New eBay feedback rules for new users and non-paying bidders

relayer · December 8, 2005 1:17PM

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HTubbs · December 8, 2005 1:27PM

Yawwwnnn...

cullenbryant · December 8, 2005 1:47PM

<< Nice start but nearly enough. >>

i agree, at least it's something. think ebay lurks these boards.
something else they could do is like a 2-3 week period before any
feedback can be left by either party.

Fairlaneman · December 8, 2005 1:51PM

<< Yawwwnnn... >>

You would not yawn if you had just went through the mess that dragged out for over a month with a ebay buyer. Promise after promise after promise then NARUed and then re-instated and then whining and more whining and finally 5 weeks later a check, which is not in the payment instructions, is received.

Any little bit helps.

Ken

wjd283 · December 8, 2005 2:02PM

I think they should follow their own rules,such as:A power seller must maintain a 98% POS feedback rating.

best lots on ebay ?

Definitely not the best feedback.

ddink · December 8, 2005 2:06PM

Very good change. Ebay's official mutual agreement/NPB email after the unpaid item process is finished is "You are released from any obligations to the buyer." Why, then, if eBay nullified the transaction, can a NPB still leave feedback?! Very good start.

markglicker · December 8, 2005 2:15PM

Looks like a good step. Panic sets in when a guy with 0 or 1 feedback, wins an item. They have nothing to lose.

TUMUSS · December 8, 2005 2:23PM

This administrator has managed the feedback system poorly...too little - too late.

skerke · December 8, 2005 2:27PM

Coin talk. or ebay chat...let's stick to coins.

ddink · December 9, 2005 1:11AM

<< Coin talk. or ebay chat...let's stick to coins. >>

For many of us, the two are strongly linked.

FoundingFather · December 9, 2005 1:19AM

Great changes, good start.

Coxe · December 9, 2005 1:33AM

I'd propose weighting the feedback. If you have under 90%, you cannot leave any feedback. Subtract 90 from your feedback score (percentage) and divide by 10. That is what your feedback should be worth. (98.6$ would get 0.86 or 86% of a vote.) If this was simulated using game theory, I am sure it would stablize the system pretty effectively. Of course, smart abusers would find creative ways to corrupt it. A few ideas come to mind. All in all, I think it is not too complicated and would provide something more usable than the simpler one vote for each ebay netizen democracy.

Coxe · December 9, 2005 1:40AM

Additionally, don't allow a new user to leave someone feedback until they have at least 10 feedbacks. The shill account ficticious 99 cent sales to build feedback abuses might be curtailed that way.

19Lyds · December 9, 2005 1:45AM

<< 

<< Nice start but nearly enough. >>

i agree, at least it's something. think ebay lurks these boards.
something else they could do is like a 2-3 week period before any
feedback can be left by either party. >>

Are you serious? I have a hard enough time trying to keep up with buyers and sellers feedback. Granted I have not been stung yet but I always try to leave feedback as soon as I receive an item I have purchased and usually leave feedback after receiving payment. But if your selling more than just a couple of items then it could get very messy. JMO mind you.

New eBay feedback rules for new users and non-paying bidders

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