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Pillar of the Community
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I do look at feedback, but it is worthwhile to actually read what problems a seller specifically had. Sometimes I'll see negative or neutral comments where it is clear, even with almost no other information, that the buyer was wrong. If I do, however, see several "seller was unresponsive and rude" or "coin was cleaned, picture hiding details damage", then I stay away. It is worth mentioning that I have completed many successful buying transactions with sellers who had several negative feedbacks and even low scores in some cases I haven't had any trouble with any of them. These were all sellers where the negative statements didn't really indicate a bad seller to me. I have also only had two serious buying problems ever in about 7-8 years on ebay. Both of these people should not only have had their accounts deleted (one eventually was), but should have horrible things happen to them in their real lives. Both had 100% feedback at the time of my issue, though to be fair, neither had a high feedback rating. |
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Valued Member
Ireland
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Sadly I no longer trust the feedback rating on ebay as I've heard too many stories of sellers trying to force unhappy buyers into not leaving a neg. These days I generally base my opinion of a potential seller with whom I've no prior history on (a) the details of any negs they have recorded against them and (b) a general feel for their most recent transactions (type/value of items, spread of customers etc.). Years ago I used to trust the feedback system a lot more than I do these days. Norm |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I get my best coins from the lower feedback count 100% people. Why? Because I think they tend to be collectors who,just love coins rather than high volume dealers who move stuff through quickly at the highest possible price.
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't care if they have 50000 feedback and 97/98% positive across the year. Read the feedback to get a feel for what kind of seller they are. Is there a pattern where suddenly they have several negative feedbacks? Are the negatives from coin sales or some other sector of their business (cheap jewelry for example)? More importantly, what are the actual complaints from the feedback? ebay feedback is unpredictable. You have to look at the whole picture. |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Completely agree that feedback is unpredictable and some of it is just the luck of the draw of who buys your items. Some sellers get hit by unreasonable demands others have real issues. Short of just having consistently bad feedback its important to take everything into account. Considering that with buyers protection theres really no risk for the buyer other than a few days of hassel depending on the item and price it may still be worth a shot.
To answer your question though I wouldnt be able to make a choice without seeing everything else. Just off of what you provided I wouldnt really be worried about buying from either based off of that alone
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Valued Member
 United States
325 Posts |
yeah definitely reading the feedback is the way to go. Sometimes buyers are too harsh on sellers. But some times sellers are bad too. I agree that high volume often means worse prices because they are volume dealers. Depends though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
In general buyers are super easy on sellers, IMO. You have sellers selling absolute junk that get 99.8%. If someone is under 99.5% that is a major red flag as so many folks give 100% or don't do feedback. Which is wrong IMO as letting the rip-off artists get away with it only compounds the issue.
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Valued Member
United States
325 Posts |
I think it depends too on who gives the feedback first. If some one gets positive feedback first the second person may leave bad feedback or visa versa. Depending on how the transaction went. Not a perfect system.
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Valued Member
United States
53 Posts |
It's been several years since a seller can leave negative feedback for a buyer. They can only leave positives.
Buyers have all the leverage as far as threats of a negative go.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
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It's been several years since a seller can leave negative feedback for a buyer. They can only leave positives.
Buyers have all the leverage as far as threats of a negative go. True, but you can report them. |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Or leave negative comments even if the feedback is technically positive.
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Valued Member
United States
53 Posts |
I actually tried that negative through a positive feedback once. ebay promptly removed it. :( |
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United States
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Valued Member
Australia
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Reading the negative feedback reaction from the sellers that get them is very sad.
If the seller had just cut it loose and let it go the buyer would not have got so upset to the point of leaving a neg feedback.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
98% feedback with 50,000 ratings translates to "I'm too big to care about my customer's petty issues"
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