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ebay feedback, in and of itself, is stupid and inadequate.
after a short period, the information respecting the item sold
disappears. therefore, on its face, an item selling
for 99cents gets the same importance as an item for
$1,000. (the only info that remains on the ebay feedback chart
is whether you are the seller or buyer).
the feedback history should include infomration as to (1) the amount
of the transacrion AND (2) the category. anything else?
if i see an expensive poster, i would like to know thar the seller has
sufficient good feedback in that area (of selling posters) and that he deals in
the high-end stuff. presently, you do not know this from looking at
the feedback number rating alone. what good is the feedback of
a seller that sells vitamins or stuffed animals when buying a poster?
(i once returned a poster that i paid about 100 dollars to a man in calif
who had never sold posters before. his feedback was over 1000, but
he dealt only with war memorabilia and books; it was a war poster in poor
description--rips,holes--and he truly did not understand how to describe
it. he was truly naive, so i left NO feedback.)
while added info would help, you can still be scammed by the
so-called honrable, big dealers.
bruce, of course, has the best descriptions. yet, someone can
hurt his rating by buying a 99cents poster and leaving him bad feedback.
isn't it more importnat to rely on the person buying a poster for $1,000
and being satisfed? under the present, stupid ebay feednack system, that
99cents buyer has an equal impact.
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