eBay is actually just like your typical family, you know.
They're the aging, out of touch father who actually still thinks they're "with it", but doesn't realise the kids (sellers) have gotten older and wiser, too. They've decided to take the "as long as you're under my roof, you'll do what I say, because I said so" approach, and they've got the star chart on the fridge for all us naughty kids to mark off our chores and try to earn our pocket money. Then when we protest and mention that we actually earn our own money and pay board, so we should at least get some say in things, it's the old "don't back chat me, you cheeky little bugger, you're asking for a paddlin'."
Then mum comes out and says "for goodness sake, Derp, why did you put the foot warmers in the socks basket? You're so grounded."
We've got some younger siblings here and there who revel in sticking their heads out from behind 'dad' when we get in trouble and just say "yeaaaaahhhh" then poke their tongues out at us (customer service), and they never seem to get the cuff behind the ears one would expect.
They look at us like tantruming 8 year olds threatening to run away from home, but who'll either slink back meekly when we get hungry, or, if we remain gone, at least it's one less mouth to feed or pretend to listen to.
Alas, we are teenagers, rebellion and forging our own identities is inevitable. 
@digital*ghost wrote:
"We don't want your ratings to be skewed by just one unfortunate transaction or difficult buyer"
Uh huh. That's why they've counted each an every defect left by one buyer in my defect rate percentage. There was only one transaction, but 27 defects, and it's being counted 27 times.
Thanks, eBay! I feel just like the lil blue critter here. ^_^
That's ludicrous,
It basically means a seller can wipe out their competitors,(via another account or by using a friend of theirs)
This new system coming in is going to mean sellers will have to find other avenues as Donahue's legacy will be
the destruction of nearly all genuine sellers,(among the sprinkling of genuine sellers they'll be left with scam
sellers,scam buyers and the Chinese sellers).
I'm glad I don't have any eBay shares,
UHM DG,
@go-tazz wrote:
@digital*ghost wrote:
"We don't want your ratings to be skewed by just one unfortunate transaction or difficult buyer"
Uh huh. That's why they've counted each an every defect left by one buyer in my defect rate percentage. There was only one transaction, but 27 defects, and it's being counted 27 times.
Thanks, eBay! I feel just like the lil blue critter here. ^_^
That's ludicrous,
It basically means a seller can wipe out their competitors,(via another account or by using a friend of theirs)
This new system coming in is going to mean sellers will have to find other avenues as Donahue's legacy will be
the destruction of nearly all genuine sellers,(among the sprinkling of genuine sellers they'll be left with scam
sellers,scam buyers and the Chinese sellers).
I'm glad I don't have any eBay shares,
UHM DG,
Thank you 
It was only being counted as one transaction when the defects were from 4 different buyers, but as soon as I got the latest neutral, it reverted to counting every single one as a percentage of total transactions- I'm glad I have enough of them to bear the brunt, though I did lose TRS.
I console myself by the thought that if this was an attempt at a takedown, then it just proves I'm good enough to worry the people who aren't, and if that's the case, I'm good enough to survive elsewhere if I have to. (I can't find a "huge ego" smiley ).
Well, same - I also include an estimate of how long it will take for the item to arrive, though I generally do it as time frame, e.g. 3 - 5 days.
Interesting to hear that quite a few of your buyers respond to such a message; in my case it rarely happens. I sold items to 23 buyers over the weekend, send them all 'sent & estimate' message - only 4 of them replied back to acknowledge the message.
Then again, I only have a 4.9 for Communication, so it would seem you are indeed doing something right. 
I do think it's odd though how little importance eBay are placing on Communication with the new system. But, no I don't want to give them any more ideas about how to trigger defects!
