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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)May 18th 2008 1:27AM
I think the whole e-bay feedback thing is messed up. I got my only negative feedback as a buyer from a seller that had no negatives at the time. He sold me a broken cylinder. Ebay should make the seller leave feedback first. If the seller is on the up and up then they should leave feedback as soon as the buyer pays. After-all, once the buyer pays quickly and on time how could you neg that? The buyer has completed his side of the deal and feedback needs to be left for them at that time.
Then the when the buyer recieves the item, it is thier turn to grade the seller with feedback.
What happened to me was, the seller never left me feedback as he knew he sold me something messed up. When I was unhappy and told him I wanted a refund he said no. I said I will leave you bad feedback and he said then so will I. So I did and so did he.
Once you have enough good feedback there really is no reason for anyone to leave feedback and sellers don't until the buyer responds by leaving feedback first. Feedback is supposed to help things but actually makes it worse by not being regulated as to seller having to leave it first. If they don't leave it first then they should lose the ability to leave any at all.
(Unverified)May 18th 2008 2:31AM
Babymouse6 and Rob: you guys have it right.
The only negative feedback I ever received was for a jewelery item I purchased that took almost 3 weeks to arrive. Unfortunately, I needed it for a formal event that occurred the day before it arrived. Upon winning the auction, I had the item paid for within the first 2 minutes or so (however long it took me to log into PayPal).
Because the item took so long to arrive, I left the seller a neutral rating. Not even a negative, but a neutral. The seller, in turn, left me a negative rating. The only one I have ever received in 3 years of eBaying.
I disagree with the policy of removing negative comments altogether; rather, I think that if a seller leaves a buyer a negative rating, the seller should have to justify the rating through eBay before it is posted. A negative rating should only be allowed in cases of non-payment or some other extreme. I also agree with Rob's comment that the seller should have to leave feedback first, as you have completed your obligation as a buyer once you have paid for your item.
(Unverified)Feb 6th 2009 9:39PM
On ebay feedback:
Retaliation -- BIG problem. No one--neither buyer nor seller--can be honest with that system in place. My thought was always so simple: mutual feedback or nothing. Meaning, eliminate all the variables of who-leaves-feedback-first, what did they say, etc.... Simply replace that with 1) seller leaves feedback at any time, 2) buyer leaves feedback at any time, 3) when and only when BOTH have left feedback do the feedback results post! Simple! So, whether simple feedback (pos/neu/neg + comments) or complex (stars ratings on shipping, product, etc).... nothing's shown live till both parties leave feedback (or hopefullly an option to "decline feedback for this transaction")....