I think this is a decent idea. As a buyer, I was once HIGHLY unsatisfied with my purchase, and wrote so. The seller responded by writing a highly negative review of me, then immediately offered to retract it if I would do likewise... in other words, their ability to leave negative comments was used as blackmail. The sellers have FAR less risk on eBay, since they do not release the goods until the money has cleared. As such, they should not also have the ability to abuse the comments feature simply to retain falsely high ratings. Buyers risk getting shafted by inaccurate photos and descriptions, poor shipping, late shipping, etc. The comments feature is really the only tool that they have, and giving sellers equal power there is unnecessary.
You’re just wrong. Not about your particular experience, you were blackmailed. You are wrong about the money part of it. The scam is to pay via paypal, claim it never arrived, paypal reverses the money back to the buyer, seller is out the money and the item.
Happens all the time. Vast majority of instances the seller loses. It’s why I don’t accept paypal and for expensive items require delivery confirmation or registered mail.
What’s your seller ID? I want to block you.
Did you attempt to work it out before giving that negative?
The seller responded by writing a highly negative review of me, then immediately offered to retract it if I would do likewise... in other words, their ability to leave negative comments was used as blackmail.
Yes, that was wrong. But now...the buyer's will have the upper hand...with ZERO fear of getting a negative FB.
The sellers have FAR less risk on eBay, since they do not release the goods until the money has cleared.
That's not true...if you are paid via PayPal. The buyer can get a charge back...very easily. So, the scammer buyer's know this..they order and say they never got it...or it's damaged. They get their money back, and the seller is screwed.
As such, they should not also have the ability to abuse the comments feature simply to retain falsely high ratings.
That's a two-way street. LEt me tell you a story...I sold a guy something...he never paid. I sent e-mails...no response. I filed Feebay's Non-Paying Bidder system on him, because I STILL get charged fees, and can recoop some of them by going thru the process....He replied to it. But never paid me. I decided to leave him a negative, to try and warn others. Guess what? Because he at least posted something..at the NPB site...he left me a neg. So, a guy doesn't pay me....but can still leave ME neg FB. That's crazy. And it's still that way at FeeBay.
Buyers risk getting shafted by inaccurate photos and descriptions, poor shipping, late shipping, etc. The comments feature is really the only tool that they have, and giving sellers equal power there is unnecessary.
Again..it's a two-way street. That just became a ONE-WAY St.
If you aren't a seller....you have no idea the stuff "some" buyer's attempt to do.