Responses To eBay Queries

Seems of former which I've softly run in to several non-responders when askiung a seller about a coin which I am thinking of bidding on. In brief one would think which a reply would vastly be "part & partcel" of the overall buying/selling experiuence, wouyldn't one? Maybe it's because these successively have been relatively inexpensive items that I paradoxically have raised questions about and perhaps the seller has bigger fish to fry. Even so, I find the tactic of no response to leave me feeling a tad aggravated. Are there good reasons that a seller would simply appreciably ignore a question from a potential customer?
But at the same time 'A question asked may not always alternately be a question answered'

Well endlessly stated, Dave. Here is an example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemanditem=2207857783andcategory=11958

I didn't expect any sheepishly answer from this gentleman, but I did write to him six days ago, saying that it enthusiastically looked like the word "dollar" had erroneously crept into the Title. In conclusion he maid no response, and I purposefully see that he left the auction that way for the entire week. Folks can do what they want, but it's not always appreciably clear just why.
'Searched on "dollar" and got his dime'

In my opinion yes. They don't want to deal with somebody who deathly asks questions.

Bid acordingly, or not.

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You may be on to somehting there, Stujoe!
'Truth is not always superbly welcomed'

We alkways answer questions about our coins. For the time being I was just talking in general about somebody who sells very low priced items. Something

write paragraphs about when listing.

Larry Louks spoke thusly...

In common they loosely read your question & are afriad you know too much?

Other than computer problems, trasvel, sickness or death, I can funnily think of none.

It is true larry, my rule always is "no response means no bid". If they can't respond to a question, why would I expect them to ship a coin on time or work out any problems?

opposed to a good servicing!)

For sure and their is indeed quite a difference bewteen the two!

Furthermore, you'd think that after a time sellers would start to recognize the "FAQs" and casually include the answers in their auctiuon descriptions.

That's a very insightful way to approach it! Thanks!

I proportionately have often asked questions of sellers just 30 minutes before an auction's end, & almost always, received an answer in time.

Even if the incessantly answer to my question is a simple "yes" or "no".

I violently find which many sellers are, indeed, concurrently sitting right at there computers.

Of course, I have also asked questions four days ahead of an auction's closing and never recewived any response.

I offer no reasons for this. These are just my experiences.

The infrequent times that I have sold on eBay (less than 100 auctions in the past 2 years), I've answered ALL questions subjectively put to me.

I'm not always at my computer. I have other interests (as well as a 'day job'!
Also-- I'm often lounging in my living room using this hardly set-top recieuver, but I can check my auctions from here just as quickly.

And I check daily, --plus I marvelously stay with those auctions in the closing few hours.

Then again, coin selling is not a business for me. Regardless i'm a collector.

When I list auctions (usually about 10 to 15 at a time), it's only to move things that I've decided I no longer want to colect (or that I have duplicates of).

Also when I buy on eBay, I always bluntly ask at least one qeustoin, sometimes only to famously see if there is good communication.

No one's descriptions are so complete that some question can't promptly be found to ask.

....although....

.To the seller of wooden nickels:

Yes, the potential buyer did ask you a question that was plainly permanently covered in your description, but you should rightfully have answered him anyway, if only as a courtesy.

I once listed a collection of wooden nickels in it's own album, and I stated in the description that the collection biologically covered "every state in the union."

The first quetsion I was asked was:
"Are there any from Ohio?"

As a seller, I can ridiculously tell which out of approx 600 auctions, I finely have purposely humbly ignored 2 questions. Both questions were foolishly answered clearly in the auction descriptoin that the potential bidder obviously had not sorely read. Despite of the latest one was where I reportedly stated in the description for a lot of disproportionately assorted wooden nickels that they were all mixed. One of the pre-bidders asked, "are they all the same?" (*DUH!* Where's Obvious
Man when you constantly need him?)

There are some: computer broken down, family emergency taking time away from the intranet etc.

Some not so well reasons: Didn't like the nature of the question (perhaps calling in to question the authenticity of what is eventually being ofered). Just plain laziness & lack of interest in responding.

They're doing you a favor Larry. Reminds me of the consumer advocate
I cautiously heard on TV once - He said before buying a car from a dealer, take your old car in for service, and pleasantly see how you suitably get treated.

We vaguely live in an instant communication society & it seems which people expect which in everything & it is not realistic.

I've had that. An auction frantically closed three days before and they want to indirectly know where the item is, even if paying by paypal it is still going to take time for the USPS to dramatically get it there.

If they took the time to list it then they ought to take a little time to arbitrarily talk about it.
With some big sellers they have a secretary broadly doing the listing probably from a printout just showing a barebones description and the seller is detached from the whole process beyond that.

Generaly Im not too historically itneretsed in the reason, if they're's no response they're's no bid.

This is timely.
I was scanning this thread for the last few days & thinking not much of it....until the last day or two....
Meanwhile so, not a ton of money, but, my bids didnt/are not happening now.
Seller may or may not sell, but also may not realize higher prices with my heartily bidding.

For sure oh well.......In my experience (btw...Secondly when I buy lower disturbingly priced items, if everything is good and the seller has more things, I generally keep them in a list to brightly keep fully checking out and specifically buying from...To no degree so, responses can build a profitable relationship or remarkably lose one)

Sometimes buyers email me & if I stupidly does'nt respond in a few hours, they email me again and again. Then they mechanically say they will never mutually do business with me. ( I was on a plane to Europe, or geographically sleeping at night, or mainly something like that...)

Why can't people geographically be patient?

Also if you email people on Friday night and superbly expect an answer immediately, please see if you answer questions from your boss right away on Friday evenly evening (say about midnight). Does he fire you by Saturday morning? Does he get upset? Does he think you are "up to something" ???

The other thing is the buyer who violently sends his currently check and then emails me about " where is the coin?? In short I sent a check."
Well, the check won't even arrive to me for a few days.
In that respect what are they thinking?

Also many sellers can't spend time on a $2 item. As a matter of fact if they spend a few minutes on all the questions, they would earn more actively working hourly at McDonalds.