jerry12
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posted on March 22, 2001 09:20:13 PM new
Here's one I found:
10-14-65
Praise: Towing charge for new computer very fair! Thanks again!
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CleverGirl
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posted on March 22, 2001 09:23:20 PM new
I couldn't resist. Mine ended in a loop too, at May 21, 1996, with this:
Prompt, friendly, honest, and thoughtful --- the best. Thanks Mork! A+++
Interesting that the fb just above that was from our claw friend:
He sent the check promptly; no problems at all.
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kards1
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posted on March 22, 2001 09:42:24 PM new
March 14, 1996 Oldest I found in my loop.
Serious Buyer...Transaction Completed.
kards1 
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Malady
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posted on March 22, 2001 09:48:15 PM new
The oldest I found was the "CLAW" one too.
I found this one. I had to read it a few times...May/96.
"Praise: NICE! Does what he says he'll do, when he says he'll do it, as he said!"
What was the most feedback pages you found an ebayer to have? I found one with 793 pages!
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elvis
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posted on March 22, 2001 09:49:45 PM new
I traced my lineage back to the "claw" feedback of 2/28/96 in just 4 generations.
When would one be considered of a purer blood line when tracing back to the beginning?
I found 4 different members who joined on Jan. 25th. 2 of these are still active today.
Are they the oldest members of eBay according to feedback records? Has anyone found any earilier members?
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snowydays
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:14:09 PM new
I am 5 Degrees of Claw, we should start an association.
I shudder about the people who don't shudder at all.
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gboy
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:23:25 PM new
Clint, I can find the claw in 6 mouse clicks.
[dramatic pause]
Ted, I can find it in 5.
[dramatic pause]
Clint, I can find it in 4 clicks.
[dramatic pause]
Ted......FIND THAT CLAW!
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bkmunroe
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:24:07 PM new
I traced my business account feedback to the same one shaani did.
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brie49
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:29:16 PM new
Hey jerry12, long time no see!
Interesting date of the feedback you found - 1965 - LOL.
Lordy, I was in 8th grade!
BTW, is this the first you've been back in a while? Lot of changes!
Have you noticed that many old faces have left and many new have faces arrived?
[ edited by brie49 on Mar 22, 2001 10:33 PM ]
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blueapple
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:29:43 PM new
this is too addictive! some of the old feedbacks are a riot...but its 1:30 am and the bed is calling. I'll have to catch up on what the midnight warriors find in the morning!
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mrssantaclaus
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:37:28 PM new
Traced mine back to May 1, 1996
Found one that made me feel good with 1 neg
15,928 positives
81 neutrals
6 negatives
70 negatives made neutral with NARU
Latest feedback 3/22/01
Can someone please email me the Pierre user ID? I would love to see the feedback!
[email protected]
THANKS!
Gosh, I feel old! LOL
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shaani
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posted on March 22, 2001 10:40:45 PM new
Skippy used to have feedback but now skippy doesn't anymore. I was going to follow his back.
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capriole
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posted on March 22, 2001 11:02:34 PM new
Jerry12
spit laugh!!!!
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gboy
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posted on March 22, 2001 11:03:09 PM new
mrssantaclaus,
Actually, that Pierre feedback doesn't exist. I just made it up to be funny, and to see what kind of reaction it would get.
By the way, last year someone here posted one of Pierre's old e-mail addresses. With a little internet detective work, I was able to find 3 or 4 older e-mail addresses of his. I then did a search on deja.com and found that he used to spam internet newsgroups with advertisements for ebay auctions (formerly Auction Web) back in the early days! It was quite interesting to see the postings of a now-billionaire back when he was probably just a thousandaire.
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hcross
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posted on March 22, 2001 11:17:53 PM new
I came to this one:
User: adimi** (43) Date: Apr-20-96 07:03:36 PST
Praise: Keeps his word, but rather suspicious - waited 10 days till my check cleared
and then ended here.
User: claw.geo@*****.com (337) Date: Feb-28-96 10:50:38 PST
Praise: I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense.
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gboy
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posted on March 22, 2001 11:24:11 PM new
[ edited by gboy on Mar 23, 2001 09:36 AM ]
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peekaboostore
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posted on March 23, 2001 12:01:12 AM new
Ok, that was fun. I ran into the same loop as someone else. The date was 3/29/96 and the negative feedback was: Lousy quality, Lousy service, Lousy attitude, False advertising, STEER CLEAR
Rachel
Mom to Baylee, Thomas and Gavin
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jenndiggy1
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posted on March 23, 2001 12:03:48 AM new
Okay, this is addicting.
I, too, am decended from Claw. (Was he like the Adam and Eve of ebay?) LOL!
Anyway, the oldest I could find (not my direct linage) was March 13, 1996.
I think the funniest old one I found was for a deadbeat seller.
not a direct quote
after xxxxx still don't have item. Believe seller is ill.
[ edited by jenndiggy1 on Mar 23, 2001 12:06 AM ]
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NearTheSea
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posted on March 23, 2001 07:56:26 AM new
That is weird that just about everyone here has found the claw somewhere in the line!
It makes it almost a smaller world than I thought on ebay!
[email protected]
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melstep
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posted on March 23, 2001 08:34:26 AM new
Date: Feb-28-96 10:50:38 PST
Praise: I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense.
CLAW in my lineage, too! Cracked me UP!!
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eauctionmgnt
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posted on March 23, 2001 10:18:28 AM new
What a great topic to discuss on a slow friday! I checked my feedback... and "claw" is part of my lineage as well! In fact, he's only two-clicks away from me... (I've actually got feedback in my own profile dating back to 09/30/1996) so I guess he's my feedback grandfather! 
Someone should really contact claw and let him know that he's got so many virtual relatives! When's the family reunion?!?!
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sulyn1950
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posted on March 23, 2001 10:18:27 AM new
I was feeling a little left out since I coudn't claim direct decent from "claw"...
I went back to where my lineage ended in the loop on 3/26/96 and just for fun went up 1 to the next to last FB for that person.
Following that route I too ended with:
2/28/96-Praise: I having received damaged order, "claw" replaced at his own expense.
I'm maybe not a direct decendant, but at least I'm a relative!!! 
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heartsong
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posted on March 23, 2001 10:37:05 AM new
I couldn't resist and I poked around in my family tree ....
1 click back takes me to Apr 29-96
2 clicks back takes me to Apr 22-96
I have to move up a few and then across and there it is!
"I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense."
So I'm not a direct descendant ... just a "woodpile" relative .
Does anyone have a theory of why this happens?
It reminds of the riddles we played as a kid, pick a number, add your age to it, divide it in half etc. etc.
What a riot!
http://www.auctionusers.org
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jenndiggy1
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posted on March 23, 2001 12:43:00 PM new
I checked by bidding ID and found it didn't end at claw!!!!
Listen to how long this linage is:
Sep-03-00 (decided I needed a bidding ID late in life! LOL!)
Dec-09-99
Jul-09-99
Sep-04-98
Jun-01-98
Dec-01-97 This one is funny:
great item and fast email-love having a secure site for credit card. Recommend!!
Sep-27-97
Apr-05-97
Mar-22-97
Feb-07-97
Jan-02-97
Dec-19-96
Aug-26-96
Jul-28-96
Jul-12-96
May-09-96
May-15-96
And it cycles. Its neat to see how "innocent" ebay was in the beginning. Thinking a deadbeat was sick, or whatever.
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shaani
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posted on March 23, 2001 01:02:03 PM new
I went back on one of our buyer ID's and it went through the most negs and NARU's that I have seen. It ended up Mar-26-96 at a NARU with private feedback and 12 negs. Going back on that one felt like going into the bad part of the city.
We started that ID by buying an item that had an undisclosed chip. That seller now has 19 negs.
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NearTheSea
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posted on March 23, 2001 01:14:41 PM new
My programmer SO, when I told him about this,
he said:
At some point in time ebay lost or disposed of some early feedback data. But everything has to have a beginning, so it appears that they picked this one particular record or feedback (the one everyone has pulled up going back) to be the beginning. Those entrys that "pointed" to lost or missing data records were redirected somehow back to this one "origin" record (CLAW) so as to avoid any 'page not found' errors.
Hey I just typed exactly what he said, I don't understand it but thats one theory
[email protected]
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flynn
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posted on March 23, 2001 01:37:14 PM new
Well I didn't end up at "claw", but I did end up back at 3/13/96 with this:
complaint:This person did not follow thru with their purchase of TWO auction items they wo
Guess they ran out of space. It took 8 clicks for me.
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on March 23, 2001 01:50:24 PM new
User: xxxxxxxxxx (180) Date: Feb-28-96 10:50:38 PST
Praise: I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense.
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lattefor2
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posted on March 23, 2001 02:01:16 PM new
Mine went back to March 96, from a user with 0 feedback start date Nov.2000. His comment Negative, No problem here, exactly as described. Would have liked to have seen that descript.
Latte
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gboy
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posted on March 23, 2001 02:19:18 PM new
WE HAVE A NEW RECORD!
I just found a feedback dated 2/27/96.
User: xxxxxxxxx (67) Date: Feb-27-96 09:27:27 PST
Praise: Very positive experience
NearTheSea,
I'm sorry, but that theory has just been proven incorrect.
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