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Just wondering...has anyone checked out their International DSRs yet?
I always ship within 24 hours of payment (ANYWHERE). And surprise, my international pals gave me low ratings, 0's, for shipping time. I do not understand how they can be so obtuse -between US shipping, customs, and international delivery services, it should be obvious that a package will not arrive in a couple of days. Am I alone here?

Life isn't fair. Last month, I had a container ready for shipment but due to my customer's choice of shipping line, it took 2 weeks get an empty placed. Of course, the customer was angry at me. There doesn't need to be any logic, the customer is always entitled to feel however they like.

For the most part i've stopped keeping track of DSR's all together.

eBay has made it a near impossible standard to keep up consistently for small to mid-size sellers: no more than .5% of ratings can 1 or 2 star, and they are left anonymously so a buyer can leave you glowing positive feedback yet still leave you all 1 star ratings.

The whole TRS and DSR system is just ebay's clever way of introducing a 20% seller fee hike.

One month I'm a top rated seller, the next month i'm not, two months later i'm a TRS again. all over one 1-star rating. It comes to the point that its not worth stressing over.

Bottom line is: as long as I can keep my customers happy and still make a decent profit I'll keep selling there in some capacity.

I like your perspective, hermosa. And as my coffee mug states "don't let the bastards wear ya down"!