Feedback Policy

The new Ebay Feedback Policy of May 2008 strikes a new blow for sellers. Now Ebay refuses to allow sellers to leave appropate feedback for buyers. Ebay will only allow sellers to to leave postitive feedback even if the buyer never paid!

Ebay even restricts seller from leaveing feedback that might be deemed as slightly negitive.Talk about censorship!! These new rules do nothing to create trust and honesty in the Ebay community, and nothing to assist sellers in identyfing the huge number of paying bidders that plague ebay.

This new policy is placed on top of the extremely flawed “star system”, started in spring of 2007. As a result of these new rules I will not participate in the feedback system.
I do hope that Ebay will soon respect the seller, whom pays 100% of the fees for every transaction.I also hope, that ebay change their feedback system and allow them to appropate feedback and not force the seller to be dishonest in the feedback process.

I have seriously evaluated the new Ebay feedback “star system” which was implemented in May 2007. I found the old Ebay system fair because it allowed for people to voice their opinions about a transaction in an open forum. It had checks and balances.

The new “star system” ebay implemented without consideration of the seller has no checks and balances. It allows only the buyer to secretly evaluate the seller. In the new “star system” the seller can not evaluate the buyer using the “star system” but the buyer can use it to evaluate the seller.

I find the new “star system” one sided and extremely unfair to sellers by allowing only buyers to use the star system. What is worse is that it is done secretly. If the new “star system” also allowed for the seller to secretly evacuate the buyer it would be at least fair.

Because the new “star system,” in addititon to the 2008 feedback changes, I have decided to not to be a part of the feedback process. Rest assured however if and when Ebay decides to allow seller’s to secretly evaluate the buyer you can count on me being part of the feedback process once again.

Thank you for your understanding,

Goodietoshoe