you can no longer leave a buyer negative feedback? is this some sort of joke? so someone who takes 2 weeks to pay cant even be left a neutral either, its getting beyond a joke, fair enough i see that retaliatory ( is that a word lol ) feedback is not fair, but if a buyer GENUINELY messes you about its tough you cant do anything about it



Sarah

 

double post doh

 

No negative or neutral Feedback for buyers
The previous system prevented buyers from leaving honest Feedback since they feared retaliation from the sellers if they left a negative. This made it harder for buyers to distinguish between sellers while making bidding or buying decisions. In addition, when buyers received negative Feedback, they reduced their activity in the marketplace, which in-turn harmed sellers"

grrrrrrrrrrrrr

i see their reasoning but buyers who mess about no end, take weeks to pay then complain when their item isnt sent before payment clears.... like my last customer, i can only leave a positive?
i wouldnt have dealt with them again and surely its my right to be able to warn others?

bloody joke

Sarah

 

What about a 'ebay warning' thread? Seeing as there's more & more ford parts bought and sold nowadays?

 

i have had alot of bad buyers the ones that put claims into paypal saying they have not received the item but they have and claim there money back

i have left them all negative feedback to warn people what there up to i can just see the scammers getting worse because of this

 

exactly, the buyer ive just dealt with left a positive but put 3 weeks to deliver...

she sent cheque 10 days after auction end in middle of bank hol and i sent it as soon as it cleared.... i cant even leave a neutral when in my auction it specified payment within 3 days

BLOODY RIDICULOUS

 

just don't leave any feedback at all

 

You still get the little box to write a comment in though don't you? Could type in there that payment was late etc. You can also add that under the feedback she has left you.

 

There's people out there who don't bother anyway even if the transaction has gone smooth and quickly. There's no way to warn of bad payers/ sellers.

 

ive done that on both her feedback and the one she left for me.

Its ludicrous, the fact that someone could have 100% feedback when realistically they could be a really bad buyer and not complete transactions quickly etc, how does that give you faith in selling someone something?

im starting to get very annoyed with ebay, dont think ill be advertising much at all now on there

 

stupid system, I am surprised that there is not a serious competitor to Ebay out there already, their fees are extorsion as well!

 

ive noticed a massive hike in my ebay fees recently, that and the fact paypal will HAVE to be offered on all auctions means theyre raking it in.

Definitely needs a good competitor

 

To be honest i dont see what it matters with buyers that have bad feedback. You cant do anything about it if they bid on your item at the last minute or something anyway so it dont matter what feedback they have. (and youll find that most bad ebayers bid at the last minute too so you cant cancel their bid). Also, many bad buyers will have another account to sell stuff anyway.

 

you cant do a lot about it no, but its nice to know what sort of person you are selling to or potentially selling to, as if someone has 100% feedback due to this new system yet theyve not paid for every transaction in the past month you will be none the wiser as there will be no feedback to say this.

Seems like a stupid idea in my eyes

 

my ebay account for some reason gained over 50 free feedback points lol

 

thatll be cos youve bought loads of stuff from same seller as theyve started giving you 1 per item bought instead of 1 for same seller

Feedback rating also based on the past year instead of it being the full amount of feedback received.

 

Yeah i see your point. Does seem a bit stupid. Obviously good for sellers though as they wont get negatives for no reason. I think most sellers are scared to give buyers bad feedback anyway so i reckon theres loads of bad ebayers that still have their 100% due to sellers that dont wont retaliation negatives.

 

I left someone negative feedback only the other day for an item that came through and was crap!

 

i have to say ive never been bothered about leaving a negative,if you get one back just respond to it saying retaliatory feedback.

I think people who know they can leave a negative without getting one back may abuse the system as well though on the flipside.

Woman who left me feedback moaning today i couldnt leave her the neutral so had to follow up with a rant

 

I wondered what happened, aint used ebay forawhile and suddenly my feedback went up quite abit

 

mine only went up about 3

 

site preferences > buyer requirements

 

ive got my requirements pretty high mind lol

 

 

didnt realise you could change the bidding requirements.

 

That's a good idea! I've bought a few things which turn out to be crap and when you leave bad feedback they just do the same to get back at you. It also annoys me when you win and pay for an item straight away but they don't leave you feedback until you've left them feedback. They say it's so they know you got the item okay but that's a load of rubbish, it's so they can bully you into giving them a good feedback.

About time this was introduced. It should look out for the buyers more than the sellers. There's so many theiving, lieing, chancers on there.

 

aye?? yes you can. i ordered some CAT boots and it took well over 2 weeks.

i left a negative feedback and it showed in he's feedback.

 

SELLERS can't leave Neg, not buyers

 

hate ebay, said it so many times and probably in vain, but bring on googlebay!

 

the problem is the idiot buyers not the good fast payment ones etc

like comedy dan said he got a negative feedback just because the postman knocked to hard on the front door

 

you should see it all kicking off in the powersells forums it not good lots of pissed off people!!!

 

i can see why it would anger people who sell vast amounts of stuff as it means theyre not going to be able to do a thing about bad buyers!

 

i can see both sides of the story on this..buyers can be just as crap as sellers...

but its come at the right time for me as ive had alot of trouble with some area siz wishbones and wasnt going to leave bad feedback thinking he'd do the same but i can do so now

 

i just think its another part of ebay being all about the buyer and less about the seller

paypal offers very little in the way of seller protection without ebay joining in and not reassuring sellers at all.

 

yes but ebay and paypal are the same people so ur screwd either way

 

easy all stop using ebay

 

what trouble have you had with area six then have you not just rung ian to sort it out?

 

i now have 2 negative feedback after they changed it

one saying postage only cost Ł5 he charged me Ł6

and the other saying it said 1st class postage it took 3 days

thats it im no longer using ebay

 

this is exactly what is going to happen, people will take the piss with their feedback knowing it wont come back to them.

See the other thread i have started

 

I bet they are all still using ebay to sell stuff though!
Until ALOT of people vote with their feet and stop using it nothing will ever change.