Who Would You Rather Buy From On Ebay? 100% 100 Feedback Or

The latter means that a thousand people weren't satisfied customers. Um, no, thank you. Too many sellers manage to achieve huge numbers of perfect feedback; 98% isn't a satisfactory rating for a sample that large.

I'm with Ssuperdave. 98% is dreadful. Considering some of the shady scrubber get 99.8%.

I don't tend to worry much if they are 99.9% or over. If anything under that I read the complaints and on what $ coins etc. Have passed on a few due to questionable practices, but very few.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Or leave negative comments even if the feedback is technically positive.