E-Bay Now Sells Feedback!

[Cooler]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32064

It seems you can get anytype you like as well.

If you ask me this is screwed up.

 

[mzkhadir]

ebay was screwed up before.

 

[MrBond]

This happens a ton on ebay. It's not allowed and they'll end the auction if you report it.

Most of the feedback for sale auctions aren't so blatent. They're usually for a 1 cent ebook or something.

 

[Lorax]

hmm if i did this, i would still charge 10 dollars for shipping.

 

[mugs]

Could you make your topic title any more misleading? eBay is not selling anything, eBay members are selling feedback. If you report the listings they will be removed. Unfortunately there are far more innocent looking ways to buy/sell positive feedback on eBay, i.e. when gMail invites were going for ~$.25, or you can sell public domain eBooks for a nickel if you want.

 

[GeneValgene]

umm...my cousin did this like four years ago...this is nothing new. they crack down on this stuff now.

 

[QED]

This makes me wonder... why doesn't ebay associate feedback points with dollar amounts of a transaction?

If you have bought a laptop for $1000 from a seller and are throroughly satisifed with the transaction, you can leave up to 1000 feedback points for him.
If you bought a $20 shirt, you can leave to up 20 (plus or minus) feedback points for him.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Its up to almost 5 bucks.


forget that

 

[iamme]

the onus is still on the buyer to at least glance at the seller's feedback.

if a seller has 20 positives, but they are all eBooks and GMail invites, then he's selling ten $2K Powerbooks........you're the fool for bidding.

 

[olds]

Ebay isn't selling feedback, neokushan is.

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: iamme
the onus is still on the buyer to at least glance at the seller's feedback.

if a seller has 20 positives, but they are all eBooks and GMail invites, then he's selling ten $2K Powerbooks........you're the fool for bidding.

One problem with that is how eBay purges auctions off of their system after two or so months... so a seller could have a feedback rating of 5000, but if the auctions were more than two months old you'd never know if the feedbacks were for selling powerbooks or selling eBooks....

 

[ryan256]

Yeah... pretty much the same thing that I posted on here. A guy was selling a download link for an ebook at only a penny and guaranteeing positive feedback in return for the same.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: MathMan

Originally posted by: iamme
the onus is still on the buyer to at least glance at the seller's feedback.

if a seller has 20 positives, but they are all eBooks and GMail invites, then he's selling ten $2K Powerbooks........you're the fool for bidding.

One problem with that is how eBay purges auctions off of their system after two or so months... so a seller could have a feedback rating of 5000, but if the auctions were more than two months old you'd never know if the feedbacks were for selling powerbooks or selling eBooks....

true, true. i forgot about that. didn't it used to be like a year before purging?

i wish they'd archive some of the feedback auctions. even if it's rudimentary information, letting you know what it was.