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@chad1952 wrote:Hi Not sure how everyone feels about this but when buyers do not leave feedback and since feedback is important for discounts and buyers assurance, I think ebay should automatically add positive 5 star feedback-(maybe send a reminder and let them know 5 star feedback is being added) obviously customer is satisfied with transaction-they would reserve the right to change if feedback is finally left-my wife and I are both seeing a diminishing rate of feedback left from buyers-just do not bother and with life so hectic, I can understand time constraints but we the sellers should not suffer when we have sold and delivered the goods as ordered. It has been proven in the marketing world that if a person has a problem with a purchase that they will spread it to everyone they know yet if they are very satisfied they will maybe tell 1 or 2 friends.
Such is feedback on ebay-I think some sort of change needs to happen to be fair to sellers-my thoughts-what's yours-Don
The amount of feedback you get has nothing to do with discounts. As for buyer assurance what difference does it really make if you have 983 feedback or 1474 feedback?
Are you here for a pat on the back or to make some money? pProvide good service and buyers may spread the word, anyone looking at your feedback is already "in your store" it's the product on the shelves that turns them into buyers not a bunch of the same puffery that is every sellers feedback profile.
I have a few low feedback seller id's (<500) which I use from time to time, sales on them are just as good as this 5 figure user id.
The only thing that needs to change is buyer feedback, eliminate that and just give buyers a transaction counter.
Feedback is pretty much worthless and has been for a while. Real world? In the real world, customer satisfaction is closer to 65%. eBay and its 100% is totally false, It is a manufactured number.
All FB should be converted to a simple counter of transactions.
All I want anymore, is to get to 5000. My return rate of FB has dropped to around 20%. FB has no value to buyers, none at all.
When I check the feedback you received (1092) and the feedback you left (1131), the two numbers are almost identical (within 4%).
Typically, sellers can expect 50% to 85% of buyers leaving feedback if they left feedback for buyers upon receipt of payment. It varies by category.
At 96% you are well above average.
Where is the problem?
@pierrelebel wrote:When I check the feedback you received (1092) and the feedback you left (1131), the two numbers are almost identical (within 4%).
Typically, sellers can expect 50% to 85% of buyers leaving feedback if they left feedback for buyers upon receipt of payment. It varies by category.
At 96% you are well above average.
Where is the problem?
It's hard to tell now that eBay has removed the exact dates feedback is posted but it look like the OP may be one of those classic eBay sellers.
They complain that buyers don't leave enough feedback yet they won't give feedback to buyers until AFTER the buyer has left it for them.
Withholding feedback for buyers is a bit silly but it's a legit choice, complaining when buyers may do the same thing is childish.
@chad1952 wrote:READ MY RECENT REPLIES
I can't read them, somebody is yelling at me and they should get their facts straight first. Quantity of feedback has nothing to do with discounts and 20% off fvf's is the maximum anybody gets.
It is clear to me that you misunderstand how feedback really works.
If you are really here to make money, list and sell. Feedback is largely irrelevant to making money.
"I HAVE BEEN BRONZE FOR A LONG TIME-20% OFF FINAL VALUE FEES-IMAGINE SILVER MIGHT BE 35% AND GOLD 50%"
Very clearly you misunderstand how the 20% rebate is calculated and how a seller becomes eligible to get it.
Feedback rating has absolutely nothing to do with the rebate (bronze, silver, gold, platinum are ratings used to determine PowerSeller levels and have nothing to do with the 20% rebate).
Eligibility to the 20% rebate is based on Top Rated Seller (TRS) status or TRP-plus on eBay.com.
To learn more about how to become and remain a Top Rated Seller please take a look at:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/top-rated.html
To suggest that buyers not leaving feedback would automatically rate every aspect of every transaction as "5" is wishful thinking not based on reality. Many sellers should be thankful that some buyers do not rate every aspect of every transaction.
@pjcdn2005 wrote:Trust me...some don't leave it because they are unhappy.
EXACTLY! 😉
If I am not happy with the purchase, but that's was not the seller's fault, I simply don't leave any feedback.
About 7.000 of my buyers never left any feedback ....... so ......... 
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