there was nothing dead bout this thread tonight ...

Yes it is/was 'tonight' ....It's a DEAD THREAD

just the usual bunch of ebafia 'appointed' forum moderators posting meaningless banter in a not so obvious fashion with perhaps the intent to hide the too-hot-to-touch and contentious issues at hand.....like

AP issues

sales %'s down for many sellers,

searches not showing Aussie items or sellers-showing US sellers/items instead,

ebay server issues ONGOING for OVER ONE(1) YEAR

digital ghost can u please tell me how buyers demand or dictate u leave feedback. I know we whinge on here about it but that doesn't count as sellers whinge on here about buyers. Do they contact the sellers and demand it. Maybe as I don't do things I hear some buyers do I am just not understanding where u guys are coming from.;)

 I can answer that.

(Don't quote me on the days - just go with the flow, ok?)

I had a buyer earlier in the week, 300 odd feedback already. They left me feedback indicating that they had received their item and were happy with it. I then left them feedback, as I had concluded the transaction was finished.

However, some glitch meant that the feedback didn't show up. I just figured it was a glitch and would fix itself, as I had definitely left feedback.

The very next day, I got a message from the buyer telling me "remember to leave me positive feedback as I have done for you".

I immediately went to leave them feedback, but I got the error message telling me I had already left FB for that item. I even rang eBay, and they told me that I had left feedback for that item, although none of us could see it - not even them.

The buyer contacted me again the next morning saying "where is my feedback, I left it for you, you could be courteous enough to leave it for me.

I told her that I had and was trying to and told her I had been in contact with eBay etc.

She responded

"well best you get back onto them today"

a few hours later, I got another message from them asking "have you sorted it out yet"?

*sigh*

all for a $9 sale.

Feedback taps into the gamer/rank hunter mentality for some people. The stars change colour, that gives the impression there's something to achieve simply by amassing high amounts of feedback, if but on a barely acknowledged level (I can assure you there are walls around Australia that do have eBay FB certificates on them......)   When I hit 1000, what achievement will be unlocked? 😮

Don't ya  get a red star Digi! I dream of a red star! It'll match my car and my Mickey Mouse watch LOLOL

but ROFL - I remember when my email came congratulating me on all of my hard work on achieving 500, and giving me a congratulatory certificate that I could print off and hang on my wall...

That made me laugh.... sheesh - not even a frame??? seriously??? after working so hard to build up a FB score of 500 in only 4 years? OMG! I had worked soooo hard at buying and selling - and not even a frame, or a party with cake? seriously?

Yes it is/was 'tonight' ....It's a DEAD THREAD just the usual bunch of ebafia 'appointed' forum moderators posting meaningless banter in a not so obvious fashion with perhaps the intent to hide the too-hot-to-touch and contentious issues at hand.....like AP issues sales %'s down for many sellers, searches not showing Aussie items or sellers-showing US sellers/items instead, ebay server issues ONGOING for OVER ONE(1) YEAR

I repeat - this is obviously a 100% DEAD THREAD.

.........DEAD THREAD

Never heard of Lazarus, huh?