Ebay feedback system

[Chris Harte]

Stu got the point down to a T. That is exactly what the law says.

[Lee]

I knew Stu was dead clever, Northy said he was dead thick cos he has a negative wipe but i stuck up for him.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Hog

Wasn't she the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Amelia Eranhart?

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Lee

I knew Stu was dead clever, Northy said he was dead thick cos he has a negative wipe but i stuck up for him.

It's not negative, it's neutral - that's why it's so effective.

[HVAC25000]

Originally Posted by Stu

As an Ebay seller I believe that if I sell something that is shite (which I would never do) the buyer should not be put off leaving negative feedback for me by the veiled threat that I will leave negative feedback for them, as some sort of tit-for-tat reprisal.

Sellers often say they expect feedback first as some sort of signal that the item has arrived, but I actually expect that in most cases they are worried that their crappy stuff will result in negative feedback for them.

I could not agree more.


Ebay sucks in general, imo.

[jim76]

LOL - ebay is changing it's feedback system so buyers can only receive good feedback!!

Oh, and raising it's final value fees to over 8%!!!! :-(

http://www.trustedreviews.com/softwa...th-FeedBack/p1

[Stu]

The full release,

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200801....08-01-29054823

Quote,
"The current feedback system isn't where it should be. Today, the biggest issue with the system is that buyers are more afraid than ever to leave honest, accurate feedback because of the threat of retaliation. In fact, when buyers have a bad experience on eBay, the final straw for many of them is getting a negative feedback, especially of a retaliatory nature.

Now, we realize that feedback has been a two-way street, but our data shows a disturbing trend, which is that sellers leave retaliatory feedback eight times more frequently than buyers do ... and this figure is up dramatically from only a few years ago.

......starting in may.........sellers may only leave positive feedback for buyers (at the seller's option)."

It makes business sense for them to do it. It obviously differs from what I suggested, but it's in the same ball-park.

I like the change to the feedback percentage display also, I'll be back at 100% -

Re. the cost thing, you'll only be better off if your item sells for less that a couple of quid, they are being greedy there in my opinion.

[losixxx]

so if the buyer messes you about with slow payment or winge's cause he hasnt readyour listing properly you can't do didly squat about it...seems fair!

[Stu]

That's obviously the flip side to the coin; the new rule as it stands is weighted against sellers.

The feedback system was however originally conceived to give buyers confidence in sellers, not vice-versa

From Ebay's point of view it's the lesser of the two evils.