Re: [CR]Now: eBay ratings

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

From: <PBridge130@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:47:26 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Now: eBay ratings
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org



> A 99.2% rating on eBay is soooooooo not good!!! Anything more than a
> couple of tenths of a percent below 100% is a bad thing and a big red
> flag to anyone that is eBay savvy.

I've concluded 133 total transactions on the bay, some to duplicate sellers or buyers, so not all of those count in my feedback. I have one negative, which was a "revenge" negative after I posted a negative for a seller who failed to deliver. One. The result is a 99.1 rating. I could have avoided that one negative by choosing not to warn the ebay community about that seller, but instead, those who are ebay savvy (obviously doesn't include me) will now know to avoid me. Or, wait, would it have been soooooooo worse for me not to tell the community about the the non-delivering seller? I'm soooooooo confused!!!!

A 99.8 rating, which includes one negative, would require 500 transactions with unique buyers or sellers, and all with feedback. I'll have to take up some more hobbies, so I can pump up my transaction rate, and I'll now know to be sure not to ever give out a negative, regardless of the quality of the transaction. :-)

Peter Bridge
DenCO