Where do YOU draw the line ...
mach19
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On feedback ratings from sellers on the 'Bay? ( For purchasing coins )
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Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
Even then, sometimes people with a good percentage may have a lot of "negative positives" from people either afraid to retaliate or who clicked on the wrong button, and someone below 98% may be a lower-volume seller screwed by one or two negs that were from unreasonable buyers, or perhaps retaliatory. In these cases, looking into the details can tell you quite a bit.
Of course, by the time someone's feedback is in the thousands, the percentage becomes a better indicator. For example, if someone had 95% with only 40 total feedbacks, it's useful to look into the two questionable transactions to see if they were "justifiable" from that seller's viewpoint (avoid them) or if they were dealing with unreasonable kooks (give them the benefit of the doubt). But if someone has 95% with 1,000 total feedbacks, run away.
<< <i>There is no one fixed "magic" number or percentage. In general better than 99% is good, better than 99.5% is preferable and anything below 98% is suspect -- at first glance.
Even then, sometimes people with a good percentage may have a lot of "negative positives" from people either afraid to retaliate or who clicked on the wrong button, and someone below 98% may be a lower-volume seller screwed by one or two negs that were from unreasonable buyers, or perhaps retaliatory. In these cases, looking into the details can tell you quite a bit.
Of course, by the time someone's feedback is in the thousands, the percentage becomes a better indicator. For example, if someone had 95% with only 40 total feedbacks, it's useful to look into the two questionable transactions to see if they were "justifiable" from that seller's viewpoint (avoid them) or if they were dealing with unreasonable kooks (give them the benefit of the doubt). But if someone has 95% with 1,000 total feedbacks, run away. >>
<< good example
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=bigbadtigers&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true
I get screwed several times, and it makes my rating look bad. One idiot and one member who was a scammer, that is nolonger on ebay
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
New sellers with 200 or fewer feedbacks, a neg or two looks bad on the percentage but often with a closer look, sometimes they are unfair negs. Below 99.7 percent with tons of feedback means there's several negs in there, and I use caution.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
So to put it simple the line is in the sand and the wind is blowing.
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