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Is The Ebay Customer Always Right?By: Kirsten HawkinsArticle Word Count: 671 words [Comments (0)] Total Views: 643 Views |
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A dissatisfied customer will leave negative feedback, and negative feedback is to be avoided at all costs. That one piece of negative feedback will always cost you more than it would have to deal with the complaint, whatever the value of the items you sell. You should consider any positive feedback percentage under 100% to be an absolute disaster, and a personal failure on your part. But What IfÂ… But nothing! There is no situation where you, as a seller, should get into any dispute with a buyer. Here are a few common situations and how to handle them. They say the item never arrived: Politely ask the buyer to wait a few more days to see if it turns up, and then email you again if it still hasnÂ’t arrived. If it still hasnÂ’t arrived, you should assume it was lost in the post somehow and offer to send a replacement if you have one, or give them a full refund otherwise. No, I donÂ’t care what that costs you. Are you serious about selling on eBay or not? The item has been damaged in the post: You must offer to replace it or take it back for a refund without hesitation. They say the item doesnÂ’t match the description: Resist the urge to email back with “yes it does, you just didnÂ’t read the description properlyÂâ€. Take the item back for a refund, and edit your description if you need to, to make any confusing points extra clear. IÂ’m sure youÂ’re spotting a pattern by now. Offering a refund will make almost any problem go away, and it really will cost you less in the long run. Remember, one piece of negative feedback will stay with you forever, while having a 100% positive rating is like owning a bar of solid gold. You should always handle customersÂ’ complaints before they complain to eBay – in fact, you should email them pre-emptively to ask if they have any. Going through the dispute process is time consuming, reflects badly on you and is downright unnecessary. Are you still not convinced? Think this would only work with cheap items? Well, you see, the higher the price of the items you sell, the more your reputation is worth to you. LetÂ’s say you were selling $10,000 worth of items each week, for example, and making a $1,000 profit per week overall. You might think that refunding one customerÂ’s $1,000 purchase would be a tragedy, losing you your whole weekÂ’s profit. ItÂ’s far better to look at it this way: if you donÂ’t give that refund, then not only will you lose the next weekÂ’s profit, but youÂ’ll probably lose a few weeksÂ’ profit after that too. Now which option looks better? I absolutely canÂ’t emphasise enough the importance of really believing that the customer is always right. But trying to make excuses for complaints isnÂ’t the only thing you need to avoid. There are a lot of pitfalls that you need to avoid if you donÂ’t want to kill your business before itÂ’s even started properly – and IÂ’ll show you in the next email what they are.
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