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EBay abandons negative comments about buyers (Sellers will no longer be able to leave neg. feedback)
The Times (U.K.) ^
| February 6, 2008
| Suzy Jagger and Jonathan Richards
Posted on 02/06/2008 8:42:06 AM PST by Stoat
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:42:24 AM PST
by
Stoat
To: Stoat
Don’t want to upset little Billy’s self esteem now, do we?
2
posted on
02/06/2008 8:43:22 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Stoat
I hope they don’t abandon comments regarding sellers.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:43:36 AM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: Stoat
Whaaat? This is ridiculous.
To: Puppage
Guess EBay didn’t want to face the lawsuits from buyers for defamation. Lawyers strike again.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:44:49 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(11+7+15=3 Heismans)
To: dfwgator
Nonsense. Ebay did not need to capitulate to this.
This is Ebay’s fault, not lawyers.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:49:58 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
To: Stoat
Huh. I just bought a house off Craigs List.
I am pretty sure the seller didn’t pay them %7.5
7
posted on
02/06/2008 8:50:28 AM PST
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: CarrotAndStick
I hope they dont abandon comments regarding sellers.According to the articles, there's no plan to do so at this time.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:50:49 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
This increases the opportunity for the new smaller auction sites.
Ebay is just hurting themselves.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:52:09 AM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: Stoat
.... an increasing practice where sellers who had received a bad rating would retaliate by posting a poor rating on the buyer. BS!
I have a rating of about 300 with 1 negative. It was retaliation from negative FB left for a no-pay buyer with a -1 rating on a $2.50 item.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:52:33 AM PST
by
OSHA
(The Procrastinators Club is full of poseurs and frauds. Think about it.)
To: Stoat
I'm an occasional Ebay seller and buyer. I've had a few times where buyers who won the auction never completed the purchase. I never send the item until paid, but it's annoying having to chase them down and then to apply to Ebay for a refund of the listing fees. I left negative feedback for those bidders.
I also had an occasion where someone claimed I didn't represent the item properly (I did) and demanded money back plus all shipping fees even though I had a No Returns policy on the item as it was not an expensive item. I fulfilled that request at cost to me, but didn't leave negative feedback. Instead I just blocked the person from bidding on any of my items in the future.
By and large, I've been very satisfied with the Ebay transactions I've made.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:53:07 AM PST
by
randita
(Do not trust any polls!)
To: Stoat
Wow, I have an e-bay business and the level of buyer fraud is incredible. We had to start using delivery confirmation on everything because some buyers would use Paypal, claim the item never arrived and e-bay would return the money no matter how many times the buyer had pulled this stunt. The fact that a buyer did not want to buy insurance did not matter at all. Been looking at Amazon too!
12
posted on
02/06/2008 8:53:55 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
("Bullfighting, Mountain Climbing and Auto-Racing are the only real sports. Everything else are merel)
To: forkinsocket
Whaaat? This is ridiculous.
I bought an item from some bimbo on ebay. When I got the item, some of the parts were missing. I contacted the seller and after a week, no reply. I went ahead and left positive feed back anyway since it was no big deal. Another week goes by and I contacted the seller again and requested she at least leave positive feedback for me. This idiot had the gall to leave negative feedback and say the buyer was "impatient". I contacted Ebay and demanded they remove the unwarranted comment, they refused, and I cancelled my account. I had purchased about 5K bucks through Ebay up to that point. I haven't been back to their web site since.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:54:47 AM PST
by
109ACS
(Humpty Dumpty was pushed!)
To: MtnClimber
...always send packages comfirming.
14
posted on
02/06/2008 8:55:51 AM PST
by
mr_hammer
(...checking the breeze and barking at things that go bump in the night.)
To: Stoat
eBay moves closer to subsidiary PayPal in the SUCK department.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:57:15 AM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: Stoat
In an increasingly dishonest world, Ebay buyers are also using sellers to replace broken possessions virtually for free buy “purchasing” a set of items, and then claiming one piece arrived broken(the one they want to replace), and then expect a refund after returning the broken one. Good luck Ebay, the criminals have figured out how to use your sellers, too. For this reason, I know of several users who have canceled seller accounts.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:57:16 AM PST
by
Melinda
To: randita
I have never had a bad experience with an eBay seller; I even bought a car on eBay and it was the best car buying experience I’d had in years.
The only problems I have ever had have been with PayPal charging twice for the same transaction and then being completely unresponsive about it. I worked it out with the seller who was great but I don’t think I’ll be using PayPal anymore.
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posted on
02/06/2008 8:57:47 AM PST
by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
To: Stoat
Frequent gripes include a seller over-charging for postage, a purchased item delivered late or one party being generally dishonest.
What's fair postage anyway? Is it the actual shipping charge, or is it ok to add few dollars for your own handling (box, envelope, driving to PO)? I always try to charge as close to actual shipping as possible. However, I recently purchased a couple shirts where the guy charged me $12 while the actual shipping charge was $4.90.
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posted on
02/06/2008 9:01:02 AM PST
by
JZelle
To: OSHA
.... an increasing practice where sellers who had received a bad rating would retaliate by posting a poor rating on the buyer. BS!
Actually, it happens.
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posted on
02/06/2008 9:01:49 AM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: MtnClimber
This finishes my selling on eBay then.
I have excellent feedback and I won’t be selling any more.
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posted on
02/06/2008 9:01:58 AM PST
by
abner
(I have no tagline, therefore no identity.)
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