posted on January 15, 2002 06:25:02 PM
Has anyone tried to view someone elses "feedback left" today? Each time I try to view someone elses feedback I get my own feedback left page. I even tried it through Vrane and got the same thing.
Anyone else try recently? Was there a change I never heard about?
I got my own feedback page at Vrane today when trying to view feedback left about others for a different user id.
I thought it was something wacky with eBay cookies again. Weird, huh? I have several eBay id's and the one that came up just happened to be the one I was signed in with at the time.
posted on January 15, 2002 09:36:23 PM
I got the same thing here. It prompted me to log in and would only let me look at feedback that I had left. I hope this is a glitch in the system and not something permanent.
posted on January 15, 2002 11:25:19 PM
It tells me what kind of bidder or seller I am considering dealing with.. I like to know if I am dealing with a rational person or not.
If a person is a hothead or an angel it will show there. Plus it was a great way to get around that pesky "Private Feedback" thing..
posted on January 16, 2002 05:50:29 AM
You know the old saying you are what you eat. Well you are the feedback that you leave too.
I check feedback the seller has left for others on almost every transaction but especially if I'm dealing with a seller that has what appears to be a few unwarranted negs. Basically, I can tell if they are a real jerk or not. So many times I've seen some sweet little innocent seemingly factual response to a neg and then checked the feedback left by seller to find lots of rude and nasty remarks left for others. I've found lots of NPB as the response to item not received only to find the seller left positive feedback for a quick payment weeks before.
There are several instances this comes in handy as a seller too. Particularly if a buyer is not responsive or hard to please. You will probably see seller never made contact or seller gave partial refund due to flaw on item or something like that has been left previously. I also check if a buyer asks me to ship outside US or anything else that might be more trouble than it's worth.
[ edited by BananaSpider on Jan 16, 2002 05:53 AM ]
posted on January 16, 2002 10:57:40 AM
I use a free tool called BidderBlock which makes finding bidders activity and blocking them a snap. There are also other free tools over there -- try one: http://www.hammertap.com/
posted on January 16, 2002 11:53:53 AM
The Feedback About Others link on the feedback page (under id card) is the only one that is working. eBay obviously made a few changes and Vrane will play catch up soon enough.
