Negative feedback

[bigrt1]

What does everyone think about a seller no being able to leave negative feedback but the buyer can leave negative feedback. Is this fair to sellers, not hardly. We need to let ebay know that this is wrong. If you take a sellers rights away then you need to take the buyers rights away for the same thing. 

[tinsoldierunderground]

Been that way since 2008, not much chance in hell of ebay changing things.

[slippinjimmy]

I think it was one of the top ten things eBay has done.

I don't believe there is such a thing as "the right to insult" and I know for sure that significant portion of sellers can't handle the responsibility.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

It was a long overdue reaction to the common practice by some sellers to leave retaliatory feedback for buyers who reacted to BAD SELLERS.

One of the many things some sellers did to permanently damage the reputation of the site, drive potential buyers away and limit Ebay's growth.

Some people still snicker when you admit you sell on Ebay.

In my opinion, your response to the negative is more damaging to you than the negative FB you received. Think about it.

[lakefor94]

Sellers do not have any rights on eBay to begin with. It is a privledge for sellers to use the platform and that can be taken away by eBay at any time.

Unscrupulous sellers are the biggest problem that eBay has. They do not need to option to leave negative feedback for buyers. The sellers do enough damage as it is.

[fern*wood]

How many businesses rate you as a customer?  If you rate a restaurant or store and give a rating of their service, how would you feel if they publicly rated you?   If anything, ebay needs to eliminate ratings for buyers altogether.

[kensgiftshop]

What good do you think negative feedback for a buyer would do?

How many sellers do you think check buyers feedback?

[tinsoldierunderground]

I see where you left a couple false positives for buyers... That doesn't go over well if it's discovered, ebay doesn't like it when people circumvent their policies.

[jerseyboymusic]

As a seller, I feel buyer feedback is useless. I get an order, buyer pays (since I use immediate payment required), I ship and all is good.

I don't look at a buyer's feedback AT ALL! I don't give out much feedback to buyers, either. What am I going to say?

[lakefor94]

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@tinsoldierunderground wrote:

I see where you left a couple false positives for buyers... That doesn't go over well if it's discovered, ebay doesn't like it when people circumvent their policies.

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Wondering if random posters have ever reported false positives to the social media reps?

[luckythewinner]

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What does everyone think about a seller no being able to leave negative feedback but the buyer can leave negative feedback

The same way I felt 15 years ago when they did it. Indifferent.

Is this fair to sellers, not hardly

When comparing apples (buyers) to oranges (sellers) there is no way to measure "fairness".

We need to let ebay know that this is wrong

Have at it. I have better things to do.

If you take a sellers rights away then you need to take the buyers rights away for the same thing

Actually, you don't. And eBay has proved that for the past 15 years.

[lakefor94]

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@jerseyboymusic wrote:

As a seller, I feel buyer feedback is useless. I get an order, buyer pays (since I use immediate payment required), I ship and all is good.

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I have saved myself some significant money more than once by checking a buyers feedback left for others and then vetting them further.

[frankenhobbit]

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@fern*wood wrote:

How many businesses rate you as a customer?  If you rate a restaurant or store and give a rating of their service, how would you feel if they publicly rated you?   If anything, ebay needs to eliminate ratings for buyers altogether.

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Uber does I think, but barring that exception,  that's a solid point.

ETA - just to be clear, in case the above sounded sarcastic. I DO think the point is solid.

[chapeau-noir]

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@frankenhobbit wrote:

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@fern*wood wrote:

How many businesses rate you as a customer?  If you rate a restaurant or store and give a rating of their service, how would you feel if they publicly rated you?   If anything, ebay needs to eliminate ratings for buyers altogether.

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Uber does I think, but barring that exception,  that's a solid point.

ETA - just to be clear, in case the above sounded sarcastic. I DO think the point is solid.

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Air B&B does, too - but there's a good reason for both, I think, because in those cases users directly impact on people/property safety and use.

Beyond that, this horse has long been sent to the glue factory.

[monster-deals]

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@bigrt1 wrote:

What does everyone think about a seller no being able to leave negative feedback but the buyer can leave negative feedback. Is this fair to sellers, not hardly. We need to let ebay know that this is wrong. If you take a sellers rights away then you need to take the buyers rights away for the same thing. 

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Feedback was irreparably broken in 2008 when ebay took away the abilty of sellers to leave negative feedback.

Buyers running away is a fantasy that ebay wants us to believe and not question.

All it has done is enabled the worst behavior in buyers.