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geekchick ([personal profile] geekchick) wrote2008-02-07 03:08 pm
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Starting in May, eBay sellers can no longer leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers. Oh yeah, THAT'S a good idea.

[identity profile] tisiphone.livejournal.com 2008-02-07 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, I can see the intent - to break the retaliatory negative feedback cycle, which is a big problem on eBay (let's say that, as a buyer, I choose who I bid on stuff from very carefully). On the other hand, there really are some crap buyers out there, and eBay doesn't have any mechanisms in place to stop them. I really think some kind of "Feedback review" process that would let a buyer (or a seller) complain about retaliatory feedback would be a way better solution.

[identity profile] stitchinthyme.livejournal.com 2008-02-07 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I really think some kind of "Feedback review" process that would let a buyer (or a seller) complain about retaliatory feedback would be a way better solution.

But that would require work on their part...and we can't have that, can we?

[identity profile] tisiphone.livejournal.com 2008-02-07 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, definitely not!