Forum Feedback Behavior of TE Members (Gyan Ahead, You have been warned!)
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Slayer88
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Many users claim to want to help and reply to threads with confidence and sometimes overconfidence with an accusatory tone. Sometimes these replies are made by making assumptions and without reading the whole post. When you prove these people wrong, they go silent and have no decency or humility to take those accusatory statements back, goes to show their intentions were never really to help others but just to be oversmart. Have had 2 instances of this in the last 4 weeks!
StygianClaw
Galvanizer
I am bumping this thread again.
For all the new-newbies out there (and some old members), I'm going to tell you that it's okay to change your mind and it's okay to back out of a deal but what's not cool is not responding to or keeping the other party informed. This is the basic decency and courtesy that is expected in this forum.
I consider a lack of proper communication and disregard for the fact that there is an actual person behind these usernames (usually at least), as one of the biggest red flags. I'm sure many others feel the same way.
For all the new-newbies out there (and some old members), I'm going to tell you that it's okay to change your mind and it's okay to back out of a deal but what's not cool is not responding to or keeping the other party informed. This is the basic decency and courtesy that is expected in this forum.
I consider a lack of proper communication and disregard for the fact that there is an actual person behind these usernames (usually at least), as one of the biggest red flags. I'm sure many others feel the same way.
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When I was trying to sell my Mac Mini, I got a message from a person expressing interest. Then he didn't respond for 2 days during which I sent two messages. Then he said he was interested but caught up with work and would like to talk on Saturday (it was Wednesday). I said ok. Then sent a follow-up on Saturday. No response. Sent another follow-up on Sunday morning. No response. Later in the evening I sent a message saying if he didn't respond by EOD, I'd consider the deal off. Then he replied saying "I guess I missed it".
I absolutely abhor this kind of behavior. It's way better to just tell the person that you're no longer interested as and when you decide not to but. Just a 4-5 word message is better than going silent.
I absolutely abhor this kind of behavior. It's way better to just tell the person that you're no longer interested as and when you decide not to but. Just a 4-5 word message is better than going silent.
Wasn't TE, different forum of similar nature. But yeah, have encountered similar things on TE as well.
animishticomb
Forerunner
Exact same thing I'm going through on one of my sale threads... Person said he will take it and hasn't responded in 2 days after that message
Now I'm in a delimma whether to consider it on hold for him and will it be rude for me to bump my thread agin
And person I'm talking about has 18 feedback on te...and member for years. Maybe he just faced an emergency... Sucks for me though being stuck without knowing how to proceed
in such cases, i think like holding it for a maximum of 24 hours would be fair and then moving on to the next buyer in line.
StygianClaw
Galvanizer
No need, just bump and carry on. No harm in gathering additional interest for your sale as long as you communicate to the next interested party that you are waiting to hear back from someone and that you would keep them in the queue. If possible try to give them a timeframe.
Usually, if someone did not give me any timeframe within which to expect a response and if it's been a day or two already, I send them a gentle reminder and state that I will move on if I don't hear back from them soon. It's not reasonable for them to expect us to hold without communicating properly.
For similar reasons, I do not take token advances for holding the item. If it's someone who I have had a pleasant experience dealing with before or have expressed sufficient goodwill either directly or via the forum, I would gladly hold for them. But it is entirely at my discretion.
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enthusiast29
Juggernaut
Agreed, to me if a person is truly interested they'd be active and reply within 36 hours. Yeah I'm not even gonna give 2 full days unless I get a token amount or there's no queue for the item cuz jisko lena goa vo turannt lega after due verification and all.
nRiTeCh
Oracle
Recently encountered exp. with 2 such people here.
One is not ready to leave feedback giving kiddish stupid reasons while other one is not at all able to handle his latest sale thread agreeing to something and then getting confused and be sorry later. Cant share pms here but if one cannot respond properly better not to create a kachra thread. Instead create few threads classifying the items across creating few or more threads rather than clubbing everything in one and getting lost while replying to the pms.
One is not ready to leave feedback giving kiddish stupid reasons while other one is not at all able to handle his latest sale thread agreeing to something and then getting confused and be sorry later. Cant share pms here but if one cannot respond properly better not to create a kachra thread. Instead create few threads classifying the items across creating few or more threads rather than clubbing everything in one and getting lost while replying to the pms.
nRiTeCh
Oracle
Admins hardly care tbh.. Have marked them, pmed them! Its like nobody cares around.!
Do not think it is a good idea as it may affect persons with genuine reason. The best thing is to put in the post clearly first come first served. Whoever needs a product seriously will buy it at the earliest.
No. feedback is only after a deal is done
sorry you feel that way. what's the issue?
feedback been working fine, havent seen any report other than the odd double feedback which we correct if we are made aware
The protocol we endorse is - Don't hold items.
What are you expecting Renegade to do about this?
May be admins can add the feedback after certain proofs provided which can be validated
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