FIVERR PLEASE: give sellers the ability to accept or refuse orders with no ill effects on our ratings. IT IS SO UNFAIR THAT AS A SELLER, I HAVE TO VIVIDLY & REPEATEDLY EXPRESS ON MY GIGS THAT I DON'T SERVICE CERTAIN TYPE OF CONTENT DUE TO HORRIBLE RECORDINGS AND OR BUYERS WITH UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. I WAS RECENTLY FORCED INTO AN ORDER that I usually don't service, BECAUSE THE BUYER DID NOT READ GIG DESCRIPTION & THEY STILL PLACED THIS ORDER. UPON HEARING IT, I ALREADY KNEW THAT IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE EDIT BUT I STILL TRIED MY BEST BECAUSE MY NAME/RATINGS WERE NOW ON THE LINE. SO I COMPLETED THE EDIT, DELIVERED IT, THEY TURNED RIGHT AROUND AND ASKED FOR A REFUND & FIVERR GRANTED IT... NOT ONLY DID I LOSE MONEY, I LOST TIME, PUT WEAR AND TEAR ON MY EQUIPMENT & I STILL ENDED UP LOSING POINTS ON MY COMPLETION RATE.
IF I WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE BAD ORDERS: I wouldn't have to worry about issues like this from happening AGAIN. NO MORE LOST TIME, NO MORE LOST MONEY & NO MORE TAKING ORDERS THAT I DON'T SERVICE. I'm pretty sure that the buyer turned around and sent my work to another editor (like that will help) BUT SERIOUSLY: Fiverr we need you all to stand by your sellers, protect your sellers from scammers and buyers with unrealistic expectations. YOU ALREADY TAKE A CUT OF OUR EARNINGS AND OUR TIPS: AT LEAST GIVE US THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE ORDERS BEFORE THEY ARE OFFICIALLY PLACED.
ALSO, WHEN A SELLER DELIVER A FILE TO A BUYER, PLEASE EMBED THE ORDER NUMBER IN THE METADATA OF THE SAID FILE. SO IF THE BUYER ASK FOR A REFUND AND THEY ARE GRANTED A REFUND AFTER THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR DELIVERY; THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED A USAGE FEE IF THEY TURN AROUND AND SEND THE FILE THEY RECEIVED A REFUND FOR TO ANOTHER SELLER FOR SERVICE. IJS: IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE FILE, DON'T USE IT. BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT BUT CHOOSE TO KEEP IT AND SEND IT TO ANOTHER SELLER, I BELIEVE THAT THE USAGE FEE SHOULD BE PAID TO THE ORIGINAL SELLER FOR USAGE OF THE REFUNDED WORK...
*IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO IMPLEMENT. IT'S LIKE HAVING THE FIVERR WATERMARK ON PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. INSTEAD, EMBED THE ORDER NUMBER INTO THE FILE SO WHEN IT IS UPLOADED IN A DIFFERENT ORDER, THE PLATFORM WILL SEND AN ALERT REMINDING THE BUYER THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO USE A WORK THAT THEY RECEIVED A REFUND FOR. OPTION 1: PAY USAGE FEE TO THE ORIGINAL SELLER or OPTION 2: DON'T USE THE REFUNDED WORK. REFUNDS ARE FOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT NOR PLAN TO USE. PLEASE HELP PROTECT YOUR SELLERS FIVERR