So I just got my feedback from my last trade. Exactly what I expected to happen did. Let me explain how the trade went down.
8/6/12 I receive a trade offer and accept the trade from a member.
8/6/12 Member says "Awesome, i will have it out tomorrow with tracking."
8/6/12 I inform the member that I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the trade out the next day due to an unpredictable work schedule
8/7/12 I inform the member that I wasn't able to make it to the post office in time. I then tell him that I should be able to the next day because it should be a short day at work
8/8/12 I mark the item as shipped. Then message the DC and ask if he has the DC from the card he shipped
8/11/12 After not getting a response, but seeing the member posting about completing other trades, I ask if he's had a chance to get my cards out
8/11/12 (other member) "Ive been waiting on an order of padded envelopes to come in. I ordered them off ebay 2 weeks ago. Ill just buy a single one if they arent here by monday and get it out to you."
8/11/12 I thank him for letting me know because I was getting nervous since I hadn't heard from him
8/13/12 Other member marks items received, also marks my card as sent and has "completed all steps in the trade"
8/15/12 I post "I'm not sure what's going on, but I still haven't received my card. I see that you posted on one of your posts the 8th that you had a bunch of cards going out. It's been a week since then, also you had told me after that date that you still hadn't recei" message was cut off, but was supposed to finish with "still hadn't received padded envelopes"
8/16/12 I finally receive a DC # and an apology because he had been "slammed at work" and they should be there monday
8/18/12 I receive my card
So after the lack of communication on his part I leave a feedback of 5 stars for everything except communication. I gave a 4 due to the fact that I had to keep asking where my card was and according to his posts he was either lying to me or to the other people he was trading with about getting cards out on the 8th
Well surprise surprise, when I get my feedback, I have a 4 for communication and a 4 for overall. Now what did I do to deserve that? If the system is set up so that someone can just give you a feedback score to retaliate for the score you gave them, then the system is broken. I get worse feedback then he does when I sent my card out 2 days after the trade was completed and I'm the one who had to keep the line of communication open.
8/6/12 I receive a trade offer and accept the trade from a member.
8/6/12 Member says "Awesome, i will have it out tomorrow with tracking."
8/6/12 I inform the member that I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the trade out the next day due to an unpredictable work schedule
8/7/12 I inform the member that I wasn't able to make it to the post office in time. I then tell him that I should be able to the next day because it should be a short day at work
8/8/12 I mark the item as shipped. Then message the DC and ask if he has the DC from the card he shipped
8/11/12 After not getting a response, but seeing the member posting about completing other trades, I ask if he's had a chance to get my cards out
8/11/12 (other member) "Ive been waiting on an order of padded envelopes to come in. I ordered them off ebay 2 weeks ago. Ill just buy a single one if they arent here by monday and get it out to you."
8/11/12 I thank him for letting me know because I was getting nervous since I hadn't heard from him
8/13/12 Other member marks items received, also marks my card as sent and has "completed all steps in the trade"
8/15/12 I post "I'm not sure what's going on, but I still haven't received my card. I see that you posted on one of your posts the 8th that you had a bunch of cards going out. It's been a week since then, also you had told me after that date that you still hadn't recei" message was cut off, but was supposed to finish with "still hadn't received padded envelopes"
8/16/12 I finally receive a DC # and an apology because he had been "slammed at work" and they should be there monday
8/18/12 I receive my card
So after the lack of communication on his part I leave a feedback of 5 stars for everything except communication. I gave a 4 due to the fact that I had to keep asking where my card was and according to his posts he was either lying to me or to the other people he was trading with about getting cards out on the 8th
Well surprise surprise, when I get my feedback, I have a 4 for communication and a 4 for overall. Now what did I do to deserve that? If the system is set up so that someone can just give you a feedback score to retaliate for the score you gave them, then the system is broken. I get worse feedback then he does when I sent my card out 2 days after the trade was completed and I'm the one who had to keep the line of communication open.