@scotsbloke
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Why would anyone need to check more than 12 months? If one can’t get an idea about someone within 12 months then surely they are being too cautious. And the idea behind the feedback is at this point skewed.
It used to be that there was an equal playing field and buyers could leave negative feedback for sellers and sellers could as well. Now since sellers can’t, Buyers can act like complete pricks and hold the seller accountable to their whims. I have a 4.9 rating out of 5 stars and a 100% feedback. I save about 20% in final value fees because of that but I am constantly bending over backwards to make customers happy. But one negative or neutral feedback could completely affect my bottom line.
And sooner or later there is going to be one impossible person who does not want to read your description, multiple pictures, details or policies and will just be a complete tool.
I had one guy who insisted that my item never got to him for months only to find out that he was left multiple requests to sign for package and never did! I had another guy who insisted that I pay return shipping because item was not what he thought even though the item had 24 close up pictures and details about every square inch of the thing. I gave him his refund and return shipping through clenched teeth because it was in my best interest to do so but he still may have been a prick and left me negative feedback if he got a bug up his ass.
Thankfully none of these two did leave me negative feedback, but if one does then at the least it’s only fair that eBay expunge the history after 12 months because clearly there is not a pattern of bad business practices if one shows no other unhappy customers. How about my items I ship to Japan, Europe and Australia? These people are unaware that shipping may be quite expensive and like to tell you how much they want to spend after they win the auction. WTF! Thankfully eBay takes this into account when considering the weight of their “shipping feedback”. Some of them are unaware that they can pay import taxes up to 75% on their item! The ones who are aware of the import taxes want me to declare the value at far less than its worth, or as a gift on the form. All fine until the item is lost or damaged in shipping and an insurance claim has to be filed.
Finally, anyone who gets a string of negatives or is seriously criminal will get booted quite quickly from the site quickly regardless. And furthermore if all “bricks and mortar businesses” were run with such accountability there probably wouldn’t be a business left in the country. Christ I’d sure like to leave more than one abciser/whatchacallit/whozewhatzy infomercial a few negative feedbacks
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@mollypop51797
And where else are you going to find a slew of people willing to sell 500 shoes for less than 50%. Just take into account how used and all is well.