feedback rating dropped

ChrisCar_2

iieee wrote: »

I've got to sell and get positive feedback for at least another 11 items to get back up to 97.9%!

Am I missing something?
Surely buying something should give you positive feedback and put your percentage up

Contains_Mild_Peril

ChrisCar wrote: »

Am I missing something?
Surely buying something should give you positive feedback and put your percentage up

In theory yes, but since it's no longer possible for a seller to leave neutral or negative feedback for a buyer, some sellers consider feedback for buyers somewhat meaningless and don't bother leaving any anymore.
Until recently, neutral fb did not count towards the percentage, but now it does, even including neutrals before the changes were made: applying this change retrospectively is grossly unfair, but that's eBay for you. The charity shop for which I volunteer selling on eBay suddenly dropped from 100% to 97.5% when neutrals from some ago were counted towards our total.
Each non-positive feedback requires 2000 positives over the period taken into account (previously lifetime, now the last year) in order to be rounded up to 100%, so a seller with over 2000 positives total but a smaller number recently will see their % score drop if they've had a neutral or neg within the last year.

Cerenia

Mine's not gone down yet, 99.5%, only because I got a neutral from a seller saying "ok" (really peed me off, but meh), hoping mine's not going to go down, that feedback helps me get people from ebay.com to agree to ship the me in the UK

soolin

Cerenia wrote: »

Mine's not gone down yet, 99.5%, only because I got a neutral from a seller saying "ok" (really peed me off, but meh), hoping mine's not going to go down, that feedback helps me get people from ebay.com to agree to ship the me in the UK

To keep at 99.5% you need approx 45 positives a month in future for every month until that negative is over a year old. If you don't sell enough to keep your posiitves rolling in then yes your feedback will drop every month. That is what is likely to happen to me.

shellsuit

Anthillmob wrote: »

ive only got one netral and no negatives.

That's why it's gone down Ant.

I've noticed some people have no negs at all, but have one or 2 neutrals and their feedback has dropped from 100%.

I didn't think a neut was able to drop your score, but it looks that way now.:rolleyes:

Steve had 99.7% before the feedback change, but now he has gone upto 100% because of it just taking the last 12 months into consideration.

ChrisCar_2

.....some sellers consider feedback for buyers somewhat meaningless and don't bother leaving any anymore.


If you feel you do need to go the buying route, check the seller's feedback > left for others. You'll be able to see if they are leaving any or not.
Or you could ask.

I got a 1st this week, someone asked me NOT to leave feedback.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

The problem is that if we leave well-deserved negative feedback for a Seller we get abusive feedback left for us as Buyers

Strange how Sellers become abusive when negative feedback has been left for them

iieee

ChrisCar wrote: »

Am I missing something?
Surely buying something should give you positive feedback and put your percentage up

Well yes, but there aren't 11 things I want to buy at the moment, and I've got no intention of spending money on ebay just for the sake of my feedback rating, whatever they may think!!

Anthillmob

i gave up on bying and selling because

a. its getting increasingly difficult to work your way round the new set up IMHO and theres nothing i wish to buy in all honesty.

b. i have nothing to sell, what am i meant to sell...myself?

charlottevwa

Anthillmob wrote: »

b. i have nothing to sell, what am i meant to sell...myself?

It has been done...!