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Improv
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:36 am

http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/the-gloves-come-off/2008/05/14/1210444497491.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

This should be an interesting lawsuit to watch ... eBay vs Craigslist.

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:09 am

improvstone wrote:http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/the-gloves-come-off/2008/05/14/1210444497491.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

This should be an interesting lawsuit to watch ... eBay vs Craigslist.

This strikes me as eBay wanting to be the biggest money maker instead of the best internet auction site. If you are the best, you don't have to worry about competition, and most importantly, people will respect you for it and be forgiving when you make mistakes. eBay is poised for an entrepreneurial force to usurp it from the top if they don't change their attitude. Maybe Google will take them on!

Or Microsoft!

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:39 pm

My money will be on Google...

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copycat
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:17 pm

Google has some serious advantages if they did, in no particular order:

1) they already know what the most searched for items are

2) they can keep you from being noticed by taking you out of search

3) they are the most popular search tool in the world (last I heard)

4) they can feed ads targeting a specified audience via Google Mail or Desktop

5) they provide free access to the internet in some places

6) everything provided is free, for the most part, to the casual user - they could charge way less than eBay and still make a fortune

7) they already have a PayPal equivalent

and I'm sure there are more...

Google all the way!

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:06 pm

has everybody just noticed their feedback scores just massively hike up?

mine has just jumped up....

Are we nearly there yet?

Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:13 pm

killjoy32 wrote:has everybody just noticed their feedback scores just massively hike up?

mine has just jumped up....

Not mine

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:26 pm

Mine made a bit of a jump a little while back when they began counting multiple feedbacks from the same user, but not since then.

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:36 pm

Killjoy - Yeah mine was 745 (should be 747), it now says 797... wtf??

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:20 pm

well mine just jumped up over 800!

and go look at Cougs

Are we nearly there yet?

mbassoc2003
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:08 pm

Yeah, mee too. Seems eBay is boosting peoples feedback to make it seem like there's a lot more trustworthy sellers on the site.
Or maybe it was a 2 for 1 offer I missed on feedback a few weeks back.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

Badmike
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:15 pm

mbassoc2003 wrote:Yeah, mee too. Seems eBay is boosting peoples feedback to make it seem like there's a lot more trustworthy sellers on the site.
Or maybe it was a 2 for 1 offer I missed on feedback a few weeks back.

They are back-adjusting multiple feedbacks for same buyers.....returning buyers can now leave multiple feedbacks, and they are just backdating them retroactively. Seems like they are rolling this out in UK first; if they do mine it's going to take a Cougar-like leap by several thousand!!!

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Malakai
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:20 pm

From what i have read they will start adjusting the US Feedback the 19th of this month.

And I don't think I have heard anyone discuss the fact that sellers can block Buyer who is not ID Verified (new -- but not available on all eBay sites)

Verification costs $5.00 and is valid until your name, address, or phone number change. This fee will be charged to your eBay account within 24 hours of your successful verification.

WTF how does this help the seller. Newer sellers will probably go in and turn it on then wonder why their stuff sells for so cheap how about they take the $5 out of the fees they charge.

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:29 pm

killjoy32 wrote:has everybody just noticed their feedback scores just massively hike up?

mine has just jumped up....

Mine too - whooot!!

(Positively though I am up from 99.9% to 100% - what a difference?!)(From what I can gather the % rating is now based on feedback recieved in the last 12 months only, don't know whether this has always been the case)(having just looked myself up on toolhaus that might be the case - my last neutral feedback was a year and a day ago)

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gyg
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:35 pm

killjoy32 wrote:well mine just jumped up over 800!

and go look at Cougs

I did just that - go compare

"The Cougsta" - 17184 feedback - 48 negs this year - lowest dsr 4.1 - 98.8% overall

"Big Al" - 2666 feedback - 0 negs (ever?) - lowest dsr 4.7 - 100% overall

nuff said

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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:57 pm

One of my accounts shows a total of 237 feedback, but it's so old that my "Lifetime Summary" has 0 Positives, 0 Negatives, and 100% Positive Feedback.

Another old account shows a total of 62 feedback but the same 0/0/100% rating as the other account.

[edit: I am in the US, so maybe these accounts have always been this way.]

Last edited by JohnGaunt on Fri May 16, 2008 12:07 am, edited 1 time in total.

beasterbrook
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:00 am

mine jumped 130 odd a couple of days ago.. so its Aussie land as well thats updated...

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killjoy32
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:35 am

i have had 1 neutral and 1 negative ever.

both were beyond my control, so can still hold my head high and say that i do a good job of things.

the neg STILL pisses me off, but hey thats life.

its nice to see 100% though for sure....for at least a year....prb a lot lot longer.

4.7...would like to see that a little higher, but i still think its very respectable? cant please everyone i guess....

Al

Are we nearly there yet?

Kbel
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:25 am

Mine just jumped from 75 to 115 and I've only just re-started selling.

I'm totally bummed about this cos I've really enjoyed learning about this gaming stuff and selling it and was hoping to keep it going but with Ebay's Aussie restrictions to PayPal I reckon I'll just sell the rest of the stuff I have now and call it a day.

It's not even the fees since I work in retail and know what brick and mortar shop sellers pay for overheads - it's more the sheer F.U. attitude. Why on earth should we be restricted to one payment method - the most expensive one at that. I mean it's like me saying to the people who come into my workplace that they can only buy using one method.

And for ebay to be wanting the fees from all this is obvious but I agree with other posters who've said it'll be the end of small sellers on ebay.

Kbel

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