eBay removing negative feedback ratings how/why?

jpaul said:
The listing shows an anonymous SSL brand part ? sourced from who knows where - how did you establish it should be the right part,
prminnt comments about OE quality without identifying any source, it seem like a risky purchase, without further communication with them.
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Well the listing description is pretty specific, "FORD FIESTA 1.6 TDCI ( Mk 6 ) 2003-2009".

Yes admittedly it wasn't the most informed purchase with regards to branding, but I needed it ASAP and they're selling this at twice the price of other driveshafts for this model car on eBay. So you would reasonably expect to receive the appropriate driveshaft fit for purpose for the model car in the description, which they did not do.

And not surprisingly ODM is a cheapish Chinese make, so completely goes against what they state in the description about it being "NOT a cheap inferior quality imported product as found with many of our competitors on Ebay". So speaks volume about their lack of integrity. Supplying an inferior part, and making ridiculous claims in the description.


In the end I managed to source the correct better branded part, from Autodoc who came through and delivered the item in 3 working days, so they definitely get my recommendation.
 
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Ebay decided a long time ago, during some exodus of sellers over proposed changes to the feedback system, that if a seller sends a replacement or refund then any issue is classed as resolved. Ebay believes that if an issue is resolved then negative feedback is 'unfair' and will remove it. Negatives can also be removed if the buyer hasn't raised the issue with the seller.

It's why so many of the cheap chinese tat sellers will immediately offer you a partial refund. Stops you from leaving negative feedback
 
norm said:
In the end I managed to source the correct better branded part, from Autodoc who came through and delivered the item in 3 working days, so they definitely get my recommendation.
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I don’t believe that! I’ve used them a handful of times as they seem to have some hard to get hold of Golf bits and their shipping is beyond appalling. I’ve waited weeks for stuff to arrive after they quote 3-5 working days.
 
I refuse to sell things on eBay now. I have some very expensive PC kit like a 4K 32” monitor and high end VR kit. I will never use them again but I won’t put myself through the low level stress is selling on eBay or that other **** take that is the MM here. So they sit gathering dust until they are so out of date they will most likely get binned.

I sold a High end VR HMD on eBay that I ended up in a dispute over because a small plastic cosmetic piece was missing. Despite it being sold as used with some cosmetic damage but in full working order. eBay sided with the buyer and made me pay for postage as the item was “not as described”.

The worst part was the stress waiting for a brick being delivered and eBay giving a refund. That didn’t happen thankfully but there were a few sleepless nights over that ****. So never again.
 
ICDP said:
I refuse to sell things on eBay now. I have some very expensive PC kit like a 4K 32” monitor and high end VR kit. I will never use them again but I won’t put myself through the low level stress is selling on eBay or that other **** take that is the MM here. So they sit gathering dust until they are so out of date they will most likely get binned.

I sold a High end VR HMD on eBay that I ended up in a dispute over because a small plastic cosmetic piece was missing. Despite it being sold as used with some cosmetic damage but in full working order. eBay sided with the buyer and made me pay for postage as the item was “not as described”.

The worst part was the stress waiting for a brick being delivered and eBay giving a refund. That didn’t happen thankfully but there were a few sleepless nights over that ****. So never again.
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Itt man sells expensive incomplete item and whinges
 
I left a negative a few years ago for a pair of headphones that never arrived and the seller wasn't being helpful. eBay did rule in my favour though because the seller gave false tracking. The seller's feedback profile showed negatives from a few other customers as well, and when I checked back the next day, all of the negatives were removed. Then a day later, some more negatives and they also got removed. So it feels like the seller is somehow cheating in order to maintain 100% feedback.
 
Tek81 said:
What was the actual comment, verbatim, that you left?
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**** **** ****** ******* you, **** and your **** mother, **** chops mother ******, horse **** sucking ****

seems perfectly reasonable to me ?
 
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dLockers said:
Itt man sells expensive incomplete item and whinges
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Despite the description saying used and described as some cosmetic damage. Yeah I was the one being unreasonable.

The irony is the plastic part was found inside the packaging as it must have come lose in transit.

I would rather bin them than sell, or even give to whingeing gits to like you.
 
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savagesam117 said:
I don’t believe that! I’ve used them a handful of times as they seem to have some hard to get hold of Golf bits and their shipping is beyond appalling. I’ve waited weeks for stuff to arrive after they quote 3-5 working days.
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I've used them once...as you say the shipping was nonsense, eventually cancelled after placing the order as the times were so vague. Even cancelling was a pain...took 3 or 4 emails of confirming reason to cancel/refund to bank account and not autoduc account/'credit note' etc!

e: I know 3 or 4 emails seems like nothing but was a PITA :p
 
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ICDP said:
Despite the description saying used and described as some cosmetic damage. Yeah I was the one being unreasonable.

The irony is the plastic part was found inside the packaging as it must have come lose in transit.

I would rather bin them than sell, or even give to whingeing gits to like you.
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Who’s taken the jam outta your doughnut?
 
ICDP said:
Despite the description saying used and described as some cosmetic damage. Yeah I was the one being unreasonable.

The irony is the plastic part was found inside the packaging as it must have come lose in transit.

I would rather bin them than sell, or even give to whingeing gits to like you.
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6 paragraphs later and a toys out of the pram moment indicates you may have high blood pressure
 
savagesam117 said:
Who’s taken the jam outta your doughnut?
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eBay and the way they consistently screw over sellers in disputes. Pretty much every expensive item I sell on eBay ends up with low level stress with buyers. Even had one guy claim the RTX 2080 GPU I sold was DOA but it turned out he had a 550 watt cheap PSU. Guess who eBay sided with when I asked the seller to return for a refund but they should pay for delivery.
 
dLockers said:
6 paragraphs later and a toys out of the pram moment indicates you may have high blood pressure
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Actually very good blood pressure, because I refuse to deal with unreasonable people like you. You think I was in the wrong for disputing the fact an item I sold as used with cosmetic damage, was returned for having cosmetic damage. That says more about you and your overblown sense of entitlement.
 
I have had the same thing with eBay. Received an item not as described and left feedback to state this. Seller got the feedback removed.

Spoke to eBay they said the feedback was removed in error but there was nothing they could do about it.

Can’t trust the feedback on eBay
 
ICDP said:
eBay and the way they consistently screw over sellers in disputes. Pretty much every expensive item I sell on eBay ends up with low level stress with buyers. Even had one guy claim the RTX 2080 GPU I sold was DOA but it turned out he had a 550 watt cheap PSU. Guess who eBay sided with when I asked the seller to return for a refund but they should pay for delivery.
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Everyone knows eBay is terrible. MM is handy as 9/10 you know you aren’t getting ripped off.

I’d say you need to just cheer up and move on. And posting on here certainly won’t be helping that blood pressure mentioned :D
 
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