially when this one appears to be your fault.


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Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Very good help for me, TGMT that's what I'm talking about! The kind of customer and how to deal with it.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Ask yourself what happened to the delayed shipping too.

Try to avoid this for the next sportsman.

:welcome;

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

People have emergencies all the time that prevent them from being able to ship stuff out on time. Who says you did not have something like this happen to you? And be apologetic.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

If the buyer directly threatened to leave negative feedback if a refund is not issued, I believe this is a case of ebay feedback extortion.
"The buyer isn't allowed to threaten to use Feedback or detailed seller ratings in an attempt to force a seller into providing:
Goods or services that weren't included in the original item's description or purchase price.
A return, refund, or replacement item."

I have had plenty of feedbacks removed as a result of this policy. I would suggest you see if this qualifies for you.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/...extortion.html

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Without calling him on the phone, I ended up emailing the buyer a well crafted apology letter (courtesy of google). No need for a stupid excuse, instead I said the package appeared to have been misplaced in transit (I didn't blame anyone) and that all postal shipments are usually delivered next day. Threw in the 25% discount along with a 25$ egift card to an online retailer. The only problem can't access the funds until the buyer closes the case. Now I wonder if he is wondering when he will see the refund because he hasn't answered it, yet. He happened to receive the item about the same time I emailed the letter = Happy satisfied buyer, FOR SURE. But like I said, these type are thought out about their decisions, seriously. It's a Hole in one=} or the Bunker!:laugh:

I didn't wanna mention to him anything further as to when I will send that refund ohhhh no I can kinda see a man on the phone and I'm like, 'psst, hey! Who you talkin to?' No one needs the phone for the resolution center!

...and was today a busy day!:clap: I killed it on sales this weekend! It's a fact - lots of good clear photos, a 30 day return policy with same-day free shipping will get you top charts.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

WTF? This one is easy..............

Just establish a pattern of writing to this guy and bait him into threatening to give you bad ratings if you don't give him a discount, accept a return, pay return shipping or some other matter. Then just let him slam you. Then.......report him and contact ebay in a whiny voice telling them about his feedback extortion. They will ask for the messages and see that he gave you an ultimatum of giving him something or else he would slam you. Then they will just remove it. Don't forget to block him.

Here is a line I have used before to bait a guy: "I don't think it is fair for you to give me a bad feedback when my listing says (no returns) or (buyer pays return shipping)(pick what applies)."

With a $200 item I guess he will go back and forth with you and if you play it right you can get him to say he will not negative FB you as long as you do what he says. BUT......what he says should be against ppolicy such as paying return shipping, taking a refund, giving a discount/refund....blah blah. You can find those in the feedback extortion part help pages.

If you set him up then just wait for the bad FB and screw him. No refund, return etc etc. You got him if you get that extortion quid pro quo taken care of before actually DOING what he wants.

Be sure this message is in ebay messaging and not just emails.

Not hard to do once you dig into it. Very good way to protect your accounts from dicks.


THIS IS MUCH EASIER IF IT IS A NOOB. EXPERIENCED BUYERS LIKE MYSELF WOULD NEVER GET SUCKERED.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

oh.........and you should print your postage right away so buyers can see it has been shipped. Actually mail it when you damn well please, and if they ask why nothing is showing up on the USPS tracking thingy then just give the duck salute and act even more confused they the buyer is.

(But mail on time if at all possible just so you dont' ahve to deal with buyers wondering where their stuff is after 3 days)

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Tapatalk CAN go to hell! I just replied 2 paragraphs and it failed to post:tears:

But I gotta tell you.. Firstly, that is what I did, I printed the label, let it marinate like a crystal ball hoping for the usual naive buyer but he caught me off guard, went straight to the snibble department.

The settin him up is isn't what he deserves because I am the one that screwed-up, turning his anticipations into hopeless one. You see I claim to ship same-day (usually next day really) and it's been working well according to my feedback. So this was the deal-maker for my buyer, he purchased from me with a plan and a calculation per eB fast n free expected delivery date because the item was a neccessity (i cants spell) he made plans for on installation and had to be done by the weekend. I killed that for him.

It's that time - I'm dealing with a real serious buyer. And, hey it's no big deal I can handle real customer service. I hope.

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Better to do that than inlove yourself in dick head methods mentioned.

Be professional. Dont waste time on slinging matches when you made the error.

Operate to keep the account(s) viable ;)


Good Luck

:amen:

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

let it marinate like a crystal ball hoping for the usual naive buyer? what?

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

I like the idea of partial shipping refund and professional courteous message - time and respect will allow for buyer to cool down and avoid neg feedback

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

If you are asure you are the one at fault, and that he is not being unreasonable with allowing for a goof here and there on ebay, then take your pill and swallow it.

Seller and buyers both should realize ebay has more risk than other places. If they want better products and service they should go elsewhere. And pay more.

The discounted prices you get on ebay come with a price which is the risk of slow shipping, DOA items, and unprofessional sellers. Is he putting the entire burden of 100% performance on your shoulders?

As a side note, when people ask me to rush a shipment I ALWAYS tell them when I will ship it, but that I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE POST OFFICE GETS IT. Puts some buyers off but almost all of my past slow delivery problems were becasue I tried to help a brother out and get him his thing fast because he did not plan ahead for the birthday, wedding etc.

I promise 14 day delivery adn look like a hero when it arrives in 10 days. If I promise 7 day delivery and it arrives in 8 days....I am a bust. Lower expectations and then exceed them, customers will be glowing (and not slamming you on FB/DSR)

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Here's the end of the story...


When I sent my apology email along with the 25$ gift card my buyer was closing the case and, yep, giving me that NEG feedback! Hit me on 2 DSR categories - shipping time & communication. It showed 4.9/5.0 on both so I think he rated both 4 stars?? Not sure. Not even 10 minutes later he notices my email, opens and reads it and replies to me, admited we are all human but, shoulda contacted him..and he'll see about reevaluating his fb comments.

Finally was able to partial refund 25% - Sent as gift. At this time I was riding the leg like a sales man with emails like, 'hey..just sent the $, did you get it?..'

Asked me to send fb revision request:bounce:
On it!!

My score is back to 100%:amen:

The 2 DSR's? He leaves one! :lol:

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

@okay


Well Done to overcome the hassles.

Onwards to more and better sales.

:thumb:

Re: Mad Buyer Says 'this one will go on my record for sure.'
 

Good Job! It is hard to overcome initial thoughts and reactions... With a clear head and a little time to think about responses before pressing 'SEND' you can often fix an issue before it escalates.