I haven't eBayed for maybe ten years. Once stores and other retail outlets took over I just found it too frustrating to wade through all the overpriced crap to find the odd little gem.
But I digress... I could be wrong, but I wouldn't think that a 99% approval rating will be any different than a 100% rating when it comes to sales, Ann, especially with the volume and number of years you've been at it. Everyone out there will realize that there are nutbars and creeps out there who seem to make a hobby of nasty comments and ratings. For myself, if I saw a less than 100% rating for a seller, I would always check who made the comment and look at ~his~ record of comments and ratings; invariably you'd see many other negative ratings made by them. I knew I could ignore it and proceeded with the transaction. As well, if a seller had a year of perfect transactions I'd take any negatives as a blip to be ignored. Anyway, Ann, rest easy. One bad rating means nothing. Buyers are educated enough to look past one unfortunate incident. :-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: steve harley <[email protected]> Sent: May 4, 2012 5/4/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: need a "there,there" on 2012-05-03 21:14 Ann Sanfedele wrote > This really has been a hellish day... sorry to hear it — sounds like phone/internet has been a hassle > worse was 45 minutes on the phone with ebay trying desperately to get a > negative feedback comment removed because some guy in Brazil didnt get the > package I mailed in March and have the tracking number to prove it. i know it may affect sales, but your eBay reputation is not your real reputation; it is a totally trumped up system that relies on no one ever really saying what they think in order to prop each other up; i often just skip giving any feedback because i know if i give a four out of five for "pretty good but not stunning" then i am going to cause consternation; so my advise is let it roll — there are many of us who don't believe any eBay reputation is really 100% > I'm in a bit of a funk -- but trying to tell myself how lucky I am in > so many ways.. > > thanks for reading, if you did - hugs accepted and offered, frustration responds best to time and warmth, so perhaps the outlook is better by the time this response comes -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
