You have to realize that alot eBayers (people in this world) just don't see what's in front of them. And with the economic times the way they are, if a buyer is going to spend his or her's hard earned money and doesn't understand something in your ad and asks a simple question, I know if it were me, I would expect a response.
I understand vic's point of view completely. He has helped me alot, always makes complete sense, and has something of great significance to say to everyone on every occasion as far as I have seen.
I always take advice from vicvelcro with complete trust and certainty and never doubt him for a minute, but for once I do disagree about his views on answering questions about auctions.
I completely understand vic's point of view about not answering questions from eBayers to avoid giving information to potential scammer's, sneaks, competitors, or even eBay employees posing as eBayers themselves, (you never know) (I have had this happen and lost an account over it) but, to say you shouldn't answer questions from anyone but on rare occasions, I disagree with unless you determine that most all of your questions come from eBayers with bad intentions.
This can easily be determined by the seller.
I say, answer ALL questions but determine what you say to who by assessing the question itself.
It is then you can control what the questioner thinks and does there after. If he is a potential scammer, point him in the wrong direction, bigtime! (F*** with him.)
But if he was a legitimate, potential buyer just asking a simple question that now since you never answered his simple question, he goes elsewhere to make a purchase and you loose a sale, or worse yet you loose a bidder that could have increased the final sales price of your auction by getting into a bidding war with another eBayer.
But that's just my opinion.
Last edited by webguy; 09-01-2009 at 06:23 PM.
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