posted on May 22, 2001 03:00:32 PM new
Interesting item.
I went to check the "Sales History" page at ePier, looked at the specific negative comments that had been left for non-paying bidders (NPBs) and found that clicking on their links returned a "not found" message.
posted on May 22, 2001 04:20:11 PM new
Yeah Dimview, I noticed that as well. The first name I clicked on was gone, had just one feedback and it was negitive.
Now..... I am NOT a fan or defender of non paying bidders, but I do have some basic concerns about NARUing someone after ONE bad feedback...
posted on May 22, 2001 04:51:31 PM new
They are apparently being removed for negative feedback as a non-paying bidder, but I didn't notice any for other reasons.
So if one takes the position that a successful bid translates to a legally binding contract, ePier is eliminating those that have failed to perform on that contract.
In the real world, though, one negative does seem a bit severe.
posted on May 23, 2001 01:56:48 AM new
When I first checked out this site months ago I read the Announcement Board first. This one is from Feb. 9: (it's still there)
"ePier has a strict no nonsense policy. Simply put: If you sell or place bids through ePier, you are committed to following through with your business. If you do not, you will be suspended."
I liked it but wondered if they would really enforce it based on 1 complaint.
I wonder if there was a glitch when you looked Dimview or if you just clicked different users than I did. I didn't get any not found results, in fact some of the users I clicked even had open ads.
I thought maybe getting booted had to do with their total FB but I saw 2 diff users with 14 non-payer complaints each over the past 5 weeks. One had 14 neg, the other 2 neutral and 12 neg, neither had any positives.
