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Re: Can ebay feedback get worse than this:
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:12:07 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Sellers with thousands of positive feedbacks supposedly have so much to lose
> for getting one or two negatives in lost reputation that they pay up. Even
> if they leave neg feedback in return, 45 chars isn't much to tell a story,
> you can't post links easily to more detail on your side of the story, and
> one neg against a throwaway ID with 4 positive isn't much of a deterrent
> compared to the damage of one neg to a ID with 4000 positive and 0 neg.
I'm not sure I agree with this. If I were to look at the details behind someone
wiht that level of feedback (and I probably wouldn't), to see only 1 out of
4000 would tell me that one person didn't like the seller. Big deal.
I could come up with one person who doesn't like me without moving more than 5
feet from my cube at the office (She's a sorority girl-type marketing droid
across the passageway).
Now if there were 400 neg against 4400 positive, I'd be a little more
concerned....
But really, how many buyers take the time to look at the feedback details
BEFORE bidding?? not enough, surely....
Paul Sinasohn
LUGNET #115
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Message has 1 Reply: | | Re: Can ebay feedback get worse than this:
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| (...) I certainly take the time to look at the feedbacks. I try and look at all the negatives, but if they have 1000+, it's hard, but then of course 1 or 2 negatives per 1000 is meaningless. The question is how many folks look past the summary. I've (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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