Is this allowed?

ColonialCoinUnion

Saw this at the end of a current ebay listing:

Combined shipping is available. Insurance is at buyer cost. Uninsured U.S. shipping is at buyer risk. Feedback is quid pro quo: positive = positive; negative = negative.

sonoranmonsoon

I believe that is against ebay policy.

VintageJeff

No it is feedback extortion.

storm888

"Combined shipping is available. Insurance is at buyer cost.
Uninsured U.S. shipping is at buyer risk. Feedback is quid pro
quo: positive = positive; negative = negative. "

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Those things not specifically disallowed, are generally allowed.


His FB line is funny, and reflects the view held by MANY sellers.
Retal FB and the fear of it, have rendered the FB system pretty
useless.

If he takes PayPal, his insurance spiel is nonsense. Insurance
is for the protection of the seller not the buyer, under the PayPal
scheme.

I would never buy anything from somebody with TOS like that.

numisma

I just sent him a message through eBay. It reads:

"feedback extortion = no bids from me"

Coxe

I cannot stand the principle of sellers who withhold feedback until the buyer places feedback for them. That os bad business etiquette. Yeah, there are plenty of what-ifs, but once the buyer fulfills his end of the contract to the seller's satisfaction (pays him), judgement should be rendered per that merit. eBay even has the utility to respond to a negative feedback or mutually agree to withdraw feedback. That established protocol should be sufficient.

Mercury10c

I will not bid on anything being sold under those terms, ever.

storm888

"...once the buyer fulfills his end of the contract to the seller's satisfaction (pays him), ..."

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That seems only logical. And, it would be if there were not
soooooooo MANY evil buyers on EBAY.

FB is optional, under EBAY's rules. If folks wish to exchange
FB they can; if not, they do not have to. When a buyer leaves
me FB, I reciprocate. If a buyer chooses not to leave FB, I
simply follow his lead.

ALL THAT SAID: If I were to make an error, and could not fix
it to the buyer's satisfaction, and he/she NEGd me, I would
NOT leave a retal NEG. If a buyer NEGs a seller w/o giving
the seller a chance to fix the problem, that buyer deserves
to be NEGd.

Sadly, there is much more to a satisfactory transaction than
a simple payment from the buyer to the seller.

RichieURich

CCU, I've seen that same type of listing. Is it specifically against eBay's terms of service or not, does anyone know?

storm888

"Is it specifically against eBay's terms of service or not, does anyone know?"

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There is no language in the EBAY TOS that specifically prohibits
the language:

"Feedback is quid pro quo: positive = positive; negative = negative. "

Therefore, it is a REALLY stupid thing for a seller to say, but it is
not an actionable violation.