Just Received My First Ever Negative Feedback

Just goes to show you it's inevitable that everyone will encounter an idiot. How can anyone leave that feedback for a restored Buffalo auction.

No matter how honest efficient you are it is inevitable that you will come across one of these germs.
It's a bit like stubbing your toe in the dark, Hurts like billyo at first but you will eventually get over it.
As there isn't a great deal you can do about it just mark it up to experience and get on with it

But why he's upset? What he says?

He's unhappy that the date was restored, even though the entire auction copy was about how the coin was restored, with an exhaustive description of the process. It's beyond ludicrous, and only self control is keeping the Bad Word Filter from getting a workout here.

You gotta pursue this one, weerdsteev. Follow BStrauss' advice first - me, I'd say something like, "Guess you're not into reading auction descriptions, eh?" - but that's only me.

I'm trying out "The High Road", first, which is sort of tough for me considering I'm really a knee-jerk reaction kind of guy. I sent him the following message. We'll see if it does any good:

Dear jonnyscv,

Dear Mr. Alexander - I was very surprised to see that you left me a negative feedback on the 1918-D nickel you purchased from me. In 12 years of selling on ebay and in over 15,000 transactions I have never experienced a single negative feedback until now. As you might imagine, I found it rather upsetting, especially when you consider that the reason you mentioned for the negative feedback was because the coin was acid treated. If you go back and read the listing for that coin you will see that I mention quite prominently that it is a restored coin and that it was chemically treated. If you should have a change of heart and would like to contact ebay to reverse that feedback based on what I've said, I would certainly be grateful. Although the return privilege has technically expired, I would be happy to return your full purchase price and let you keep the coin at no charge. Please advise. Steve

Well done, Steve. It reflects favorably on you. If it doesn't work, though, don't hesitate to pull the trigger.

Class act on your part, this guy is an idiot to say the nicest thing about him. I've added him to my blocked buyer list on my auction, he probably won't ever try and bid on my stuff - but on the off chance he does - he can't. I recommend everyone here on CCF do the same.