kiara
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posted on June 12, 2003 09:05:47 PM new
I've seen a few different ways that some have built fast feedback over the years. Here is another that I just found.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2934767839&category=20924
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Roadsmith
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posted on June 12, 2003 09:07:45 PM new
Gee. Is this legal? I'm assuming the seller won't require payment of one penny. (Unless the "shipping costs" are higher?!)
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kiara
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posted on June 12, 2003 09:16:32 PM new
Hmmmm..... if you search on the word "feedback" you will find lots of these auctions. Kind of makes feedback ratings a joke, doesn't it? Once all of these drop out of the database no one will know what they actually sold.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2934767792&category=317
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neglus
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posted on June 12, 2003 10:22:25 PM new
The second link you showed us Kiara was a "private" auciton meaning no one will know what was sold right away!
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mcjane
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posted on June 12, 2003 10:45:47 PM new
When I started on eBay FB didn't have to be transactional, didn't have to bid on a thing to leave it.
You had your family & friends sign up, go to FB & tell everyone what a super person you were & you in turn did the same for them.
Guess that was the "good old days" & then again, maybe not. You didn't know what to believe.
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trai
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posted on June 13, 2003 10:04:46 AM new
This is so easy for ebay to find, this is what makes feedback such a joke. Egreed should get their azz in gear.
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auctionace
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posted on June 13, 2003 10:20:11 AM new
If you report these auctions ebay will do nothing about it so I suppose it is legal to do.
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trai
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posted on June 13, 2003 10:36:25 AM new
I suppose it is legal to do.
No, its not. Its feedback padding. E greed just needs to get of its azz and enforce their own policy.
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kiara
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posted on June 13, 2003 10:40:06 AM new
eBay always says that there is little fraud on the site and they tout the feedback system in all the interviews you see and the articles you read. But it's auctions like this that make the whole thing laughable.
Does anyone remember the auctions a few years ago where people were bidding on "nothing" to get feedback? eBay shut those all down and this is very similar.
Same as that Square Trade seal of approval that anyone can get, a big joke.
It's time for one of the networks to do an investigative report on ebay.
Where is dbest? I just said something negative about ebay. 
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auctionace
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posted on June 13, 2003 11:35:26 AM new
Heck, a healthy percentage of all ebay auctions are illegal and ebay knows it. It would take one thousand paid workers to weed out the bad ones and keep them out and ebay refuses to shoulder that huge cost.
Bootlegs, VERO violators, feedback sellers, inappropriate category sellers, more than 10 of the same exact auction, keyword spam violators, ad naseum. One way to stop or at least stem the violators is to make the requirements to sell on ebay more strict. If more verification were required to sell on ebay then ebay would have more control over the violators that create new IDs and return after getting the boot. That is sure to raise the ire of the left wing here but I personally feel ebay needs tighter control over the sellers. There, dbest, is that ebay cheerleading?
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 13, 2003 12:37:08 PM new
"Heck, a healthy percentage of all ebay auctions are illegal and ebay knows it. It would take one thousand paid workers to weed out the bad ones and keep them out and ebay refuses to shoulder that huge cost. "
Meanwhile, eBay is sitting on $1.6 billion in cash. (Source: Wall Street Journal)
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gousainc-07
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posted on June 13, 2003 01:08:57 PM new
You are asking if it is legal?
The auction was closed 1/2 hour after it started and seller is no longer registered.
Ugh.
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kiara
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posted on June 13, 2003 10:47:33 PM new
You would think ebay would give him a warning and not NARU him unless he has done this before or it could have been for some other violation?
Here is another one. He will give you tips that will have you well on your way to becoming a powerseller. This from a 0 feedback seller begging for feedback who just registered a couple of days ago.
SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? BID NOW AND START BUILDING THAT REPUTATION!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2934370347&category=317
And most of us work hard being legit buying and selling real items to build our reputations.
[ edited by kiara on Jun 13, 2003 10:51 PM ]
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bigpeepa
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posted on June 14, 2003 07:18:07 AM new
Ebay's feedback system is such a sham. I have worked hard and have over 4000 positive feedback's with 5 negs. 4 negs were from non paying bidders, 1 neg I deserved, I blew a listing. On that feedback I offered a 100% refund but the customer wanted to keep the item but wanted 1/2 of the price they paid back. I refused this kind of blackmail. What did I learn? Never leave a neg to a non paying bidder and never leave a customer feedback until you receive one from them. When I started doing business this way ALL THE B.S. STOPPED!!!!
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