Dave,
     I could not agree more.  I only give positive feedback if I have
recieved something extra, that I had not expected, or exceptionally
good service, etc.  Negative feedback, if I can clearly state
this person intentionally  should not be delt with.
     I think E-bay is getting filled with stores selling
the same old junk anyway.
                                         ERic

David Marshall wrote:

>I think the rating system on eBay is over rated.  Let's look at a
>scenario...
>
>You but a CD for $5 and $5 shipping, payable by PayPal, you send the seller
>$10 within 15 minutes of the auction closing and a quick email to follow up
>that you have paid for the item.  To me, you the buyer did everything right,
>more than speedy and very courtious.
>
>Two weeks later, you recieve nothing, you contact the seller and about 5
>days later you get an email stating some excuse for not sending it.
>
>Two weeks later, you still recieve nothing, you contact the seller and he
>says he sent the item two weeks ago by Fed-Ex, but he lost the paper work
>and he has no tracking number.
>
>Two weeks more go by, nothing, realising it is only $10, you fire away a
>negative feed back stating "Lot's of prompting, lots of excuses, waited 6
>weeks and no show of the goods" - This is fair right!?
>
>Then the next day YOU get a negative feed back stating something bogus even
>though you did everything right?
>
>Is this fair?  No... and eBay won't do a damn thing about it either.
>
>My policy is not to give feed back on any item I sell until I get feed back
>from the buyer - I have sold many items and have never recieved feed back
>from the buyer.  I'm tired of giving postive feed back and getting nothing
>in return.
>
>David Marshall
>
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>Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Joachim Beek
>Sent: March 18, 2004 9:57 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: recycled german parts / eBay
>
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>
>
>>Subject: Re: [VANAGON] recycled german parts / eBay
>>  From: Paul & Becky Oliver <oliver8@TDS.NET>
>>
>>If anyone does you wrong on E-Bay it is not just your right but an
>>obligation to give negative feedback. E-Bay does not want anyone using
>>
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>their
>
>
>>service to "rip" people off.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Very true.  I would even go a step further and look if there is a pattern
>of negative feedback.  I once got negative feedback (my only one!) for
>complaining that a vendor took two months to ship and never replied to my
>email queries...
>
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