Comments on: eBay to Stop Sellers from Posting Negative Buyer Ratings

By: T Wade(tink)

T Wade(tink) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:42:12 +0000

Ok I sit and read the feedback left and got to number 8 which he wrote ( iv’e read all the comments from cry baby sellers, if they were honest and sent what people paid for on time , not weeks or months later or never send item at all then they would not have to worry feedback.
Comment by john — 2/27/2008 @ 7:04 am.. Lets start by saying you are putting all sellers into what you might have had a bad seller in past as all sellers..Not all are bad most as a Ebay Buyer and Seller have found to be nice a reasonable. As a buyer ebay states we will be afraid to buy anything on ebay because we might get bad feedback thats BS and we all know it because if that was the case why even go to ebays sight to look?? I read all feedback from buyers and sellers and the reasons and the responce. If you take time to read things it would be clear. As a seller I will no longer sell on ebay even know between buying and selling I got 100%. I feel if you cant leave a fair responce to a dead beat buyer whats the point in that, its not even fair to a seller. For that matter why even sell anything might as well list it and give it away for free since you got scammer who like say in other post they get things as stated and listed wanna get it for free or get credits just to get over. When I sell and a person buys from me they can contact me. Heck I even called the people to explain things and made sure everything was right and they got it ok. Ebay makes sellers pay insertions fees, final value fees, and a whole mess load a fees. Why not make buyers fees. I promise you if there was one there wouldn’t be so many dead beat buyers. Buyers who agree with this think of it this way. You say oh well i didnt get what was listed or damage if true fine negative feedback put yourself in a sellers shoe. You sold something and shipped it out in time, and you know it. Then bang scammer says oh this wasnt right and this was wrong when you know it nots your stuck because not matter if you right or wrong now ebay has you as wrong. Think about it in reverse shoes before you judge all. Sellers can be jerks and do shady things but not are. Fact most aint. Feel free to comment about what i say but this is from both sides of the fence not one.

By: WeerOccag

WeerOccag — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:08:46 +0000

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By: tloislane007

tloislane007 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:04:40 +0000

I’ve had good experiences on Ebay for the most part. However, I too have become the victim of feedback hostage sellers, unwarranted negative retaliation and even the seller not shipping my item and taking my money. Thank GOD Paypal had gaurenteed the item. None the less, it took over a month to get my $40 back through the claim process. sweetbabygirl999 was the latest bad seller I encounted that took my money and ran. I am glad ebay went this route, but I wish they would ban sellers who don’t deliver the goods that they take the money for.

By: kim

kim — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:33:30 +0000

Ebay is the worse. I am a new seller who encountered the buyer from hell. She had perfect feedback, but clearly after my interaction with her had been able to get sellers to relent to her demands to lower prices /give credit back to her after she received merchandise. She attempted this same farce with me, tried to extort a 30 dollar refund… she wanted me to resole used shoes that were listed as such, filed a snad claim which she lost only to file a negative against my perfect feedback record. All I could do was read it in awe.What a waste….. there are horrible buyers out there …and feedback, while it is a good indicator of a buyer’s track record..it still is not a guaranteed. Ebay should allow sellers the opportunity to leave appropriate feedback about buyers .

By: Byron

Byron — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:49:17 +0000

“If eBay would have made it tougher for sellers not to get away with delinquencies, I would be all for the new feedback laws.”
Sorry when I wrote sellers I actually meant buyers.

By: Byron

Byron — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:44:42 +0000

I am an eBay seller. I have been selling for over a year now, and I never had problems with buyers. Now after the change in one month I have gotten buyers who bid and then they simply do not pay.

They just like the trill of the bidding. So now that they do not have to worry about feedback, they do not respect the seller. I have a 100% feedback score, and I have always been honest and kind to all of my buyers. Even taking the time to answer their questions even when they do not make bids.

Now Is no longer smooth sailing. I feel every time someone’s wins a bid, that they are not going to make a payment.

If eBay would have made it tougher for sellers not to get away with delinquencies, I would be all for the new feedback laws.

But many of us small sellers are just being driven out of business by behaviors like these.

Even when I place a dispute. Sometimes the eBay system does not honors it, and I do not get my selling fees back.

It is sad. I will have to look for another place.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:55:42 +0000

Unfortunately, the view on this topic depends upon whether you’re predominantly a buyer or predominantly a seller. If everyone was honest then we wouldn’t need a feedback system at all; the reality is that there are bad sellers AND bad bidders. I do think, however, that this is a step too far by ebay. So sellers can’t even give a negative to non-paying bidders? I also resent the fact that ebay (effectively) force sellers to accept Paypal - if it’s mandatory to use it, be upfront and include it in the fees.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:31:58 +0000

I have been doing this for 8 years. One half of the people on this earth like to say bad things to feel better about themselves. This is going to be fun to watch. Every seller is going to keep re-newing names because only brand new sellers will look good. Just like brand new sellers have good records (obviously) and get better position with “Best Match.”

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:38:09 +0000

Buyers are not the only ones who fear feedback retaliation. Why do you think many sellers wait for the buyer to leave feedback first. As a seller I quit leaving non paying bidders negative feedback because every time I did they left negative feedback for me stating such things as I sent a check and they wouldn’t cash it. The transaction is not complete as soon as payment is made. It is not complete until the customer receives the merchandise and their payment has cleared with no problems. Even Paypal payments can be charged back to the seller. And then there are buyers who want to leave negative feedback for things like the box was bent or the shipping was too high even though they knew shipping costs in advance. I do not make money on shipping, shipping costs are just high especially with the recent USPS changes. There is no way for me to control that. I am both a buyer and a seller on Ebay and while I have never had a seller threaten me with bad feedback many buyers do it. They complain about an item. I offer a refund after return. But no they want to keep the item and receive their money back. Is this honest? The only thing Ebay is accomplishing is giving the dishonest buyers a license to try to receive merchandise for free by threatening negative feedback. You will see a boom in negative feedback after this change begins and there will be no winners.

By: HappyAboutIt

HappyAboutIt — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:17:50 +0000

This is a great move. Retaliatory negatives are worst for ebay users who have few or no positives to offset a negative simply because they are new or don’t use ebay that much. KEY POINT: GOOD SELLERS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE OFFSETTING POSITIVES THAN GOOD BUYERS BECAUSE SELLING IS TYPICALLY A HIGH-VOLUME BUSINESS AND BUYING TYPICALLY IS NOT A HIGH-VOLUME BUSINESS.