how many negs would you tolerate before stop buying?

[RobCur]

.http://feedback.ebay.com/ws1/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=cellmods
I wouldn't buy from anyone who has more then 3 negs, 3= 3 strikes you're out, heh.

 

Can't please everybody.

 

[rudeguy]

pretty risky....might want to post the auction

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Can't please everybody.

Let's see, someone who's sold so much and is not willing to refund for having to forgot/failed to ship. A good honest seller has the least neg and while the worst, who sell just as much have numerous negs :thumbsdown:

 

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: SampSon
Can't please everybody.

Let's see, someone who's sold so much and is not willing to refund for having to forgot/failed to ship. A good honest seller has the least neg and while the worst, who sell just as much have numerous negs :thumbsdown:

Sounds like a typical business to me.

 

[XZeroII]

Look at the odds. Someone could have 1000 good reviews, but made 3 mistakes during that time. You wouldn't buy from that person? You are pretty unforgiving.

 

[Vic]

You have a 2.3% chance of having a negative buying experience. Better odds than buying at Best Buy if you ask me.

As for "how many negs", that's irrelevant. What's important is how recent, how serious. It's like when I analyze a credit report. Did they miss payments 5 years ago with a steady history since, or are they still pastdue on last month's payment? Makes a big difference.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: SampSon
Can't please everybody.

Let's see, someone who's sold so much and is not willing to refund for having to forgot/failed to ship. A good honest seller has the least neg and while the worst, who sell just as much have numerous negs :thumbsdown:

Sounds like a typical business to me.

a happy buyer/repeat bidder is the best customer to have , while screwing someone once just for their money upsetting them will lose you in the end when they go around bitching about you. so that's why as a seller they should try their best to please everyone even if it's their puny loss;and is insignificant compared to how much they had profitted. one can find so much junk to sell on ebay that anyone with a little time can make pretty good income

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's the % of negs that matter and this person has 97.7% positives. But if there are any negs I always read some of them before buying.

search "ebay" and "YAET" here and you'll find dozens of threads where jerk buyers are leaving negatives that the seller didn't deserve.

Many eBay buyers are scammers ("ship your laptop to Paraguay, yes?"), ignore the terms of the auction, try to change the terms, try to back out of an impulse purchase, don't know what they're buying, etc. etc. so over time any bulk seller will pick up negatives (many more than "3 strikes").

 

[nan0bug]

Depends on how long they've been selling and how recently the negs are.

If someone had 10 negs but they were from over 2 years ago and they were all in a short period, and that person had turned things around, I wouldn't hesitate. If the person had 2 or 3 negs recently I probbably would not buy. It also depends on the seriousness of the negative feedback. There is no real blanket answer to this question, too many factors to take into consideration.

 

[kami333]

I already have 3.

One from before they finalized the feedback system (back in 1999), I sniped someone and they negged me saying it wasn't nice.

One from a serial deadbeat who now has -3 feedback.

One just happened from miscommunication, rather than try to email me and work out problems first, the bidder just negged me and then I had to contact him.

 

[Ticks]

I have one because some punk kid bid the price up then would not pay. I wish ebay could fix negs like that.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Ticks
I have one because some punk kid bid the price up then would not pay. I wish ebay could fix negs like that.

that's why their is squaretrade, you paid them $$$ they will fix it good. no one works for free or do anything for nothing. This world is based on so much greed $$$ that you won't get good service, no matter where you go if you are poor

 

[Ketteringo]

Not a specific number, but 3%, and it depends on what they are for.

 

[randomlinh]

heh, wasn't there a seller who had 99.8% or something... but had something like hundreds of negatives.

 

[dighn]

it depends on the nature and date of those negatives

 

[CraigRT]

almost 98% over that many feedbacks really isn't that bad.

as some have said, you cant please everybody.
I do look at the feedback score, but it doesn't mean that much to me.

 

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: RobCur

Originally posted by: SampSon
Can't please everybody.

Let's see, someone who's sold so much and is not willing to refund for having to forgot/failed to ship. A good honest seller has the least neg and while the worst, who sell just as much have numerous negs :thumbsdown:

Sounds like a typical business to me.

a happy buyer/repeat bidder is the best customer to have , while screwing someone once just for their money upsetting them will lose you in the end when they go around bitching about you. so that's why as a seller they should try their best to please everyone even if it's their puny loss;and is insignificant compared to how much they had profitted. one can find so much junk to sell on ebay that anyone with a little time can make pretty good income

I know how it works, thanks for the abridged version there.

I was just drawing a parallel between high volume ebay users and typical businesses. With greater volume comes greater margin of error.
Example: fast food.

Many other people have mentioned the standard ebay and online trading feedback system woes in this thread. So there isn't a whole lot to add to it. Research and using your head usually prevails.

 

[dethman]

depends on how many positives.