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this is form i guy ideal with in the states, its now listed on everything he sells, he is trying to show how feedback now can hurt the seller far more - reminder this is stateside, so it may not be the same here YET

DSR RATINGS:
Please make sure you leave a rating of "5" on all detailed sellers ratings (DSRs) when you are leaving feedback. E-bay has recently changed their feedback system where sellers can suffer penalties if anything besides a "5" is left and you may be hurting your favorite sellers without knowing it. Here are these penalties E-bay can impose:
*Any rating below 4.9: Seller pays an additional 5% in fees to sell on eBay
*Any rating below 4.8: Seller pays an additional 10% in fees to sell on eBay, and seller's listings are demoted in eBay’s search - making them harder to find
*Any rating below 4.6: Seller pays an additional 5% in fees to sell on eBay and loses powerseller status. Listings are further demoted in eBay’s search
*Any rating below 4.3: Penalty -Seller's listings are moved the the last pages of search results
*Any rating below 4.1: Penalty - Seller is no longer allowed to list on eBay (Click here for ebay's policy of banning sellers at a 4.1 rating)
eBay tells you a "4" rating means the item was accurately described, that you were satisfied with the seller's communication, the item was shipped quickly, and the shipping charges were reasonable - which a normal person would say is a good thing. However, eBay treats a "4" as a request to terminate the sellers's eBay account, charge the seller more, and make it difficult for bidders to find that seller's items. If you feel that the service you received does not warrant a "5" rating, contact us so we can resolve any issues for you.

That's not that much different to what's going on over here, soon be the only peeps eligible for discounts will be TRS, where as just now, most business sellers get a discount

i think what he is trying to get across is that "4" out of 5 would be a good score, yet in ebayland, it can lead to trouble

Gumtree will take off soon enough as will other auction sites as eblag drives sellers away.

Nothing will compare to ebay - there has been talk of other sites taking over due to ebayers leaving but its exactly that "Talk". I've looked at other sites over the years and they are not growing in size as promised, the first site anybody goes to buy anything is ebay.

Gumtree has been around for some time, don't think it will ever match ebay.

thats the main trouble if someone had enough money to start an auction site and run it properly and fairly they would knock ebay off the map
but the trouble is it would cost an absolute fortune to start up as ebay is world wide and with millions of customers and very well established

ebay will always be the 1st place ppl go to

John, ebay own gumtree

The other that site that springs to mind right now is ebid, it's been around for years, has loads of listings, but hardly anything selling.

John, ebay own gumtree ;-

:redface:

Thats maybe why it'll never be as popular They've bought out the competition before it's had time to be successful.

we got ebay in POland too but is not big at all. there is other polish site called allegro. is huge.

mrs maggot;21242 wrote:this is form i guy ideal with in the states, its now listed on everything he sells, he is trying to show how feedback now can hurt the seller far more - reminder this is stateside, so it may not be the same here YET

DSR RATINGS:
Please make sure you leave a rating of "5" on all detailed sellers ratings (DSRs) when you are leaving feedback. E-bay has recently changed their feedback system where sellers can suffer penalties if anything besides a "5" is left and you may be hurting your favorite sellers without knowing it. Here are these penalties E-bay can impose:
*Any rating below 4.9: Seller pays an additional 5% in fees to sell on eBay
*Any rating below 4.8: Seller pays an additional 10% in fees to sell on eBay, and seller's listings are demoted in eBay’s search - making them harder to find
*Any rating below 4.6: Seller pays an additional 5% in fees to sell on eBay and loses powerseller status. Listings are further demoted in eBay’s search
*Any rating below 4.3: Penalty -Seller's listings are moved the the last pages of search results
*Any rating below 4.1: Penalty - Seller is no longer allowed to list on eBay (Click here for ebay's policy of banning sellers at a 4.1 rating)
eBay tells you a "4" rating means the item was accurately described, that you were satisfied with the seller's communication, the item was shipped quickly, and the shipping charges were reasonable - which a normal person would say is a good thing. However, eBay treats a "4" as a request to terminate the sellers's eBay account, charge the seller more, and make it difficult for bidders to find that seller's items. If you feel that the service you received does not warrant a "5" rating, contact us so we can resolve any issues for you.

From a buyer's perspective this sounds like a good thing. If it encourages sellers to do everything possible to help so that they earn their "5" rating, then the buyer will go away happy. If the risk of a poor rating didn't impact the seller in some way like this then the buyer would most likely be hung out to dry at the first sign of a problem, and I'm sure that's what no respectable person would want.