Ebay now only allows feedback between the winner and the seller in an auction
that completed successfully (met reserve). This is so-called "transactional
feedback." eBay asked for suggestions on improving their system a while back,
and enough sellers expressed displeasure with feedbacks coming from non-winners,
that this was adopted. I believe this was the same time eBay changed it's fee
structure and policy toward reserve price auctions in attempt to address buyer's
concerns (e.g. reserve prices were making bargains harder and harder to find).
In general, eBay still favors the seller, since they pay the commissions (IMHO).
>>> "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> 05/01/00 09:19am >>>
Yes, if you got burned, it's important you reflect that in his feedback. If
you negotiated a price after the auction closed, after not making his
reserve, it's possible eBay won't allow you to leave any kind of feedback.
Is this true?
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] on ebay
> >My last two transactions were disasterous...
> >...another guy wants to refund my money for the
> >broken lens he send only if I pay for the shipping($13 both
> >ways).
>
> First, did you check feedback on the guy first?
>
> Second, assuming he was lily-clean, did you threaten to tarnish his
reputation?
>
> In my experience, feedback is a powerful tool with sellers that have
> more than a few points. I generally won't bid on things offered by
> those with suspicious feedback. It is possible to get bad feedback
> without deserving it, but if there is several, and they all sound
> reasonable, and the rebuttal (if any) is not, I steer clear.
>
> (Unfortunately, those who get bad feedback often start over with a new
name.)
>
> I bought a lens described as "perfect glass," and discovered it was
> thoroughly fungused -- I politely, but firmly, told the seller I
> expected him to pay round-trip shipping, since the item was not as
> described. He agreed, and did. I then left positive, but not
> laudatory, feedback.
>
> >I need to complain a little more. I have been on the list for
> >about a month. Ever since I subscribed started to get this
> >junk mail from some @compuserve.com.
>
> Welcome to the Internet. It may just be co-incidence. I get tens of
> these a week -- sometime tens in a day!
>
> >Has anyone succeeded
> >removing itself from their list?
>
> The consensus on spammers is: DO NOT reply, asking to be received.
> This serves as confirmation that yours is a working address, and
> you'll be spammed all the more afterward.
>
> If you have time to kill, turn on the "all headers" option, and
> report the spam to each domain in the header to abuse@ and
> postmaster@, EXCEPT for the final one in the From: or Reply-To:
> fields, for reasons above.
>
> I take the time to complain to those coming from popular free-email
> sites, like hotmail or excite, or well-known services, like msn.com
> or yahoo.com. They take action and boot the suckers. I also take time
> to complain if the spam is particularly offensive to me, such as
> porn, get-rich-quick schemes, or sellers of email lists.
>
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>
>
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