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  • I did this for fun the other day. When I got home from Walmart, I called them up and told them they were really great sellers, even AAA+++. They thought that was great and took my name and address down. Two days later I got a postcard in the mail telling me I was a great asset to the Walmart buying system!


    Jerry


  • << <i>I wonder after awhile if it really is all that important? As long as half the folks leave it thats probly good enough. >>



    As a seller, it is probably important to have a decent sized number. As a buyer, after I hit ten, I never really bothered to pay attention if sellers left me feedback any more.
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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Personally I think the system would work better if feedback remained invisible until both parties have left it, then it will show up for both. There could be an expiration period, say 90 days after the auction, where if only one party has left feedback it will then show up and the opportunity for the other guy to do so will have been lost.

    This would prevent feedback hostage, retaliatory feedback, feedback extortion, and all the other abuses that cause the system to be totally useless (usually)
  • ccexccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't be a seller; only a buyer and you will get tons of nice feedback. >>



    Ehen Newsweek made eBay their cover story almost 2 years ago, they emphasized "where else can one get glowing praise for an act so simple as dropping a check into a mailbx?" The content of most eBay feedback is irrelevant Many busy eBay sellers give every paying buyer the same positive Many eBay PowerSellers prosper because buyers don't take the time to read positive feedback complaints posted as positives for fear of the retaliatory negative.

    My hunch is that 75% of eBay buyers receive a perfunctory positive, 5% receive a deserved positive, 0.2& receive a neutral, and 0.05% receive a negative for an average transaction. This hunch implies that almost 1 out of five of "successfully completed" eBay auctions result in no feedback for the buyer who completed his/her obligations.

    For sellers, the odds are lower, especially if the seller has a lengthy or high volume eBay history. I'd guess that 60% of buyers leave positive feedback for the seller, 0.3% leave neutrals, and 0.15% leave negatives for the seller overall.

    Has anyone found statistics to show me how far off my hunches (based on 8.000 non-coin auctions might be?
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  • I leave feedback imediately upon payment from the buyer. If he/she paid in a timely matter I have no issues with posting feedback imediately. The feedback hostage rage does not scare and/or bother me, I have only had one problem with a buyer I returned his money, he returned the coin he left positive feedback. JMHO
    Stacy

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well; all of the feedback I have gotten while I have the account is true. I pay FAST be it check, money order or PayPal so a seller really doesn't NEED to wait till a check clears to send my item. I inherited the account so I can't speak for the early transactions tho.
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  • fishcookerfishcooker Posts: 3,446 ✭✭

    Once I got 10 feedback on each of my Ebay accounts, I quit caring.

    I do watch for negs in a seller, as you have to be a pretty good screwup to have a bunch of those.





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