LOOK OUT trolls comming out of woodwork

From what I have seen recently is that some rogue buyers are trying it on thinking they are immune from negs already, hee hee.

http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2008/2/1203039085.html

Just wait 'til May, perhaps greedbay will just reduce sellers feedback percentage calculation to a rolling month rather than a year

I had 2 persons try this past week.

One of one ID and another on another ID.

Buckle your seatbelts, cuz it's gonna get bumpy and FAST!

<shaking head>
The DSRs and the new FB are THE worst decisions eBay has ever made. Protect your sellers eBay, we're the ones that bring you revenue.

<blech>
Donna

Under 'Buyer Requirements' there is an option currently they will either change or get rid of.

"Buyers with a negative feedback score"

They should modify it to say:

"Buyers who have left negative feedback:
Block buyers who have left <#> of feedback in the last <amount of days>.
This requirement can help sellers avoid buyers who are deemed unfair to the seller."

Yeah they're gonna have to change THAT requirement aren't they...No buyers will ever have a negative feedback...No matter how terrible they were they will all be 100% positive. FOREVER. Pretty scary.

We will have to look for ourselves to see what kind of feedback bidders have left for others, but who has the time or inclination for that? Most of my spring sales are the result of bidding wars and snipers, I can't keep up with that All I'll be able to do is hope for the best which is not saying much.

What I fail to understand is everyone's sudden fear of buyers. In the 11 years I've been selling, and probably somewhere between 5000-6000 transactions, I have never once had a "bad buyer". Oh sure, I get the occasional deadbeat, but I go through the process and get my funds back.

If you're worried about the one sided feedback, I fairly sure eBay is going to be on top of "bad buyer complaints", knocking out these cheeseballs when reported. Why do I think this? Honestly, I don't know! I'm just being hopeful that even with the higher fees, things will pretty much run as they always have and I'll have the same types of buyers I've always had. My items don't tend to attract the creeps and assholes, like the type of seller moving generic ink cartridges or cell phone accessory crap. The stuff I'm selling is either the only one listed, or one of a few. This is the only part of this change I have some hope about. All the rest, sucks.

haha - this what the seller got in reply to her calling her PS rep

"We are hoping to hear something very soon, but this had become a hot
issue as other sellers are reporting similar issues with their buyers"

if this is an issue NOW - the MORONS are going to be deluged when the new FB policy goes in effect
and the stupit idiots will raise the price again to help cover more hires in the stupid dept for customer help ( OH wait what customer help?????)

Ebay must be the nations largest employers of people with IQ of 10 or LOWER

the only reason that we have this problem coming is buyers are assuming ebay has put it in action already!

God help me when it does as we will be in real trouble - the only negs I got was because;

1. had changed her address and expected ME to change her adddress FOR her during Xmas

2. NPB druing xmas

Did you ever stop to think what May was chosen for the feedback changes? Why not "now" like the fee increases? I think it gives them a buffer to see and gage the reaction and give them time to change direction should it be felt it's necessary. I guess we'll see.

If you think eBay isn't padding their auctions check out this seller.

sdc_prod_434012

Member since 4/11/07. 0 FB. Currently has OVER 35,000 listings. Such as rakes in the men's shoes category, etc.

AND there's no button to click to bid on anything.

Nuff said.

Hi just did a search could not find any items current or completed for sdc_prod_434012 although name exists please confirm.

See this article:

http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2008/3/1204379814.html

Padding? Who knows.

If they're padding numbers is only going to temporarily hide anything. Quarterly sales numbers is what will tell. padded numbers or not.

Hi! I just recently read that ebay bought shopping.com. The above link from JeffS ( Hi again!), mentions that sdc is short for ShoppingDotCCom; very interesting don't you think?
I've found so many incredible videos and other links concerning boycott information.
Can they be posted here for others to enjoy? Just want to make sure I don't do anything wrong...
I've got links from the forum, utube, etc.
The videos are fabulous; so creative!
Apparently a second BIG strike is planned for May 1st-I've got the links for info & the video if it's okay?

Here's more info on this "seller"

http://answercenter.ebay.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1000112278&mod=1204412425506

And JeffS I thought the exact same thing about the FB changes...wait to guage the response so they have time to do something else just in case. I don't think anyone even knows when it's supposed to change except 'sometime in May'.

why try to fix a thing that is not broken
Unless like some one says on the pad " we aint happy until you aint happy!"