Feedback- “If it ain't broke, don't fix it!”

[jewelbiz]

In my humble opinion, no need for essays in feedback! 
It was working ok since eBay began.
Whose brilliant idea was it to change a perfectly good system & to make it worse?

[luckythewinner]

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@jewelbiz wrote:

In my humble opinion, no need for essays in feedback! 
It was working ok since eBay began.
Whose brilliant idea was it to change a perfectly good system & to make it worse?

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Sellers have complained on this board over the years that the feedback system did not give them enough space to sufficiently complain about their buyers, both in feedback and in replies to feedback. 

[jewelbiz]

I wonder about the psycho “buyer” who only leaves all sellers real vile, nasty negatives.

Now they can go forth on & on spewing hate...

I had such a buyer 3,4 years ago who only left all sellers he bought from the worst negatives who terrorized me.  He was a nut!

What about that?  Now seller character assassination to nth degree is possible...

[bbravo65]

@luckythewinner 

...I thought sellers are not allowed to leave any negative feedback or replies for buyers...?

...so eBay feedback system is changing now...?

[1tuna]

the buyers who spill, the red whine all over the place are the best

I get more upset at them than any return

they come on the boards with a horrible attitude and sense of entitlement

the biggerst problem with these boards is we are not supposed to be talking about the wine spillers

some of the biggest losers come here and we are not suppoed to call out lousy behavior because a buyer may get offended

[silverstatetreasureboxes]

@jewelbiz 

     I agree, went to leave a FB for a seller the other day and seen that I had 480 characters left?? What was I supposed to say after that, what I had for breakfast and what I was wearing?

     Creepy, don't see this as a good idea at all.

[48hrs-clothing]

My hope is that more these people write more likely they are to violate eBay's policies/ guidelines making it easier for eBay to remove these feedbacks.

[shellhut]

If it works eBay will change it and add fees for the seller.

[jonathankirkland]

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@jewelbiz wrote:

Whose brilliant idea was it to change a perfectly good system & to make it worse?

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Isn't that what ebay has been doing all along..?? (Forced new seller hub, forced managed payments etc.) ?

[jonathankirkland]

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@bbravo65 wrote:

@luckythewinner 

...I thought sellers are not allowed to leave any negative feedback or replies for buyers...?

...so eBay feedback system is changing now...?

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I think his point is that even though they are not supposed to do it, they still do it, and in some cases the buyers/scammers are not observant enough or savvy enough to figure out how to get it removed, so there it remains as a negative-positive. Always cracks me up when I see that.

[jonathankirkland · Accepted solution]

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@silverstatetreasureboxes wrote:

@jewelbiz 

     I agree, went to leave a FB for a seller the other day and seen that I had 480 characters left?? What was I supposed to say after that, what I had for breakfast and what I was wearing?

     Creepy, don't see this as a good idea at all.

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Now that, is funny.

"Item arrived as described, pleasant transaction. I just finished a lovely bacon and egg breakfast with wholewheat toast (buttered with strawberry jam on it) and orange juice to drink. Currently I am donning a fancy burgundy colored t-shirt and spiffy black & grey striped pajama bottoms. Off to watch reruns of The Office on Netflix now, cheers!"

And there's still 150+ characters left... jeesh.

[mtgraves7984]

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@bbravo65 wrote:

@luckythewinner 

...I thought sellers are not allowed to leave any negative feedback or replies for buyers...?

...so eBay feedback system is changing now...?

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@bbravo65 

Yes. It changed. Buyers and sellers have 500 whole characters to talk about the transaction. I've read some since the policy changed, and it looks like sellers can be as nasty as buyers anymore. Ay, yi, yi...

[gjs_16]

The worker's perspective:  If it works, don't fix it.

Why old stuff never ever gets fixed.

The engineer's perspective:  If it works, add another feature!
Which breaks other things, but not always completely.

If it's completely broken it stands a chance at being fixed, not necessarily correctly but just fixed.