Blackmoor wrote:My feedback just just over 500.  I gues the changes are here now.

Yep, looks like Canada just got updated.  Mine jumped up another 200 points within the last couple of hours.

Kibble, you have to remember that eBay OWNS Paypal. That's why they are forcing people to use it.
But don't worry. It may be the death of small sellers, but it will be the death of eBay as well.

killjoy32 wrote:i just noticed today, while leaving feedback as a "seller" that a notification popped up saying that "buyers can no long receive neutral or negative feedback from sellers"

so i guess this is where all the fun starts, now that sellers are pretty much sitting ducks for all and sundry.    

Al

Sellers can still leave responses to bad feedback though cant they?  Better than nothing I guess.  I also noticed that my feedback score just doubled.  

I must admit, I have mixed feelings over the negative feedback thing. As an occasional Seller, of course I worry about the fact that it leaves you open to being intentionally undermined - I hope there is some recourse through Ebay when neg feedback is received for no good reason.

On the other hand, I recently had one of my worst experiences on Ebay. I bought a freezer. The Seller has a good business and 98% positive. However, the Seller failed to deliver for weeks and kept giving me untruthful excuses (he accidentally copied an identical message about his car breaking down on two separate weeks). When the Seller received negative or neutral - he replies instantly with revenge feedback. He has a lot of begrudging positives. So a..holes like that ruin it for everybody and are probably the reason Ebay has made these changes.

It's a pity they couldn't filter out the revenge thing, without such a big change.

Went to leave some non positive feedback(!), and ebay gives me a little tick box list telling me what I should have done!
I asked myself why the f*** should I 'contact the seller to try and find a solution' when the prat has sent me 3 hard backs wrapped up in what is basically a sheet of newspaper.

BUT, I then mailed him to tell him what I was going to do and it gave me cause to pause; and put a hold on leaving feedback. If he responds sharpish in an apologetic or decent way then he may just have kept his 100% record, after all the books were almost unscathed (only by luck) and I'm quite happy with them. So the sellers reaction will decide my future action, and maybe, just maybe, there might be something decent in the feedback system after all

There is still a solution for sellers.
You can still respond the a negative comment on your own feedback page.
Enter a comment like 'David Whitbread, I tried to call you on 0161 444 1234 to resolve, but you won't answer!?'
EBay will remove the negative comment and give you a warning not to post personal info.

The option's still there for me.

Works for me.

It just doesnt like you any more Al  

Cheers,
Malc

gyg wrote:Went to leave some non positive feedback(!), and ebay gives me a little tick box list telling me what I should have done!
I asked myself why the f*** should I 'contact the seller to try and find a solution' when the prat has sent me 3 hard backs wrapped up in what is basically a sheet of newspaper.

BUT, I then mailed him to tell him what I was going to do and it gave me cause to pause; and put a hold on leaving feedback. If he responds sharpish in an apologetic or decent way then he may just have kept his 100% record, after all the books were almost unscathed (only by luck) and I'm quite happy with them. So the sellers reaction will decide my future action, and maybe, just maybe, there might be something decent in the feedback system after all

He got back to me sharpish. Couldn't have been more decent - offered refunds, profuse apologies etc etc - Got the positive with poor shipping DSR - can't say fairer than that then.