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20 years ago
I'd say more than 1 out of 100 is a crack pot!!
I guess I must be a crackpot then, with a 98.8% rating on 249 entries.
The negatives?
So...does that stuff make ME a crackpot because I don't have a 99% or higher rating?
Basing a person's credibility as a seller or buyer on a set percentage rating isn't always a foolproof method. Read through the person's feedback, check the OTHER person's situations too....many times one can see right through the bullshit. Other times it's not so easy.
In agreement there. I never use EBay, but have several friends who are heavy EBay sellers, some of the nuts they run into, it is amazing the lack of intelligence displayed, sort of like our own bitter Mr. "Forgot My Name".
I think you are taking him entirely too literally. One always needs to allow for standard statistical variation. Plus, if I interpreted it correctly, he was saying that the 1% of people who post negative entries on a good dealer are the crackpots.
5% negative feedback is terrible. I agree with the 1% crackpot theory. I had a guy not even pay and leave me negative feedback. My only one after 400 plus sales. Keep in mind that mnay people that have been burned do NOT leave any feedback. Couple of reasons for that. Some sellers REFUSE to sell to anyone having left negative feed back anywhere AND sometimes the time limit for leaving feedback runs out before the buyer realizes he is screwed. I made a purchase from a BAD seller and even paid the Ebay fees for their people to help. By the time I got a partial credit, the time had expired and I couldn't leave feedback.
Yes, but the original poster said the guy in question had a 98.5% rating, so that would be 1.5% negative.
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