[time-nuts] eBay saga re: Test Equipment Surplus, eBay id jtsele, aka jtsele at pacbell.net aka Joon Kyong.

[Chuck Harris]

Oh Well!

I have long maintained that the feedback system should be changed
to a blind system where no one could read the feedback until both
parties had submitted their comments.  The system should keep a
tally of an ebayer's number of transactions, and feedback score.

Of course, I would also prefer to make the system force the users
to provide feedback... perhaps if after 90 days no feedback had
been received from a particular transaction, the recalcitrant party
should have his account limited to only submitting feedbacks.

-Chuck Harris


Stan Searing wrote:
> Feedback sniping used to be a very good technique.
> I think that you had 90 days (to the second) to leave feedback.
> But sometime 'round about a year ago, eBay changed the system
> so that you have a minimum of 90 days.  I do not know if they
> extend the time for you to leave feedback if the other party
> left feedback near the end of the 90 days, or if it is more a
> function of the vagaries of how full their servers are.
> 
>>From the eBay help pages:
> "If you need to leave feedback for a transaction that is more than 90 days
> old, you may do so using the "single transaction form" link located on the
> Leave Feedback page. Remember, eBay only commits to items being available
> for 90 days, so if it is greater than 90 days you may not be able to leave
> feedback."
> 
> Stan