ebay - top rated seller

FirstTimer4Me

hiya

i'm a novice re ebay but i'm looking to buy these

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=whitestrips&_sacat=See-All-Categories

on some it says top rated seller does this mean the seller and products can be trusted i'm just concerened about being scamed as in counterfiet

ta for anyones help

Sugar_Coated_Owl

I'm sure someone asked this question the other day and a poster said they were banned in the UK.

TurkishDelight

FirstTimer4Me wrote: »

hiya

i'm a novice re ebay but i'm looking to buy these

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=whitestrips&_sacat=See-All-Categories

on some it says top rated seller does this mean the seller and products can be trusted i'm just concerened about being scamed as in counterfiet

ta for anyones help

It means the seller has to have a certain amount of sales, and have a high percentage of those go well.

However, this doesn't mean that the items are actually genuine, as the buyers could have not noticed, or they could have only just started selling that product.

Personally I would ignore the badge and just pick someone who has a good track record of selling those items. (check their feedback)

FirstTimer4Me

razorbladekisses wrote: »

I'm sure someone asked this question the other day and a poster said they were banned in the UK.

hiya well lots and lots of people seem to buy them and most of the comments i've noticed seem positive

FirstTimer4Me

TurkishDelight wrote: »

Personally I would ignore the badge and just pick someone who has a good track record of selling those items. (check their feedback)

hiya

thanks for the advice can i ask is there a quick way to check a reputable seller or do i have to go through each seller within my link above

i'm very grateful for your help

StaffsSW

The Top rated Seller badge has been significantly discredited by ebay who have admitted that it is "gifted" to certain outlet sellers, despite a huge run of negative feedback.

There are a number of flaws in the system, such as many sellers who have 100% feedback are excluded, because some buyers leave low scores with positive feedback, and multiple purchases in a single transaction can lead to multiple low scores for a single loss in the post.

Looking at the link though, most of the TRS are much more expensive than the non-TRS. I'd buy on price and overall numbers of feedback.

FirstTimer4Me

stevew8975 wrote: »

The Top rated Seller badge has been significantly discredited by ebay who have admitted that it is "gifted" to certain outlet sellers, despite a huge run of negative feedback.

There are a number of flaws in the system, such as many sellers who have 100% feedback are excluded, because some buyers leave low scores with positive feedback, and multiple purchases in a single transaction can lead to multiple low scores for a single loss in the post

ok thanks no offence to you but i'm not an ebay user so alot of the ratings would only apply to experience ebay users

stevew8975 wrote: »

Looking at the link though, most of the TRS are much more expensive than the non-TRS. I'd buy on price and overall numbers of feedback.

thats given a starting point thanks for taking the time to help me

*Scarlett

There seems to be something a bit funny about that seller!

From the link to their items, it seems that everything they sell has "white strips" - from clothes to shoes to media items!

I'm assuming you are wanting the tooth whitening thing but there is definitely something odd about the way they have listed everything as "white strips" - instead of stripes which would be appropriate for their clothing items.

It's probably perfectly legitimate to drive traffic to other items but they seem to be a bit obsessed with white strips! It could be considered keyword spamming or maybe they just can't spell.

FirstTimer4Me

*Scarlett wrote: »

There seems to be something a bit funny about that seller!

From the link to their items, it seems that everything they sell has "white strips" - from clothes to shoes to media items!

I'm assuming you are wanting the tooth whitening thing but there is definitely something odd about the way they have listed everything as "white strips" - instead of stripes which would be appropriate for their clothing items.

It's probably perfectly legitimate to drive traffic to other items but they seem to be a bit obsessed with white strips! It could be considered keyword spamming or maybe they just can't spell.

hey thanks for pointing that out which i hadn't noticed

although i cannot buy these over the counter they do seem very popular i'm having difficulty finding the same website which most people usei asked on the health forum for a recommended site but no one has replied as yet.

ta for pointing the above out i doubt i'll buy from that site.

StaffsSW

*Scarlett wrote: »

There seems to be something a bit funny about that seller!

From the link to their items, it seems that everything they sell has "white strips" - from clothes to shoes to media items!.

The link in the OP is to a general search term, not a specific seller!

FirstTimer4Me

stevew8975 wrote: »

The link in the OP is to a general search term, not a specific seller!

sorry if it shows how much of a novice i am with ebay.