how low can you go?

[goodthings2by]

Was interested in an item on ebay and saw the seller had an 83% feedback - with 11 negs and even more neutrals in the past 6 months.  How low do you have to go that triggers ebay to remove you or suspend your acct??  Got to looking at other auctions and saw this pattern over and over.  Just wondering!!

[mr_lincoln]

@goodthings2by   Good question ... I don't know the criteria they use to restrict, suspend or close accounts that are not in good standing regarding Feedback %s.  The old saying, "its all about money" may apply too ... if things are slow and they need the cash flow a blind eye might be turned towards Sellers of ill repute ... truth is stranger then fiction.

[pburn]

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@goodthings2by wrote:

Was interested in an item on ebay and saw the seller had an 83% feedback - with 11 negs and even more neutrals in the past 6 months.  How low do you have to go that triggers ebay to remove you or suspend your acct??  Got to looking at other auctions and saw this pattern over and over.  Just wondering!!

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@goodthings2by 

eBay does not use feedback as a criterion for seller evaluation, since it is the opinion of buyers and submitted without verification of any kind (other than that a purchase has actually taken place).

Along the way, however, you know those errant sellers have been collecting other penalties that will have an impact on their selling accounts--things like late deliveries or items that never show up or items that arrive "not as described." Whatever. Those are the "defects" that will eventually prompt eBay to take action against a seller's account.

Never fear. What goes around often actually does come around.

[woodland_gnome]

While eBay used to use buyer feedback to determine a seller's status, they changed to more objective measures (cancelled transactions, MGB cases resolved against them, late shipping metrics) several years ago. 

Remember you can always check the feedback BEFORE you bid/buy/offer.

[goodthings2by]

thanks, I do check feedback, and like I said - this seller's feedback was 83% - I do have a policy of not buying from any seller with a recent feedback below 95% - and yes, I hold the sellers to a standard which I myself try to attain.

[myboardid]

When I'm buying, my standard is 99.5% for large sellers, and then I actually read the bad feedbacks to see if there is a pattern or legit reasons for them. Small sellers can be more damaged by 1 or 2 negs so I give them more slack as far as the percentage goes, but I still read to see what happened, then make a decision.

[mudshark61369]

@goodthings2by,

What myboardid wrote is good advice;

"...  then I actually read the bad feedbacks to see if there is a pattern or legit reasons for them."

However, because so many people these days seem to be afraid to leave negative feedback, I also read the neutral comments, many of which should definitely be negatives.

  "I do have a policy of not buying from any seller with a recent feedback below 95% - and yes, I hold the sellers to a standard which I myself try to attain".

My standard for high volume sellers is 99% positive.  I try to find high volume sellers with a 99.6% or better rating though.  I do not think any high or medium volume seller can maintain the standard I have, 100% positive for 17 years.