Is Ebay Feedback Being Misused And Abused

Is Ebay Feedback Being Misused And AbusedIt is our belief that the whole concept of feedback has been forgotten and is now being used as a bartering tool or left on a tit for tat basis by many ebay users, so we have written the following guide, in order to have YOUR SAYplease read our opinion on this subject, at the endyou will be asked whether you agree with us or not if the number of positive responces we receive meets a worthy figure we will put our concerns forward to Ebay for review by way of a partition using the number of votes received by all the genuine ebayers out thereIf You AGREE With The Following Click On The YES Box At The BottomFeedback Is Being Left On A Tit For Tat Basis, it is our belief that some ebay users willNOT leave feedback for there trading partner until they have receivedtheirs, this is so they can leave you the same rating good or bad. (is it true and is it wrong)Feedback Is Being Misused, it is also our belief that some ebay users are using feedback prematurely as this feature is designed to tell other users about your whole trading experience if a user has a problem with their purchase they should contact the seller to see what they have to say about it and when contact is complete you will then be in a better light to leave feedback. (agree or disagree)Feedback Is Being Abused, listings such as e-books or any other electronically transfered items to avoid postage cost and enablethe seller to sellinformation very cheap that may or may not be worthy of an ebay listing users canbuild a high feedback score very quick this is most often done by the ebay scammersto lure you into a false listing to steal your hard earned cash or shatter your dreams (is this being done and have you been caught out yet)Feedback Is Being Used As A Bartering Tool, quite often some ebay users willnot leave feedback if you cantact those users theysometimes claim the item has not arrived in some cases this will be true as the Royal Mail have millions of letters and parcels to deliver everyday andI for one would be amazed if the odd letter or pacel didnt get lost in the system somewhere. However if an item has been losta genuine ebayer willcontact you after5 - 7 working days just to get piece of mind that you have sent the item and they have not been riped off not wait untilthe sellercontactsthem 30 days later,these people will only leave you feedback if they are contacted and the feedback left will reflect whether yourefunded their money, sent a replacement F.O.C. or not (is feedback being used to get extra itemsfree of charge?)If You DISAGREE With The Following Click On The No Button At The BottomFeedback Should Be Left Once You Have Completed Your Part Of The TradeFeedback ShouldBe Accurate To Your Experience(this will help single out the bad traders)If You Have Not Received Feedback From Another User Forget It As No Feedback Is Better Than Negative Feedback (if a buyer hasn't received an item they will contact you soon enough)Always Rember You Can Please Some Of The People All The Time And All Of The People Some Of The Time But You Can't Please All The People All The Time (just because a user hasn't got a 100% feedback score does'nt necessairly mean you should avoid them we are all human after all.!!Help Us Make Our Ebay A Safe And Fun Place To Enjoy By Casting Your Verdict On This Guide Using The Buttons Below Click YES If You Want A Better Ebay System For Feedback Or Click NO If You Think It's Perfect Already.One Thing You Can Be Sure Of Is We Will Help All Our Trading Partners With Any Issues That May Arise And You Can Find Us By Using The Link Below Or Searching The Community Button On The Top Of The Page For bargin143Find A Genuine Ebay User Waiting To Help You Bring The Fun Back To Ebay Find UsUPDATE 28-10-2008Since the removale of sellers rights to leave a fair feedback we have seen an increase in bully tactics to recover free goods or discounted prices We must stress that there is such a thing as a bad buyer too example someone who does not pay or simply purchases an item just to get your email address there are even buyers out there that will claim no goods have been received dispite having a tracking referance, eBays answer to this is that we can leave a message warning other people when we leave positive feedback but lets be honest if you see a 100% feedback why bother wasting your time reading them i thought that was the whole idea of neutral or negative in the first place.. i think eBay should at the very least give sellers the right to a neutral feedabck option to give others a link to click

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