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Aaaahh, but Ms Head Cheerleader had to set both xxx and xxx straight:
Quote:xxxxx 02 Jul 2007 03:14 Â Â Â
Hi xxx,
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and this guy is certainly entitled to his. First of all, the thread was calling for "founding members" not "founding user IDs". I personally appreciate that you consider yourself a popper still, and took the time to post.
xxx
Welcome to wagglepop. I hope you'll join us on the boards.
later
Founding user IDs? If xxx opens his store again, he will lose his "founding member" status. Lawsey, but she speaks in as many circles as Ray does. Â
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Hey Ray, how about giving sellers who re-open their stores a special icon:
"LOSTING MEMBER" ???
Edit: Ray's criteria for "Founding Member" status: someone, who, against all odds, actually FOUND the site and became a member as of Jan. 1
Quote:xxxxxxxxx  02 Jul 2007 07:38   Â
Am a "founding member"..... was very supportive of WP.
But months of barely enough sales to cover the costs of keeping a basic
store open -- paired with grand promises that never materialize from the
WP staff -- have been enough to spur disillusionment and make me think
it would be time to pack it in once my one-year stint (the time I said I'd
give things with WP a chance to show some progress) was up --- which
would have been July 26th.
However, it seems questions relayed through the WP message system
were not getting to me the past few weeks. Since I don't log into the WP
site daily I count on that function working properly. It didn't -- a customer
had a package go missing in transit -- I was unaware of this problem until
I'm asked by another WP member about some negative feedback that
was posted to my profile.
HUH?
You're running a business and you don't check it everyday then are mad because you get a neg? If you had sales, you probably would have gotten the neg sooner!Â
I do understand the whole message thing tho and that sucks... but I always check all my venues, consistently thruout the day. Thats the only way to maintain top notch customer service!! That is what online sales is!!Â
Quote:You're running a business and you don't check it everyday then are mad because you get a neg? If you had sales, you probably would have gotten the neg sooner!Â
I do understand the whole message thing tho and that sucks... but I always check all my venues, consistently thruout the day. Thats the only way to maintain top notch customer service!! That is what online sales is!!Â
Ditto on that, Platz. I check my emails about once every 10 minutes, throughout the day, from 6 a.m. to midnight. I can, however, understand why this seller only checked every other day -- it would be like running out the door every 10 minutes to watch Gibralter crumble.Â
Elvis is NOT dead..... he just went home.
the MIB said so !
Store count
196 this explains why AndRay was slow to delete the post this morning he must be busy doing store closures.
New post in the founding members thread. Â I just don't understand this one at all
Quote:xxxxxxxxx  02 Jul 2007 13:53   Â
Not everyone was chosen to be a founding member. There were certain criteria you had to meet to be honored with the title. I am still honored as I am sure others are too. I believe some of those were also additude and dedication about, to, and for WP and the other members. Not just being here when they started. The sellers that didn't want to stick it out have left..and that was and is their choice to do so. There are several of us still here....as you can see by the response to this post. ;-)
The members that are left ARE a great source of information and help.....and so are the other members of WP that have been here a while. These are "community" boards.
WP is a great place to be and I am glad they have given me the OPPORTUNITY to sell here. Unlike E..I don't feel like just another bank account here. WP owes me nothing ,but what my $9.95 pays for each month.
I will be hear for as long as they let me sell here. ;-)
Thanks for reading my ramblings! LOL
Bolding mine. Â First of all anybody and everybody who was there as of Jan. 2007 became a founding member it didn't matter if you just opened your store the last week of Dec. Â You still were Â
arcasm1: honored Â
 with that title.  It means absoulutly nothing.
Second WP owes you nothing but what your $9.95 pays for? Â Just what is that $9.95 paying for? Â The right to list on a site which gives you less than a lot of free sites do. Â A site that lies about the ability to make those features available to you. Â A site that has made numerous promises that it never delivers. Â A site that you are not allowed to ask questions on where you are required to just fall in line. Â Â
arcasm1: Â Wow a seller really gets a lot for their money there.
Quote:Ditto on that, Platz. I check my emails about once every 10 minutes, throughout the day, from 6 a.m. to midnight. I can, however, understand why this seller only checked every other day -- it would be like running out the door every 10 minutes to watch Gibralter crumble.Â
DB you got that right
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From the founding members thread looks like one is jumping ship. This post won't last long.
Quote:xxxxxxxxx 02 Jul 2007 07:38  Â
Am a "founding member"..... was very supportive of WP. etc. etc.
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Good scoop, scoop.Â
This seller
was extremely supportive. He ran the most popular listing contest ever seen on WP and is still paying the monthly fees of another seller - the one who won his prize offering. I'm sure the little bird who informed him of the negs he received read it here since we discussed it just the other day.
In fairness to him though, he lists on numerous sites. I doubt he does have the time to check each one of these a few times a day. His WP store has been pretty dead the last few months so I can understand him not checking it and depending on the email system to alert him to any activity. I do the same thing too and only check some of my sites sporadically.
Also in defense of him (I am defending him aren't I?) he has a hot link for his direct email address well displayed on his landing page. The buyer could have tried emailing him directly as another avenue of contact. But it didn't happen and both parties relied solely on WP notification which failed them.
Another very dependable seller earned a neg recently as well. I bet their story is similar. There have been posts made on WP for the last week or so by poppers complaining they were not getting their mail. CC2 finally posts and perhaps due to what we reported here. But just a cold advisory that they are doing maintenance. No apology to the poppers for the frustrations, the inconvenience they've endured. No send me your details we'll look into it. Customer care? What care?
Quote:In fairness to him though, he lists on numerous sites. I doubt he does have the time to check each one of these a few times a day. His WP store has been pretty dead the last few months so I can understand him not checking it and depending on the email system to alert him to any activity. I do the same thing too and only check some of my sites sporadically.
Also in defense of him (I am defending him aren't I?) he has a hot link for his direct email address well displayed on his landing page. The buyer could have tried emailing him directly as another avenue of contact. But it didn't happen and both parties relied solely on WP notification which failed them.
Sherrand that is my thinking too. He does sell on many sites and most likely was not checking into WP as often due to the fact that it's been dead there. He probably got tired of checking and finding no activity.Â
I also noticed that he had his email address displayed in a few places and also had his aol. ID displayed and stated that anyone could send him an instant message through there. Personally as a buyer I would have tried to reach him through his email too if I had no response through the message system before leaving the neg.
Quote:Customer care? What care?
And what customers? There are no customers and who cares?