Comments on: If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Blue Note

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:57:31 +0000

Thanks guys.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:07:25 +0000

Tony, I think you have a good point. I’ve been a customer of Atomic for a while and still will be, but next time I’m looking at an expensive record from a seller I haven’t used I am going to consider the points you have brought up.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:00:48 +0000

Tony-good point re:”seller response”.When I see something like”The buyer is a complete idiot!” it says more to me about the seller than the buyer(who may well HAVE been a jerk!)

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:07:27 +0000

Personally I dont consider a 100% positive feedback score to be essential. Some people are very good at papering over the crakcs so to speak…. What I always look at is how the seller responds to the buyer, as I find that far more indicative of their overall character and manner.

For example a seller who has received a negative vote and responds with an apology is far more likely to get my business than one who either fails to leave feedback or rsponds with an angry tirade…

Basically I am looking for the same treatment as I would expect in an old fashioned bricks and mortar store.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:24:07 +0000

Tony, maybe you are right. I only know of my experiences. But 3 negatives out of 1300 in a year is pretty damn impressive.
I’m with you though that I think sellers should leave feedback FIRST. The counterpoint to that is doing so leaves them totally at the mercy of the buyer to be decent. If you sell 1300 records in a years, you are going to sell to a few jerks who don’t want to solve the dispute. It only takes a few jerks to ruin your feedback score which for some sellers is there livelihood. I don’t think it’s necessarily makes them sketchy, just protective. I can understand that, even though I prefer the sellers who leave Feedback as soon as payment is received.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:29 +0000

Tony-I ALWAYS leave feedback as soon as an item is paid for,so you’d think that would ensure that buyers would recipricate and lv their feedback promptly,too. Doesn’t happen! I’d say maybe HALF of my Ebay buyers actually leave feedback-and that’s pushing it. Who knows why? I say.. OFF with their heads!

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:26:15 +0000

Well, sorry to insist but If I were to spend that sort of money on a record I would find it hard to do so from someone who leaves a buyer comments such as “Avoid! Sellers Beware!” when they are clearly dissapointed at a misgraded record they paid US $335.88 for. That is not stellar feedback, that is just being vindictive and a good indication of the sellers character.

The very good sellers do not let a dispute escalate to the -ve feedback stage and resolve it beforehand. Certainly would never leave such abusive comments about a buyer who has been misled.

Also, the very good sellers always leave +ve feedback as soon as an item has been paid for. Sellers who withold feedback are dodgy I think. I always leave them -ve regrdless of how good the item is.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:13:57 +0000

In 10 years or so I’ve ordered quite a few records from Atomic. Always satisfied. I like how they tend to describe the record attributes(dg, address, etc…) instead of proclaiming it as a first. They also give a little detail on the flaws of the record. They use top quality packaging and are pleasant. There are a few dealers i keep going back to and they are one.

By: aroc

aroc — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:28:17 +0000

I feel a need to defend the above assertion that Atomic’s feedback is less than stellar (no association with them) out of fairness and for the sake of staying real here. If you click on the 3 negative FB’s they’ve had over the last
12 months (and 1300+, positives)
You will see 1. Someone overseas who obviously had a record lost shipped 1st class, happens ALL the time (the cause of my 1 NFB in 3 years). 2. An obvious “nutjob” who left NFB because he didn’t get FB left for him. 3. A guy who gave NFB for surface noise or “not playgraded”,who was offered a refund.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:34:45 +0000

Michel-regarding those listings,look under “greed” for more info! The seller might want to look up the “golden goose” childrens tale,to predict the eventual outcome of such choices.