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Ebay feedback foolishness
Goodsport40
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Goodsport40
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There is a book out there called "The death of right and wrong ". Our present culture has been on a steady slide for a long time . Ebay is just reflecting the ills of society by not taking a quick and firm stand. This is not life or death , but a small problem that could easily be resolved, if the will were there.
Money out trumps , once again , right or wrong
satisfactory resolution.
The UK and the USA have totally different views from each other, on
issues of "defamation."
A new system will be launched later this month to allow sellers legitimately to ask buyers to revoke negative feedback if a dispute has been resolved. "
Ebay's doing their part again......
This has no equitable resolution because the minute they allow sellers the right to leave a neg to a buyer, the whole retaliation feedback will start again. The only way this gets solved is if eBay gets more involved in cleaning up their site, not only in prosecuting the scam sellers, but the scam buyers as well.
good i get slapped with something stupid , i hit ya back, now i cant do anything, and i have all 4.9s expt for a 4.8 on shipping cause people think im gonna ship for nothing, not happening in my world
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2008, EBAY-Live, Griff said: "We need all buyers, whether they pay or not."
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The system needs to go back to mutual feedback. OR, we could get rid
of FB all together.
DSR's - if they keep them at all - should be "pass/fail." Most buyers are
as stupid as rocks and shoe bottoms, and are not capable of leaving
detailed ratings.
"FREE Shipping" = 3-Stars to most buyers. "I paid nothing so this must
be not-applicable; I'll just put a 3 here."
I like the feedback system the way it is right now, though I admit that I had reservations at first.
Since the change, we haven't received a single neutral or negative and our DSRs are all
5.0 except for one which is currently 4.94.
Since 1998, we have always sent feedback first to our buyers and have thousands of repeat
loyal customers. Funny how you don't have to worry about receiving negative feedback when you
do things right.
I strongly disagree that MOST buyers are stupid and incapable of leaving detailed ratings ... our DSRs prove it!
We offer Free Shipping on all of our items now and our sales/profits are out the roof!
eBay, I agree, should have taken a firm stance in the aforementioned feedback matter.
My decision: No Libel.
PoppaJ
<< <i>In my opinion that is the ONLY obligation a buyer has...to pay for the item. >>
When an insured item gets lost and you get a paypal chargeback, you'll feel differently when the buyer refuses to fill out the required USPS forms and you can't collect on the insurance.
do things right. ..."
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Obvioulsy, you don't mean that is "always" the case.
There are THOUSANDS of scamsters masquerading as "buyers."
They don't operate much in collectibles, but in the categories
they haunt, MANY good sellers are being destroyed.
And, some folks are just crazy and will NEG sellers because they
can, and because they like the drama. Then, there are, believe it
or not, MANY that are simply too stupid to complete a simple transaction
without messing it up.
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Under amjur, there is no libel. In The UK, it could work out differently.
<< <i>"...Funny how you don't have to worry about receiving negative feedback when you
do things right. ..."
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Obvioulsy, you don't mean that is "always" the case.
There are THOUSANDS of scamsters masquerading as "buyers."
They don't operate much in collectibles, but in the categories
they haunt, MANY good sellers are being destroyed.
And, some folks are just crazy and will NEG sellers because they
can, and because they like the drama. Then, there are, believe it
or not, MANY that are simply too stupid to complete a simple transaction
without messing it up.
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Under amjur, there is no libel. In The UK, it could work out differently. >>
You're not telling me anything that I and MOST people don't already know ... concerning scamsters etc.
Of course there will always be those that neg just for spite, but don't use the word MOST or MANY when referring
to the masses ... and you can believe that.
But... MOST people are honest and for you to say that MOST buyers are stupid is absurd.
It's not a matter of believing anything or not .... It's a matter of fact that most people are NOT stupid.
As for worrying about Negative Feedback .... Just treat your buyers the way you'd like to be treated and let the feedbacks
fall as they may .... Worrying about the very minute few that send irresponsible negatives is a waste of time.
Don't sweat the small stuff
PoppaJ