Ebay feedback - eso - Shady Lane

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Ebay feedback

Posted by eso (M) on December 1, 2004 at 21:06:52

More and more sellers are refusing to leave feedback until after the buyer leaves it.

A buyer's obligation is complete upon payment for the auction, and should receive feedback at that time. A seller's obligation is not fulfilled until the item is received by the buyer.

In the last few years with the huge growth at ebay, more and more sellers are actively extorting feedback from sellers. Face it, a negative mark is a much bigger deal to a guy that buys a few things than it is to a person that sells dozens of items per week.

Send Ebay messages asking them to require sellers to leave feedback on a transaction before they can receive feedback for that transaction.

I sent the message below. If they start getting flooded with similar messages, they may even do something. It's not likely, but it is worth a try.

eso

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Increasing numbers of sellers will not leave feedback for a buyer until the buyer leaves feedback for them. A buyer's obligation to the seller is fulfilled upon receipt of payment for the auction. The sellers should be required to leave feedback in order to receive feedback from the buyers.

Buy allowing sellers to delay their feeback, Ebay is now condoning extortion and ,in some extreme cases, fraud. Ebay should become more proactive on behalf of the buyers and offer better protection. Sure, the sellers are the ones paying the fees, but without the buyers there would be no fees to pay. Make sellers leave feedback before the buyers.

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Topic - Ebay feedback - eso 21:06:52 12/01/04 (17)

You are mistaken. It is the buyer who controls the transaction. - edta 17:32:47 12/08/04 (0)

Strongly Disagree - Gerry E. 08:32:54 12/02/04 (15)

Re: Strongly Disagree - eso 14:45:36 12/02/04 (14)

Re: Strongly Disagree - Powerseller 05:58:20 03/11/05 (0)

Your mistake was in not leaving a negative feedback and contacting ebay. - edta 17:39:32 12/08/04 (0)

Re: Strongly Disagree - Gerry E. 05:56:14 12/03/04 (11)

Re: Strongly Disagree - HBHOWLANDB 11:56:41 02/21/05 (1)

Re: Strongly Disagree - Gerry E. 12:44:20 02/22/05 (0)

This is an excellent suggestion and I've suspected that many are doing this. - edta 17:43:07 12/08/04 (0)

Re: Strongly Disagree - eso 09:44:12 12/03/04 (7)

Re: Strongly Disagree - Gerry E. 11:34:23 12/03/04 (6)

Strongly agree with Gerry - grinagog 18:20:47 12/03/04 (5)

Re: Strongly agree with Gerry - Gerry E. 14:43:24 12/04/04 (1)

Seriously - eso 17:38:15 12/04/04 (0)

The system is flawed - eso 08:36:04 12/04/04 (2)

Re: The system is flawed - grinagog 22:17:46 12/05/04 (1)

People are flawed. 10% of the people on ebay are assholes. - edta 17:50:18 12/08/04 (0)

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