ijusthaveit
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posted on February 2, 2002 06:06:18 PM new
I feel a Few good Negs can add Character!So chew on this if you will(it may even make you feel good!)
1.It shows you have Backbone,You don't cowtown to people.
2.It gives a hint of your personailty,by the answers you leave and how you responed.Remember people are at their best/worst when under pressure.
What I feel is the best:
3.It SCARCES away the FLAKE Bidders!!!
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BananaSpider
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posted on February 2, 2002 09:50:50 PM new
I don't have any negs or even a neutral.
I guess what I lack in character, I make up for in acurate descriptions, clear pics, great communication and fast shipping.
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mballai
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posted on February 2, 2002 10:15:33 PM new
Negs show that you are dealing with ordinary humans even if you are under the delusion that you are still perfect or that all people are basically good. You will still eventually get a neg no matter what, so don't count on how good you think you are. When you are really perfect, your character will show how you deal with it.
Negs do help you discover where your business needs to improve, however small or insignificant you think it might be.
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bidsbids
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posted on February 2, 2002 11:05:06 PM new
Would you rather own a '63 red Corvette with a few scratches or a pristine one? If your Vette has a few scratches then you try to make lemonade out of the lemons by saying almost every car has a few scratches. The pristine Vette owners work hard to avoid scratches.
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tomwiii
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posted on February 2, 2002 11:52:48 PM new
Love it!
THE "ZEN" OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS!
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toolhound
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posted on February 3, 2002 01:33:26 AM new
If you have no negs that probably means you leave no negs. In my opinion if you don't leave negs to deadbeat bidders you are part of the problem.
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tomwiii
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posted on February 3, 2002 03:39:56 AM new
I'm part of the problem! 
And PROUD OF IT!
Since feeBay refuses to institute a feedback system that is in any way honest and fair, I will continue to remain PART OF THE PROBLEM!
I will not play this stupid game!
I will not NEG deadbeats who HAVE NOT RIGHT WHAT-SO-EVER to thus leave idiotic retaliatory NEG FB!
THE SOLUTION IS SOOOOOOOO SIMPLE! Since feeBay has always refused to change this TOTALLY 100% FLAWED SYSTEM, I'm happy to IGNORE THE DEADBEATS & GET MY MOOLA BACK FROM feeBay via FVF credits!
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vvalhalla
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posted on February 3, 2002 06:13:48 AM new
It's easy to see the difference between an earned neg & an off the wall neg. I always neg deadbeats about a week after I file the NPB but "just the facts."
dendude
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BananaSpider
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posted on February 3, 2002 08:28:15 AM new
Just for the record, I do leave negs but I don't neg recklessly.
I don't neg NPB's who don't respond to the WBN because I have no way of knowing why.
I do neg the NPB's who respond repeatedly (usually one excuse after another) but never send payment anyway.
The fact of the matter is, while listing 100 - 150 auctions a week, I rarely have a NPB, only 3 in the year 2001.
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ultimato
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posted on February 3, 2002 09:09:31 AM new
toolhound, not true. I have almost 2000 positives, 0 negatives and 2 neutrals. I've left at least 100 negatives. I don't leave them recklessly--I usually wait at least a month and give several warnings before I do it--but I don't hold back when the time comes. Maybe I've just been lucky so far, I'm sure I'll get negged eventually. But so far so good.
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mballai
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posted on February 3, 2002 07:18:31 PM new
Deadbeats do not give a hairy rodent's posterior whether you neg them or not, they can still neg you if they feel like it. They lie about sending payments and they'll lie about you as well just for the hell of it. So thinking that it's an eBay problem is not really the whole deal. I got my first neg from a deadbeat in retaliation, but fortunately it's my only one and this particular bidder no longer seems to be trading on eBay which is precisely why one files for credit and leaves negs.
It's nothing but pure cowardice to wimp out before deadbeats. File the NPB and get your credit the minute ten days are up, then neg 'em. No coddling, no foot dragging--just neg 'em. 99.99% could care less about their feedback if they stiff sellers so retaliation is much less of a problem than you might think. And they will soon be NARU'd so any negs they leave will have about as much credibility as Bill Clinton saying he did not have sex with Monica.
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tomwiii
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posted on February 3, 2002 07:23:47 PM new
I'll take a CIGAR over a NEG anyday! 
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drbrownauctions
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posted on February 3, 2002 07:38:25 PM new
I've learned not to care. I have 6 negatives and almost 600 positives. I figure I'm doing okay. It's funny, sometimes I deserve a negative, like when I'm lazy and don't send something out for a week or so (hey, sometimes the auctions are slow and they don't get much attention)... but I never get those negatives. I get stupid negatives, like from the bidder who said "Never paid." Was he suggesting that I never paid him for the item he bought from me? Or was he just informing the world in a negative way that he had decided not to pay me? Since I learned that you can't avoid idiots, I decided not to worry about them.
I think almost everyone with a pristine feedback rating got them removed through arbitration. I couldn't be bothered with paying $15 for something useless.
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bidsbids
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posted on February 4, 2002 07:26:52 AM new
I agree with tomwiii and his crazy icon he always uses. In the beginning I left 17 negatives and got one back but it disappeared when the user was naru'ed ( the old days ). The ebay feedback system is so bad that it is not worth the negs. The bad buyers with be weeded out when the get their third NPB warning.
The feedback system may get fixed when enough bad bidders screw eBay's beloved big sellers and they squawk. eBay apparently cares very little for small time sellers.
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figmente
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posted on February 4, 2002 12:53:04 PM new
Maybe ebay needs a lot more users who leave marginal and arbitrary negs so nobody could could build high feedback without getting a few, and it would be hopelessly irrational to get steamed about whether each is sufficiently deserved.
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myoldtoy
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posted on February 4, 2002 08:32:02 PM new
Hello: i have just read every posting and for the first time, i consider everyone of you absolutely correct in your attitudes and practises...i applaude you'll!! i am a small dealer with a score of 287-2...i consider my self lucky...even won a georgia lottery...but i have been luckless enuff to cross paths, and ultimately swords with two biddrs...both my negs are due to happenings beyond my control--that why i call them unlucky happenings...#1 "wasnt gonna buy, just practising bidding." #2 neg'd me because i wouldnt honor his credit card his way...so those of your with zero negs must be doing something right, and at the same time those of us who have some must be doing something right...and to close and digress, i dont think any of us are guilty of negative feedback like ebay's new partner...check this one out!
sam, myoldtoy
smhoward
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gallery2616
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posted on February 5, 2002 06:02:08 PM new
Wow- I read these and think to myself even the hardest days of retail should be blissfully wonderful- feedbacks can be for any reason- I always say-What is the sound of one hand clapping? -You cannot please everyone all of the time, but being in retail for over 18 years- Ebay negative & also positive feedback is....................... a PIECE OF CAKE.
oh why I'm at it-I will go ahead and plug my upcoming website-
www.zizigallery.com coming soon .......
PEACE
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