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[fsdefm]

Is EBAY  taking your feedback away because you have no sales ? how can you have sales when EBAY  is showing the items that they want to sell?? I had 100% sales  from  year  2001 till last month when  EBAY started to deduct  feedback that I earned  before now its down to 95% at this rate I will have no feedback that tells people to trust me so why should we sell on EBAY if they won't give you credit for what you have done in  the pass?????>???whos bright idea was this and I bet they are getting a fat . paycheck 

[fern*wood]

Your feedback percentage is based on the past rolling 12 months of feedbacks.  Since one of yours is a negative (last summer), by doing the math you are currently at 95%. 

If you receive more good feedback, that percentage will improve.   If all feedbacks roll off due to being over a year old and you get no new ones,  then you will be at 0%.

[geande_1502]

Are you serious?

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

Ebay uses only a year because sellers complained that they should not be punished by keeping a percentage based on feedback from 10 years ago. They felt it was more fair only to show their recent feedback.  So Ebay cut it to a year history only.

For most people that's a good thing. For people who used old feedback to balance newer negatives, not so much.

[mam98031]

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@fern*wood wrote:

Your feedback percentage is based on the past rolling 12 months of feedbacks.  Since one of yours is a negative (last summer), by doing the math you are currently at 95%. 

If you receive more good feedback, that percentage will improve.   If all feedbacks roll off due to being over a year old and you get no new ones,  then you will be at 0%.

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Excellent post.

And to dilute the numbers more, the OP might consider listing more items so they can pick up more sales, or that would at least be the hope.  The hope that more of those buyers will leave FB as most buyers no longer leave FB for sellers unless they have a complaint.

[reallynicestamps]

Or do some buying from sellers who leave prompt feedback.

[mam98031]

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@reallynicestamps wrote:

Or do some buying from sellers who leave prompt feedback.

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I'm not sure I understand.  But I didn't say that all buyers don't leave FB or anything about prompt FB.  

I'm confident it is a mixture.  Some leave FB, some don't.  Most don't as is evident by many sellers that have reported on threads that their FB count is no where near their transaction count.  For myself, less than 1/3rd of buyers leave FB.

[buyselljack2016]

If feedback ratings were used beyond 12 months your other 2 negatives, and 4 neutrals would be readily seen by potential buyers.

Sometimes less is more.

Most buyers will look to see the reason for feedback being lower than 100% when making a decision to purchase, or pass.

They will also look at the sellers response to less than positive ratings.