Ebay reneger report!

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Buyers who use PayPal have 180 days to file a claim, do you hold off giving feedback for that long?

I honestly don’t sell on eBay anymore, I do not like the buyer risk quotient.

If they returned the sellers ability to negative feedback poor buyers so they can be found and blocked easier, I would start again no problem.

[ALR-bishop]

I buy quite a bit on eBay, and have never sold anything. When I started on eBay sellers in my view had the upper hand, and some abused it. Now the rules have totally changed to favor the buyers, and I realize there are many dishonest and crazy buyers who abuse the system. As strictly a buyer I do not favor the current system because it is too one sided and has driven many good sellers off eBay, which is not good for us honest buyers

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I honestly don’t sell on eBay anymore, I do not like the buyer risk quotient.

If they returned the sellers ability to negative feedback poor buyers so they can be found and blocked easier, I would start again no problem.

Thank the sellers who abused the feedback system by leaving retaliatory negative feedback when buyers did nothing wrong. Buyers were afraid to leave honest feedback. This system is far from perfect but its better than old system.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Thank the sellers who abused the feedback system by leaving retaliatory negative feedback when buyers did nothing wrong. Buyers were afraid to leave honest feedback. This system is far from perfect but its better than old system.

This is exactly it. If a seller scammed you, or blatantly lied about the condition of a card, etc., etc., the buyer was basically powerless to do anything about it or warn other users about the seller. If you left negative feedback when the situation dictated it, you would only be hurting yourself, because the retaliatory negative feedback would inevitably come your way.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

This is exactly it. If a seller scammed you, or blatantly lied about the condition of a card, etc., etc., the buyer was basically powerless to do anything about it or warn other users about the seller. If you left negative feedback when the situation dictated it, you would only be hurting yourself, because the retaliatory negative feedback would inevitably come your way.

Very simply allow the feedback - allow a response and not count it toward the feedback rating %

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Very simply allow the feedback - allow a response and not count it toward the feedback rating %

But it would still show in their feedback. I think some buyers would still be afraid of retaliatory feedback. Nothing should stop buyers from leaving honest feedback, positive or negative.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Jim65

But it would still show in their feedback. I think some buyers would still be afraid of retaliatory feedback. Nothing should stop buyers from leaving honest feedback, positive or negative.

I agree

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by hcv123

I agree

Maybe the solution is to let sellers leave negative feedback for non paying buyers only. Maybe sellers can check a box to automatically leave generic feeback "buyer never paid" so if its retaliatory, the buyer can prove they paid right away and seller gets suspended for abusing the feedback system.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Nothing should stop buyers from leaving honest feedback, positive or negative.

I leave neutral or negative feedback when a seller can't properly package an item (depending upon price of purchase). Some sellers don't put cardboard around photos which I thought was standard. When the picture gets bent and I leave neutral or negative feedback that they don't know how to package an item properly, they get in a tizzy about it. I think other buyers have a right to know their purchase runs a risk of getting damaged.