posted on October 11, 2000 08:19:43 PM
I seem to recall that if you get an unfair neg (or a fair one for that matter) you can respond to it with profanity and eBay will have to nuke both FB and response.
This seems like a really underhanded trick, but there is a seller who is accused of taking $$$$ worth of payments - gee it's easy to do a successful auction when you don't have to bother with actually having the merchandise! -- and is now handing out negs like Halloween candy to anyone who complains.
posted on October 11, 2000 08:49:40 PM
Last I heard from eBay, the are only able to remove the entire item from the feedback- not just a part of it. Meaning if they have to remove a reply, the whole thing goes.
So there is a loophole that allows some to get their negative FB removed by posting a profane reply or some personal info, and then making sure someone complains to eBay. The risk, of course, is that the profane reply (or the personal info in a reply) is itself a violation of eBay's TOS, and anyone using this technique risks being sanctioned by eBay.
posted on October 11, 2000 08:53:07 PM
This is what i thought, magazine_guy. I think she probably would get scolded, but they have a paper trail a mile long on the offending seller and i can't imagine them taking serious action against her. she's got 20+, gushingly glowing feedbacks and she's one of those people with potential to be a really awesome ebayer, but she's wholly distraught over this. I mean, REALLY despondent. And she's right, it's just not fair.
posted on October 12, 2000 04:22:25 AM
20+ pos FB? I don't care how "gushingly glowing" they are. Rather than live with a 5% neg rate, I'd close the account and open a new one.
posted on October 12, 2000 07:44:55 AM
I believe that eBay will also remove feedback if you claim that the party is being investigated by law enforcement.
And while profanity might very well draw some sanctions, I doubt that this would.
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