gboy
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posted on March 22, 2001 04:42:10 PM new
I had some time to kill today, so I decided to look through my old feedback. I went to the first feedback I ever received and then looked at that person's feedback. I went to his oldest feedback and then looked at that person's feedback. I kept repeating this process for about 15 minutes, and naturally, the feedback dates got older and older. The oldest feedback I found was from 2/28/96. It said "Praise: PAID FOR MY PEZ DISPENSER VERY QUICKLY. THANKS PIERRE!".
My challenge for you (if you choose to accept it) is to find a feedback older than that and post it here (don't post any IDs though!). It didn't take me too long to find that one, so mine shouldn't be too hard to beat. The person who finds the oldest feedback by 3/23/01 at 11:59:59EST will get a big pat on the back from me.  Happy hunting! And, no cheating!
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nebula5
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posted on March 22, 2001 04:59:27 PM new
Whew, that was fun! But I didn't do any better than you; the oldest feedback I could find was also Feb 28, 1996:
I having received a damaged order, SELLERNAME replaced it at his expense.
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libbyparsons
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:10:11 PM new
This was the earliest I could find.
Didn't beat ya but close!
Mar-13-96 02:03:28 PST
Praise: Prompt shipment, easy to deal with
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rca001
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:13:58 PM new
I got back to the same one on 2-28-96 as you,nebula5. My next oldest was 3-31-96.
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godzillatemple
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:19:19 PM new
Hmmmm... I didn't get too far back before I ran into a recursive loop with two users who got their first feedbacks from each other:
Dec-07-97 12:54:51 PST
Praise: Deal exactly as stated; would deal with again; it was a pleasure
Ah well....
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The opinions expressed above are for comparison purposes only. Your mileage may vary....
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NearTheSea
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:37:21 PM new
nebula5-I did it a few times, from my first feedback, to their first feedback, and so on, and got came to that EXACT feedback you found on 2/28/96.
Funny, on the way I found about 3 first feedbacks still with (0) and a lot NARUed.
[email protected]
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yahoodoggie
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:48:03 PM new
I also started with my own feedback and ended up after about fifteen minutes at the 2/28/96 feedback "I having recieved a damaged".........hmmmm....I wonder how many people would end up there? Could that be the 1st feedback?
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martiniswiller
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:49:16 PM new
Wow! What fun! This beats cleaning the house (what I SHOULD be doing!!). Unfortunately, mine came up short. When I did the my first feedback to their first feedback, etc., I came up with:
Apr-24-96 15:33:36 PST
Praise: Very quick in sending the package I won. Stuff in good shape too.
Rats!
Martiniswiller (not my name on eBay)
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heatfries
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posted on March 22, 2001 05:52:46 PM new
Here's one .. titled the CLAW
Date: Feb-28-96 10:50:38 PST
Praise: I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense.
LMAO
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shaani
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posted on March 22, 2001 06:00:43 PM new
Mine also ended in a loop. One of the two was dated Mar-29-96.
Complaint: Lousy quality, Lousy service, Lousy attitude, False advertising, STEER CLEAR
Great to waste some time while hubby cooks!
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snowydays
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posted on March 22, 2001 06:09:01 PM new
I found this one from 2-28-96 "I having received damaaged order, "claw" replaced at his expense." Left by user lobo*****. One thing I noticed was that back then it was like incest, every feedback profile's first page had the exact same sellers as the one before. Anyone notice all the high feedback people that left in 2000?
I shudder about the people who don't shudder at all.
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sonyradio
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posted on March 22, 2001 06:14:51 PM new
how is this thread related to eBay business?
fun topics should be posted in round table forum. moderator please lock this thread.
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rca001
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posted on March 22, 2001 06:27:39 PM new
Sony-
It is entirely possible that feedback did not exist when Pierre first created the predecessor of eBay. We're merely speculating about how far back it did go.
Who said topics about eBay couldn't also be fun?
Moderator, please leave this thread here.
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NearTheSea
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posted on March 22, 2001 06:53:29 PM new
I agree, this topic should stay here, it IS ebay related. Its about feedback. And one of Pierres? feedback. ahhh he was the founder of EBAY.
[email protected]
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reamond
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posted on March 22, 2001 06:59:51 PM new
2-27-96 "Very Positive Experience".
I found an interesting surprise in digging through the old FB. I was surprised how many of those old FBs are from inactive users. Most haven't had FB in 2 years, yet their account is still intact. You would also think that the older FBs would have high numbers by now but don't.
I wonder if they are still counted in eBay's 22 million memebers ?
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blueapple
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:09:30 PM new
I found some where [email protected] was the user and it said the feedback file was lost and they had just entered several positives to restore the guys feedback. They were 4-30-96.
User: [email protected] Date: Apr-30-96 12:07:42 PST
Praise: Feedback file lost, restoring earlier positive feedback.
User: [email protected] Date: Apr-30-96 12:07:34 PST
Praise: Feedback file lost, restoring earlier positive feedback.
User: [email protected] Date: Apr-30-96 12:07:15 PST
Praise: Feedback file lost, restoring earlier positive feedback.
User: [email protected] Date: Apr-30-96 12:02:10 PST
Praise: Feedback file lost, restoring earlier positive feedback.
User: [email protected] Date: Apr-30-96 12:01:55 PST
Praise: Feedback file lost, restoring earlier positive feedback.
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kckckc
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:15:20 PM new
Ah, this thread and resulting search has caused me to remininse (SP?) about the good ol' days of non-transactional feedback. Remember those? You could leave FB for anyone, ant time, for any reason? Heres a good one I found
Their first feedback...
Grossly ineffificent. Thinks she knows how to spell, but really doesn't
Their second feedback...
XXXX is my mom. I was playing around and didn't mean to leave negative message
Thanks for nothing kid!
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brie49
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:17:52 PM new
Lobo***** "I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense," must be one of the very first recorded feedbacks - his 2-28-96 was also the oldest I found following my lineage.
Geez, going through all those users feedback and ending up with so many of us on the same feedback makes you feel like we are all related - weird!
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Julesy
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:27:00 PM new
I saw a couple of glitches. There were one or two users who left feedback in 1996, yet their registrations showed today's date...?
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blueapple
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:29:06 PM new
Julesy- I found the same thing and it was only if they hadn't left feedback after the change in non-transactional feedback. I also found someone that had one positive from before then with no negs or neutrals and he showed up as a zero feedback.
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Julesy
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:33:18 PM new
How can ebay be so inbred that so many users on this thread are coming back to the same "claw" feedback? Any math genius' who can explain this?
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blueapple
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:37:50 PM new
This isn't older than the claw feedback but it was funny to me.
User: xxxxxxx (43) Date: Apr-20-96 07:03:36 PST
Praise: Keeps his word, but rather suspicious - waited 10 days till my check cleared
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snowydays
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:46:30 PM new
lol blueapple, I saw the same feedback on my way to the "claw" one. Laughed at it also. People are funny.
I shudder about the people who don't shudder at all.
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reamond
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posted on March 22, 2001 07:50:54 PM new
You know after doing this for a little while, it seems that there are waves of buyers and sellers that appear to just pass through eBay and are no longer active.
Each different year has a different loop of users involved and few that continue longer than 3 years.
I guess the novelty wore off and they went back to Wal-Mart and flea markets.
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countryfresh
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posted on March 22, 2001 08:03:04 PM new
Hi all!
Praise: Keeps his word, but rather suspicious - waited 10 days till my check cleared
blueapple
Funny? Ha! That's hilarious! 
These days, for example, with some people ready to jump down your throat if they don't have their item in four days after the auction ends, it's great to see how innocent things were then.
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sulyn1950
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posted on March 22, 2001 08:29:08 PM new
I couldn't resist....
My "lineage" ended in a loop 3/26/96-
Praise: user of high integrity
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NearTheSea
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posted on March 22, 2001 08:34:13 PM new
Neutral: Neutral
Ok......... LOL!
[email protected]
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imabrit
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posted on March 22, 2001 08:41:57 PM new
Funny a few of us are running into the same feeback.Feb 28th was the oldest and it was this one again.
Date: Feb-28-96 10:50:38 PST
Praise: I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense.
Thats the 3rd times its been mentioned here.
Adrian
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southernone
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posted on March 22, 2001 08:47:04 PM new
Well, seems many of us are related... In six steps back, guess what I found????
Feb-28-96 10:50:38 PST
Praise: I having received a damaged order, "claw" replaced it at his expense.
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reston_ray
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posted on March 22, 2001 09:16:48 PM new
Then I would be Reston_Ray Clawson?
And each of us are Claw related.
And each we leave feedback for become related as "Claws".
Maybe someday there could be a "Claw" reunion.
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