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I try to make the feedback I leave as interesting as possible, because it must be pretty boring if you sell thousands of things if everyone says much the same.

so I try to be a little more esoteric, here's a few examples:

Wonderful and special, I'm grateful and quite, quite moved. And blind drunk.

Jolly nice bit of neoprene, should keep my shock lovely and warm. Ta muchly.

A lovely oil filter, just the right size and shape. Oh, it's just perfect.

Beautiful yeast, just what the doctor ordered. Although it was me, actually.


Is this a bit over the top or adding a bit of interest?

Does anyone else type gibberish for feedback?

No, but I like the idea. Think I'll start doing that from now on

tony.mon wrote:I try to make the feedback I leave as interesting as possible, because it must be pretty boring if you sell thousands of things if everyone says much the same.


Does anyone else type gibberish for feedback?

i'm lazy.

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/feedback?who ... =frivolous

i do find it amusing to leave positive feedback but negative comments nobody ever reads it anyway

Timbo wrote: I read the last month or so when i am buying, especially a big purchase.

i usually click on their feedback for the item sold - if its something they have sold before, eg if i was buying a aftermarket fairing to see what others have said ie quality of fit & finish.

its good that you can check what neutral & negative comments have been left.... been put off a few times.
saves a load of sh1t.
its annoying when people dont leave feedback though, especially if paypal wont release payments until they leave + comments

i was looking through ebay before xmas and spotted a CD for sale advertised as "massive dance CD".

Needless to say i had to email the seller asking just how big the CD was, as i only have a regular cd player i was concerned the CD may be too big. The seller failed to produce an image of the CD next to a regular household object so i could gauge the size but he did assure me it would play prefectly in my CD player.

never brought it though as i detest dance music, so no feedback given.

i mailed a seller the other week to ask why he had relisted an item that previously failed to reach the reserve price at £29.50, with a new starting price of 99p.
obviously he's not going to accept 99p, so why not start the sale at the reserve price and save wasting people's time.

he sent a rather snotty reply back asking who the crouton am i....

benny hedges wrote:i mailed a seller the other week to ask why he had relisted an item that previously failed to reach the reserve price at £29.50, with a new starting price of 99p.
obviously he's not going to accept 99p, so why not start the sale at the reserve price and save wasting people's time.

he sent a rather snotty reply back asking who the crouton am i....

That's not wasting people's time Benny (although the bloke was a bit ooo with his reply). Couple of years ago I put up an item with a start price around what i wanted for the item, and had a few watchers but it didn't sell. So relisted with 99p start and a reserve price (close to but not same as start price previously) and it sold for £150 more than what I had it listed at previously. People like bidding up to find out reserve prices, it's also better to have bids on an item than not, more people look at it. AS in my case, had whoever bought it eventually looked the week previusly, they would have got it £150 cheaper........

So wasting people's time? I think not, it's all pandering to how people like to use/bid on eBay and getting an item to sell. Tactics mate, tactics.

tony.mon wrote:I try to make the feedback I leave as interesting as possible, because it must be pretty boring if you sell thousands of things if everyone says much the same.

so I try to be a little more esoteric, ......

Is this a bit over the top or adding a bit of interest?

Does anyone else type gibberish for feedback?

Think I may have sold you a car on Fleabay - the feed back I got was "all lovely and fluffy"....
I do try to make my listings at least a little entertaining: Item number: 130488879110

I've even been tempted to buy stuff before now just to meet the seller and try to work out what the crouton makes them tick!