Originally Posted by
nowheels
I would agree with you in principle, but anymore if you get to many negative feed backs as a seller from the deadbeats of the world, Ebay will strip you of your selling account. So you get enough 'scum bags' leaving negative feedback for no real reason... you are still screwed. Heck I had one person leave netural feedback bacause I did not accept paypal ..... and another because I waited for his check to clear before I sent the item out. Posting a response to the feedback does not stop ebay from flaging your account anymore.
Then it is up to you to compose your postings in a way that they attract better customers.
(I know this isn't possible).
Also, what is the cutoff for losing selling rights? I know I have seen sales from people with feedback ratings of 98 or less... And frankly, I view anyone with any negatives as suspect (although I have bought from sellers with several negatives when I see the negatives are from flakes, or that they are rare, especially recently).
And even though I do closely inspect sellers with any negative feedback, I would really love a more honest feedback system, not one based on fear of negative feedbacks from sellers for no other reason than revenge (and that is exactly what it is).
Maybe what Ebay needs to do is keep feedback invisible until both sides have posted their feedback, or the time has passed for feedback to be posted (so feedback would count even without return feedback)... now THAT would be the fair way to do it.
Under that type of scenario, a good seller may be closer to 95% than 100% feedback, but it would then really differentiate the sellers (and buyers) based on the transaction, and not the response to the feedback they left.
BTW - I have 100% feedback (mostly buying) with 173 positives from different members... 234 total positives... 51 for selling (about 2/3 were eTopps cards). I will be upset when I receive my first negative, but frankly, I am surprised I haven't hit at least one flake yet. Of course always paying within a few hours of closing and always shipping by the next business day and being honest with the sale description doesn't hurt.
I am interested to see what Ebay does in the long term. Making it easy to have a reputation as a good seller without stifling factual neutral or adverse opinions would be great!