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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Massimo Dalema on January 29, 2013, 12:43 pm

Title: Difference between FE and extremely restrictive purchasing rules
Post by: Massimo Dalema on January 29, 2013, 12:43 pm
I' m a long time member, unfortunately I lost my forum pw.
It's about 5 month from my last order, I noticed that there are still many vendors who require FE but there are many others who have almost impossible to respect purchasing rules, I mean 0% refund rate on over 50 transaction is unrealistic on a statistic base, under 10% IMHO is the percentage that describe an honest buyer.
How do SR staff deal with vendors who requires > 10 transactions AND 0% refund rate? I mean if a order got lost or it was never shipped, and it goes into resolution without any agreement between vendor and buyer ?
Title: Re: Difference between FE and extremely restrictive purchasing rules
Post by: monday.123 on January 29, 2013, 12:47 pm
Not sure if there's much you can do. I'll either message the vendor and see if we can work something out, or just find someone else.

Luckily my preferred cake has some amazing bakers who are willing to work with new buyers :)
Title: Re: Difference between FE and extremely restrictive purchasing rules
Post by: Sukey on January 29, 2013, 01:06 pm
The FE/Purchasing rules are more like a guideline for me. You do not have to satisfy them, but if I notice something fishy I might require FE on a per client-basis, or if you have a refund/autofinalize rate of 7%+ just to be on the safe side. So far, only 2 people had an autofinalize/refund rate of 10%+
Title: Re: Difference between FE and extremely restrictive purchasing rules
Post by: trotsky on January 29, 2013, 04:14 pm
There are some fairly cheap digital goods that should help you get above 50 transactions if your vendors are really being sticklers about it.
Title: Re: Difference between FE and extremely restrictive purchasing rules
Post by: kittenfluff on January 29, 2013, 04:22 pm
I' m a long time member, unfortunately I lost my forum pw.
It's about 5 month from my last order, I noticed that there are still many vendors who require FE but there are many others who have almost impossible to respect purchasing rules, I mean 0% refund rate on over 50 transaction is unrealistic on a statistic base, under 10% IMHO is the percentage that describe an honest buyer.
How do SR staff deal with vendors who requires > 10 transactions AND 0% refund rate? I mean if a order got lost or it was never shipped, and it goes into resolution without any agreement between vendor and buyer ?

Hi There! I'm new here and have been wondering what 'FE' means. Sorry if it makes me sound like an idiot, but I would appreciate a brief explanation. Thanks!  ???