Why is a seller allowed to continue selling when they have over 30 or so negatives?

[roper77]

Postage complaints excepted due to a post office glitch BUT what about someone who is selling dodgy ink cartridges that leak for instance? Surely the seller should be barred from continuing to sell on eBay? Or a,M I being unreasonable?

[zelly888]

Because the sellers positives out weigh their negatives

[roper77]

So someone with 185 negatives ranging from dodgy goods to listing items they didn't have in stock is quite acceptable according to your reasoning is that correct?

[lyndal1838]

No-one forces you to buy from a seller.  If the seller has bad feedback then just don't buy from them.

A very high volume seller will be able to absorb 185 negatives and still have a reasonable percentage score whereas a small turnover seller will be wiped out by one negative.

Ebay gives you the tools to judge if you want to take the risk of dealing with a seller, so use them.