I keep saying ... we need a feedback profile page for all members that's like a baseball card, something that tallies up specific things and then - finally - we will be able to turn all feedback on eBay into something useful.

That is, a card game where our eBay stats determine our card's abilities. When you achieve a higher star rating, your HP goes up, and your abilities expand. We could print 'em, swap 'em etc, and those with highly desirable attributes will be extremely collectible. 

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pop that in Sir Sales thread, please, Digi.

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@digital*ghost wrote:

I keep saying ... we need a feedback profile page for all members that's like a baseball card, something that tallies up specific things and then - finally - we will be able to turn all feedback on eBay into something useful.

 

That is, a card game where our eBay stats determine our card's abilities. When you achieve a higher star rating, your HP goes up, and your abilities expand. We could print 'em, swap 'em etc, and those with highly desirable attributes will be extremely collectible. 

 

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Loving your work and line of thinking DG

Re  :  no idea why it was left, it was from a repeat buyer who bought several things, left identical, pos FB for everything and that was the only one with a low DSR - for description,

I'll try & keep this brief and hope these comments are not repeated on another thread.  

Back when I was a newbie Buyer on Ebay I accidentally left 3 Stars a couple of times for Sellers & of course could't find a way to correct it, but figured 3 Stars was Neutral so shouldn't have a neg affect.  As soon as I read about this new Defective System, I contacted CS and contacted them again in the last few days suggesting there now needs to be a prompt, red flag or something querying a Buyer before they leave any 3's under this new system.  A prompt for only 1's and 2's is no longer acceptable.

First response was ' I understand what you're saying.  Good idea.  We'll pass that on to the technical department" - no response to the latest message.  I guess time will tell, by which time who knows how many defects we may have received unjustly.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot to indicate if it was intentional or a mistake, (the low DSR), but it was a 1 star rating, there were about 6 items they left FB for at the same time, and none of the rest copped defects so the other 5 had to be 4 or above. 

Some people have stated they use the description DSR to rate the condition of an item, rather than how closely the description matches the condition, so I would really like to see some education and/or accountability in this area, considering the impact they can have. Sellers knowing who left a low DSR just seems makes certain things more tentative, rather than the DSRs a buyer leaves more carefully considered, which is what I would prefer. 

I find it all a bit bizarre, to say the least. When I posted the thread, it was the first I'd heard of the new low rating, but the buyer actually left their feedback nearly a month before it started showing, and my dashboard looks quite different today, and that was the first I saw the other one had been removed. 

It's a bit of a disappointing mess - discrepancies in dashboard reports, discrepancies in available info which is limited, some sellers getting defects while others don't for the same situation, and no power to address or redress the damage, unless the eBay 'gods' take a bit o' pity on you, or whatever it is that prompts the removal of a low rating. 

  (<< if I do that long enough, I can conjure decent distractions, if not practical solutions  )