feed back for buyers only positive why? i think i know.

[pingpong517]

anyone watch the 60 minutes this last Sun? the story about how the program stuff to draw the person back onto the phone and such...?

Well basicly...little things like thumbs up ,likes, cahallenges.. stuff that seems harmless...it makes a person WANT to check the phone and want to keep looking....even scrolling down pages...keep them there for the ADs to be seen...

Well if buyers could receive negative feedback and droped below 100%( not counting seller/buyer account) and a buyer couldn't get and stay at 100%..they would probably lose interest in ebay or that account...and feel less than 100%...sad, and loney... but when they buy ...and get that feedback that says they are 100% great...they feel better and happy..and want to look more and buy more....

why do seller care abouyt the feedback? well same feeling...face it when a negative shows up..don't all of us get that feeling of anger and just hate it!... yes ebay throws in the "top rated" discount...but really is that making orr braking your(most) peiople...and yes you can be kicked off but that add to the "I NEED FEEDBACKS!" 

if you watched the segment , you'll understand..i'm sure i din't do it justice... the fact it they are all carrots and designed to make us all want to check the phone, look at stuuff..sttay on the site.

I turned off my notification "kaching sound" when i sell something...I realized it made me happy to hear and when i don't hear it often enought..i start getting worried...and ebven whwn i do..i start a clock in my head about shipping timing and such... i was being conditioned and like the dog...salivated when i her the kaching....which is design to make me what to get inther do more, list more...to hear more kaching....woof...... 

just look it up on line and watch and think about it all...feedback is a carrot...and the "feelings" and what you do ...makes me thing ...ebay don't want a buyer to ever get anything negative...and yes its voluntary, they don't want to force us...we already demad and expect it...we need it, we crave it...woof woof

[callahanmagic]

@pingpong517

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this much talked about + obessed behaviour

of some within the community or in our society.
-
Lucas
*still rollin' with the punches*

[wolf*song]

Blocking a buyer is as good as negative feedback, unless you're just looking to smear someone's reputation, **bleep**-for-tat, if they give you negative feedback.  It's childish.  Where would Mickey D's be today if they berated every customer they disliked?  I'll tell you where they'd be: Working for Burger King.

[wolf*song]

They blocked THAT word?! *LMBO*

[coolections]

There is only one purpose for buyer feedback. It is for a seller to thank them for feeding their family. Sellers provide a service and feedback is to let other potential buyers know what type of a seller they may be deaing with if they decide to purchase an item.

[partial*eclipse]

This is no secret.  When eBay eliminated neutral and negative feedback for buyers over 9 years ago, they explained that their reason was so that buyers wouldn't feel bad or discouraged about purchasing on eBay.

[pingpong517]

yes and if you watch that story...you'll see it is even bigger, not just ebay but all of the companies and how they are use human nature and how people are easily "taught" what to do...without them knowing it...
its all interesting....i mean i don't fault them..but like the color starts...did n't you want a new star..or want to know why other had certain ones... and when you get them...wow...
we use to get printable cetificutes...all to feed the mind and soul...and make us wnat more...

[wolf*song]

A very good reason to eliminate them, IMO.

[pingpong517]

well it just made me think..and not just about ebay and feedback but all that stuff....and i frankly am not one to do facebook , etc..but the reactions to questions about why don't buyers or seller give feedback...always make me think.... except for a small discount why do they care..long as they get the money and the item and are happy.... there a "feeling" about it and number and star...woof

[southern*sweet*tea]

Years ago I used to buy and sell on this account. In 2004 I decided to open an account just for buying. So with zero feedback, I bought a lot of 4 milk bottles from a seller. They arrived in a box too large, wrapped only in a couple sheets of newspaper. Two of the four were cracked, and one was shattered. I informed the seller. They told me tough noogies. (back then there was no MBG, and if you wanted to return there was a $25 deductible.) I left negative feedback stating that items were poorly packed and arrived broken. The seller NEGGED me, calling me a liar and a scammer. So my nice new Ebay account had a feedback score of -1. Had I not already been a seller and buyer here I would have never come back.

THAT is the reason negative feedback for buyers was done away with - sellers who thought they were the gods of retail and could treat buyers like trash.

[wolf*song]

Back to the Mickey D's example:  

If a thousand customers complain about Mickey D's on the restauarant's Facebook page, they'll lose a few thousand customers, at best.

If one or two buyers complain about a seller on Ebay, that seller's sales may drop considerably.  Again, is it worth it?  Not for me, it isn't.  I dig what I do.  I don't make a lot of money, but I enjoy myself, and I dig my buyers, and I dig coming to the boards.  Again, I'm no Mary Poppins, and I may sound like a commercial for Ebay, but at least I'm a happy camper with very little stress.

[divwido]

The item sold should be rated as to how close it was to the description.  Anything else is a waste of time.

Consider communication.  Sellers get an automatic five stars for saying exactly NOTHING.  is that good for the buyer or the seller?  No, it isn't.

[wolf*song]

Why?

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

The five star for not communicating may be considered bad because it is discouraging interpersonal communication and relationships.

No buyers should be rated negatively. Ebay did many sellers a benefit when they stopped negs. Some sellers came off like screaming lunatics every time they had a problem. They drove good buyers away and made themselves and Ebay look bad.

[pingpong517]

why? its all a mind game ....and it is to keep people on the pages ...for the ads...that is who pays ebay...like coke, let say...they pay a lot tgo ebay..right>? for everyone who see ads or how ever that all works...face book, twitter...little games..likes, that you have to go back and check...and you feel like you must every 15 minutes or less....
i'm not say i explained it well, but i always wonder why..say feedbacks seem to come in all of a sudden...something in 3's.... even sales at times...seem to come in a bunch...after nothing...but i check...and check.... watch the 60 min story..its makes you realize things-- just saying