Re: New ebay policies: WTF?!

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:15:53 -0800 (PST), "micrologix1500@xxxxxxxxx"
<micrologix1500@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As al you have probably read by now, ebay is making MAJOR changes to
just about every aspect of their operation. Not surprisingly, they're
raising their rates, and pushing everyone a little closer to a paypal-
only payment policy. They're making it more attractive to be a
powerseller, which i suppose makes financial sense, given economies of
scale. But what's really got me baffled is what they're doing with
feedback.. "Buyers will only be able to receive positive Feedback."
Huh?? Think about that for a minute.. I guess feedback doesn't apply
to the buyer AT ALL anymore! As a seller, I'm VERY wary of this. How
can you hope to get a fair shake from everyone, when they know they
have zero accountability for their comments? and then there's the
"safer payment option".. for "higher risk categories".. like
computers. yikes! sounds like the "buyers have the seller over a
barrel" policy to me! Paypal holding seller's payment until they get
a positive feedback? from someone that has absolutely nothing to fear
about getting a negative? hmmm.... yeah, i guess i needed another
reason not to use paypal :) oh wait, that's pretty much all they'll
accept now!

Well there's one good thing, it looks like they're nice enough to give
us a month's warning. guess what I think I'll be doing for most of
february? you guessed it.. selling off just about everything i've got
that i think i would want to sell on ebay!

The positive only feedback thing is going to be funny, because there
will be positive ratings with miserable comments from unhappy buyers.
.

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