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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: Ktown99 on February 02, 2013, 09:46 pm
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The feedback system is a little like google search results. It's easy to look only at the first page of feedback and disregard the second, third or fourth pages to see how the vendor has been tracking.
Refining results by the rating out of 5 may assist to inform the buyer in seeing any trends in quality of product, shipping times and stealth.
I had a package not turn up and after doing some searching through the feedback pages saw there were other buyers who had packages not turn up around the same time as me.
Some vendors sell shit loads every day and insights like this can be hidden quite easily due to new feedback.
I want to know if a vendor is consistently poor or if they've had some bad luck recently - this info helps me make a more informed decision.
Thoughts?
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Hey there,
This is a very common problem here although I do not believe many buyers have picked up on it. One of my very trusted vendor's just recently personally informed me of a trend of parcels that arrive later than what they used to (a consistent delay). This was constrained to the size of the parcel, smaller ones were still unaffected by this force. He has since also posted this on his vendor page.
Reason states that there seem to be vendors who are aware of this but perhaps not all of them feel the need to inform their customers in this way as my vendor did. I therefore independently confirm that I agree that this problem needs to be addressed in a similar manner to your suggestion or perhaps an improved suggestion.
I know this is not the most helpful reply, but I wanted to add to the substance of the actual problem. Good work ktown!
Sincerely,
Entity
P.s I have to stress the fact that IF this alteration will end up in security breaches in any way, shape or form then please INFORM! I could not think of anything except the fact that LE may be able to reverse track vendors by pairing customs seizures with vendors delivery success and location. I do not know if the latter is sound.
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Hey there,
This is a very common problem here although I do not believe many buyers have picked up on it. One of my very trusted vendor's just recently personally informed me of a trend of parcels that arrive later than what they used to (a consistent delay). This was constrained to the size of the parcel, smaller ones were still unaffected by this force. He has since also posted this on his vendor page.
Reason states that there seem to be vendors who are aware of this but perhaps not all of them feel the need to inform their customers in this way as my vendor did. I therefore independently confirm that I agree that this problem needs to be addressed in a similar manner to your suggestion or perhaps an improved suggestion.
I know this is not the most helpful reply, but I wanted to add to the substance of the actual problem. Good work ktown!
Sincerely,
Entity
P.s I have to stress the fact that IF this alteration will end up in security breaches in any way, shape or form then please INFORM! I could not think of anything except the fact that LE may be able to reverse track vendors by pairing customs seizures with vendors delivery success and location. I do not know if the latter is sound.
Thanks for the input - would be great to hear other people's thoughts.
I've seen other vendors mention on their pages that packages may or may not fit through regular post boxes. Doing this helps prepare the buyer for any delays and helps them make an informed decision about where to have the package delivered if they have more than on drop.