Comment on I left negative feedback on ebay for dropshipping and the seller has messaged me four days in a row asking me to change it

• tiramichu@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To play the role of the annoying five year old, “And why is that bad?”

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  • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They offer no service or benefit. They are a needless middleman.

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can’t people just buy directly then, why do they choose to use these dropshippers?

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      • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Usually people are unaware they are dealing with a dropshipper.

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      • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Dropshippers don’t advertise themselves as such.

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  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re taking your money without providing you any value. It’s dishonest and it’s against eBay’s terms of service (unless they are working directly with the supplier, which I highly doubt is the case.)

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    • IceFoxX@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It says that a refund is offered and you can still keep it. I see absolutely nothing negative for you. But the answer from another user makes 100% sense. That for later scams as soon as a positive reputation has been built up.

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      • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “the thief gave me money to shut up, I see nothing negative for me”

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      • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The point of it is that by exposing them they will have to create a new account to scam with.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If you take the bribe you are as bad as the one offering a bribe.

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  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a way of farming sales and reputation, to build an account for later scamming with.

    A brand new account running a scam gets picked up almost immediately as they’re watched closer. An account that’s been around for 5 years, selling products without reports of fraud, suddenly switching to scams stays under the radar longer.

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    • IceFoxX@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Great answer. Thank you.

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  • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A deliberately deceptive business practice that does nothing to help consumers and only raises prices? If you have to have it explained to you why that is bad, well I’m sorry, but you are beyond saving.

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    • tiramichu@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Very kind and polite of you

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  • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why is doing literally nothing but adding cost a bad thing? 🤷‍♂️ they’re even selling on the same platform, it makes the actual-priced product harder to find or is just a full-on scam, pretending they sell higher quality products than actuality.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You should suspect it for items with really long delays. They are waiting for a sale or new pricing. They sold you something they don’t have and don’t plan to send until they find it cheaply enough to hit their profit target.

    Meanwhile you could have bought from someone who actually has it, direct from the original seller without extra markup, or waited for the same sale they are

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also you may be avoiding Amazon, but end up giving them your business against your wishes.

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      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This has been my issue. I’ll order something from a seller and it shows up two days later, delivered by Amazon.

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    • Brekky@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’re short sellers

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  • blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Drop shippers aren’t normally authorized sellers/resellers for the product so the manufacturer doesn’t have to warranty their products. Unfortunately, you won’t find out until 6 months down the road.

    It can also hurt small businesses because they don’t get to interact with their customers. Their products could get negative reviews on Amazon even if they never wanted sell the product on Amazon. Negative reviews could be because of the shipping or customer service provided by the drop shipper and the customer doesn’t know that the business had nothing to with those issues.

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  • Mokopa@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The complexity of returns wouldn’t be ideal I guess, you don’t have the original receipt etc.

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