I have been hearing some whispers from eBay employees that the Feedback process might be going to change again in the not too distant future. Apparently, the powers that be acknowledge that the current system has many flaws, not the least of which is that sellers cannot leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers.
The vast majority of sellers now only respond to feedback rather than leave feedback first. Many buyers simply do not leave feedback at all unless they have problems with the transaction. This is a real indication that the feedback system is not working. The Star rating system is open to all kinds of abuse. One of the biggest problems is that sellers are vulnerable to frivolous or ridiculous feedback and they really have very little recourse when this happens, despite the fact that you can "request" feedback revision. One suggestion is that buyers may be forced to communicate with the seller prior to leaving a negative or a neutral which seems logical. However, eBay will not want to introduce anything that adds to the workload of their staff. I believe that eBay removed the ability for sellers to leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers because this would "detract from the buyer experience on eBay" and cause them to look to other sites for their purchases. The problem with this is that some bidders are serial non payers and there is little or no way of identifying them now to sellers. It will be interesting to see if they actually do come up with something new. Regards John JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA Website: www.moviemem.com PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:29 AM Subject: [MOPO] Dealers, how are poster sales these days? Michael said that MoPo was solely comprised of poster dealers, so I thought I'd ask dealers the following: How are your sales vs, one year ago? How about 3 years ago or 5 years ago? If they have changed, why do you think that is? Bruce -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site our auctions Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
