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Re: Feeback - how worthwhile is it?
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:04:35 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
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> I've been mulling over the feedback thing in my mind lately, especially
> after someone pointed out what appears to be a pretty strong effort to "pump
> up" feedback by making multiple small orders from the same buyer on Brickbay.
Are you talking about feedback in general, or just feedback from a
sellers perspective on Brickbay (as your responses seem to suggest)? My
perspective is as a buyer, who plans to sell at some point.
> So I guess what I'm wondering is - what do people do when they see a number
> next to someone's name? If it is high (say above 50) do they automatically
> assume "ah, trustworthy person" without reviewing it?
On eBay, I always look at feedback before bidding. If the number is
high, and they have no negatives, I just read the first page, and then
spot check a few other pages to get a feel for satisfaction. If I see
negatives comments, I try and read them all, but usually end up bidding
(many times someone with a high feedback will have a few times when a
transaction went bad, and it's often easy to see how the buyer got upset
over nothing - or just wanted to be a jerk). As a seller, I would tend
not to look in too much detail at the feedback of the buyer. I'm not
risking much, though I guess on eBay I might check the feed backs of the
top bidders, but even so, I suspect it would be difficult to actually
get early wind of a trouble maker. I don't tend to re-check feedback of
people I've bought from before, which could be a mistake if they played
nice to get a decent feedback and then took a bunch of folks for a ride.
> If it is low (say below 5) do they assume anything? Do they always go read
> it, thinking maybe the person has to be new, at least to that system?
As a buyer, I usually don't bid on eBay if the feedback is this low,
though occasionally I will give the person the benefit of the doubt
(especially if those few feed backs have an instance of selling amongst
them). As a seller, I wouldn't tend to worry much. I just don't have
that much to lose.
> If it is high and they go check it out and see things like 2, 3, 4, or more
> orders between a buyer and a seller, all on the same day, does that suggest
> anything?
Who knows what it means. It certainly does sound suspicious, and I guess
I'd be a little wary of someone who would do that, though they could be
someone who has done a lot of eBay buying and ran into sellers who gave
them hassle until they built up a good rating.
Frank
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| (...) I was mainly thinking about feedback ON Brickbay, but not so much from either one perspective or another when it comes to buying or selling. I do take your point about sellers having to worry less, though. Oddly enough I was just browsing (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| I've been mulling over the feedback thing in my mind lately, especially after someone pointed out what appears to be a pretty strong effort to "pump up" feedback by making multiple small orders from the same buyer on Brickbay. So I guess what I'm (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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