At 16.34 07.01.05, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>Ken Sanford wrote:
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > I disagree strongly!!!
> >
> > 99.2 is better than 99 out of 100 satisfied.
> >
> > What if you had made 40-50 trouble-free sales and them you meet up with an
> > ass-hole who gives you a bum rating. Or someone who demands NOS when you
> > specified good condition!
> >
> > Sometimes called 'rating blackmail'
> >
> > That, unfortunately is why many reputable sellers will not give feedback to
> > buyer before item is delivered and customer is "satisfied"
> >
> > Ken Sanford
> > Kensington, MD
>
>
>That's why you check the guy's feedback comments to see, like you put
>it, who the ass-hole is, the buyer or the seller.
Yup,but it''s not always easy to tell with eBay's 80-character limit. It also depends on the number of feedbacks the seller has and when the negatives occurred. It only takes one a**hole out of 100 feedbacks to drop you to 99%. One out 1000 is something to get your knickers in a twist about. When you get to folks with over 1000, you still need only 10 or so to drop that 1 percent. Any of you who have dealt with the public can vouch that coming up with ten yahoos in a sample size of 1000 really doesn't take a lot of effort.
Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee