Defimation of character

[case_cover]

Right, I now have solid ground for defimation of character against ebay and any buyer that has left negative feedback whether it be in the positive, neutral or negative feedback check box.

Any one whom has previouslt contacted a lawyer willact as an indepented witness and is asked to please contact me.

thanks.

eBay beware Australian laws.

...... this just aint America.

[nawty_knights_inc]

I think the only difference here is you don't need to physically stop the customer with ebay's feedback they can phsically read, which is interferance with other customers.

[bsal6160]

Nawty, NO, the feedback system is a policy that all agree to on signing up to eBay. eBay do not enforce that all buyers/sellers ARE TO LEAVE feedback.

Feedback as only an option that both the buyer and seller can leave. As a seller or buyer you have the right to protest against this policy by simply cancelling your subscription to eBay. However, by staying, you agree to this policy and therefore my last statement stands.

As to your sentence about reading feedback. This is by no means "interference" with another customer. The feedback given is only as i stated before one's personnal perception of the service provided. This CAN be read in context against other feedback given, good or bad, and the customer will make a personnal decision whether to purchase from the seller or not.

It is my belief that this particular seller has most likely provided poor service in the past and is now trying to lay the blame elsewhere, always protesting against a buyer not making contact before leaving feedback. Where is it stated that a buyer MUST make contact before leaving any type of feedback? Would one be protesting so hard against this feedback system if all feedback received was positive? I think not.

The feedback system also provides other possible customers with only a likelyhood of good or bad service from any seller. My point being here, one negative feedback amongst 100 positives would mean to me just one bad customer, on the other hand though, 20 bad feedbacks for the same transactions would have me thinking otherwise. And whom would be to blame for this? The buyer? NO. eBay? NO. Which now only leaves one possibilty.

[leader-of-the-band]

teddie, I mean no disrespect, honestly, but can you post some of the defamatory feedback comments here in a post so we can see what has riled you.  I would really be interested in knowing what the offending comments were.

Thanks in advance, LOTB

[nawty_knights_inc]

I do understand what your saying LOTB, how ever i though an agreement was only legal if i personally signed the bit of papaer that it was stated on?

And if that was the case ebay should not be allowed to provide only one option as to whether you must be apart of feedback or not.

Not to mention, I don't think eBay is above the Australian law, no offence meant just saying a law is a law and ebay has to go through all the legal mumbo jumbo to have it change they can not just simply state that is there policy like it or not, the law applies to every one whom trades in this country no matter what they state.

As ebay them self say every thing is ok and you don't have to refund or don't have to except returns if buyer refuse to pay to return, yet eBay allows the buyer to still leave Neg feedback regardless?

contradiction in ebay polices just a tad i think and hardly fair on the sellers of eBay.

[patchoo78]

That is pretty much all I am trying to say as well nawty

No it wasn't.. You were actually claiming that you had a case against eBay for defamation.. Good luck there by the way, I'm sure that eBay can afforfd better lawyers than you might get from Legal Aid..

[digital*ghost]

I do understand what your saying LOTB, how ever i though an agreement was only legal if i personally signed the bit of papaer that it was stated on?

And if that was the case ebay should not be allowed to provide only one option as to whether you must be apart of feedback or not.

Not to mention, I don't think eBay is above the Australian law, no offence meant just saying a law is a law and ebay has to go through all the legal mumbo jumbo to have it change they can not just simply state that is there policy like it or not, the law applies to every one whom trades in this country no matter what they state.

As ebay them self say every thing is ok and you don't have to refund or don't have to except returns if buyer refuse to pay to return, yet eBay allows the buyer to still leave Neg feedback regardless?

contradiction in ebay polices just a tad i think and hardly fair on the sellers of eBay.

A signature is not the only thing that can make a contract or agreement legally binding, which is why verbal agreements can be upheld in a court of law.

You're right, eBay are - like any other company - bound by the laws of the country in which they operate.

Given that, have you asked yourself why, in over a decade of operation, no one has (to my knowledge), successfully challenged (in a legal capacity) the feedback system and the way it currently operates?

No one has yet stated what laws eBay are apparently breaching by allowing feedback comments - I would like to know what these laws are. The fact that there are pre-existing systems for consumers to use to resolve issues doesn't have anything to do with feedback, since feedback is not intended to, nor should it, be part of any resolution process.

[thesoulyearns]

eBay allows sellers to dispute feedback comments.

Feedback rules & guidelines: http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/policies/inappropriate-feedback-comments.html

Report innapropriate feedback: http://ocs.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ContactUs&bcrumb=%20Home%20%3E%20Help%20%3E%C2%A0Report%20a%...

[flotsam-jetsom]

nawty teddie 😉

[i-once-was-bump]

So all this is about some feedback left for teddiefocker?

What on earth did the feedback say that has led to this?

Surely one lot of feedback does not justify lawyers, defamation, adn what ever else has been suggested?

Wouldn't it be best to just ignore the bad feedback and move on?

[2106greencat]

It's okay bump, he'sa bit nawty and he's just focking around with everyone :^O