DUE TO SOME BUYERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MY GOOD NATURE, FEEDBACK WILL BE LEFT WHEN I HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
DSR RATINGS
You may be aware that eBay has made some interesting changes to feedback and DSR's (Detailed Star Ratings). They haven't done a good job helping sellers/buyers understand what they mean and the impact they have.
Here's a brief outline:
When you're asked to rate sellers 1-5, one would view this type of scale as:
3 is Average
4 is above Average
5 is Outstanding
But this is how eBay's scale rates us:
Pretty extreme huh? You get 5 stars to choose from but if you were to actually give us all 3's...we would not be allowed to sell on eBay. Ebay fees are even affected by these DSR's...4.5 or less and we can't be Powersellers. 4.8 and above we get discounted fees. Those 3 tenths difference are huge to those of us trying to make a living on eBay. No room left for any shortcomings.
The star that is the biggest problem for sellers is the Shipping star. This is suppose to reflect how quickly we processed your purchase and shipped it, NOT the actual shipping times by the various carriers because we can't control their processes, that's completely out of our hands once we leave it with the carrier no matter who it is.
By this thinking, in order to get a 5 we could only sell within our city much less across the country or the world.
Please consider all of this before you click on those stars.
International Buyers – Please Note:
Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.
These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up – do not confuse them for additional shipping charges.
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