GET RID OF THE BROKEN SELLER RATING SYSTEM!

[kitzkrieg]

The seller rating system is ridiculous and inaccurate, not to mention UNFAIR as a whole… eBay needs to drop this moronic system and just have positive or negative feedback, also making it so a buyer is forced to settle an issue before being allowed to leave a negative feedback would be nice, seeing as feedbacks cannot be changed unless “your dying” (that was told to me by a eBay rep from the Philippines….:-D)

[kitzkrieg]

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Ahhh... So I was wrong, I didn't realize that I was supposed to bend over for the ebay high hard hard one? I strongly disagree, if you want change,then you push back, you're take your lead, and throw ours hands in the air and say " oh well..." Then nothing would ever get fixed, and I have been reading other threads, and the Canadian sellers are not the only ones not happy with this rating system. You may like it, you also may like everything ebay tells you is right, and the way it should be? Wait, are you a seller/ebay employee?  😉 j/k... Honestly, I think that a feedback system is enough of a rating system, this 5 point micro system is broken, then to top it off, what gives them the right to hold our earned cash because our seller rating goes below a certain point? I pay my fees, I have only had 1 neg fb since 2007, but because I charge shipping fees as I am charge from Canada meanings making it out of my control, ebay holds my money? Not right! They also do not pay us any interest on out cash, while it sits in their bank either.

[tobyshitzu]

The shareholders much prefer the $billions being kept in their Luxembourg subsidiary tax avoidance account to fuel growth then taxed to be available to pay them taxable dividends

[inuk_the_polar_bear]

Tilting at windmills? Yer just gonna blunt your lance.

[pocomocomputing]

vinatage, please use paragraphs to make reading your post easier ... no offense intended.

[coolthings123]

Ah yes.  The Canadian way.  Let's all of us apologize to eBay for being so critical of their obviously wonderful rating system.   We should all just sit back and feel blessed the great eBay allows us to even  list on their site.   

[coolthings123]

I honestly don't think the free shipping model will level the playing field for Canadians.  Canada is still being held hostage to high postage rates and you know darn well there will be buyers out there who will then blast you for your item price being too high because you have had to include the shipping in the cost.  So, regardless you are going to end up eating some more of the shipping cost to be competitive as well as dealing with eBay already taking 11% of it. 

[kitzkrieg]

Sorry for the lack of grammar & proper punctuation in my postings, I use an ipad and it seems that ipad + ebay pc site = yikes!, lol

I cannot see what I am typing until it click the post button, and I have tried to use the spell check attached to this text box, but again, I cannot see anything, because the text box is totally offset... sorry, but I have tried to get it to work, but until the discussion boards work on my ipad app, I am stuck with posting as if I am in the 3rd grade, for now, I will just wing it! lol

[cumos55]

The ratings system has changed over the years....  It started with a rating average based on a month or a few months of data... 

A year of data can cover up a few problems.... compared to wild swings in standing encountered when ratings were first introduced on eBay.

There has been some talk  on eBay.com... discussion groups ... that a new system for rating sellers may be introduced.....  Nothing has been proposed.

The next approach to evaluating sellers  may be less liked than the current ratings system.

[reallynicestamps]

Then the pressure shifts to making an expected amount of dividend which means the same or similar moves to keep eBay paying those dividends

Yes, but in order to pay a dividend a company has to make money. With the “shareholder value” model in which the shareholder is only looking to buy and sell stock, not invest in the company and its products, the management is required to work to the Quarterly Report.

If the number of listings goes up the Quarterly Report looks good. So let’s have a Free Listing promotion for new and occasional sellers just before the Report is written. Does this help the company make money? Do the FVFs that come in offset the cost of extra computer space for the non-selling listings that slow down Search?

A company can look really good on the stock market while bleeding customers, cash and employees. A company can look mediocre on the stock market while paying out its profits to its investors. The stock market has little or nothing to do with the value of a company. The metrics for the two are different.

I’d advise anyone who wants to understand this to read “Fixing the Game” by Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at UoT. It’s available on eBay.

[cumos55]

It is my understanding that eBay pays no dividends....

Investors make their money on changes in the value of eBay's stock

Link to an article with the title

10 Stocks That Should Pay A Dividend, But Don't

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dividend/2011/01/24/10-stocks-that-should-pay-a-dividend-but-dont/

eBay is included in that list....  and surprising to see the other companies in that list

[bb_cool_stuff]

Wow ! Very Enlightening.

Wonder how Yahoo is feeling these days.

[pierrelebel]

"read “Fixing the Game” by Roger Martin"

That is one opinion.  A serious analysis by Mr Martin but onely one opinion.  Many other "experts" over the years have offered different yet valid conclusions.

At the end of the day, much depends on the investor, his/her age, financial situation and obligations and risk tolerance.

Personally, Mary and I no longer buy shares for future appreciation.  That may have been true decades ago but, as we reached our golden age, our priorities are now safety of capital, liquidity, yield with minimum of risks and tax advantages.

As such, we avoid investing in companies paying no dividend - regardless how good they may be - since we are looking for yield, not capital appreciation. We prefer to invest in Canadian bank shares, utilities, preferred shares and high distribution diversified REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), in addition to bonds and debentures.

A yonger person would take a different approach.

[recped]

A yonger person would take a different approach.

Even a younger investor should be wary of a stock trading at 600+ times earnings. Especially when that company has been in the same position since they went public many years ago.

JB has done well at building a large business but I still don`t see a viable exit strategy, of course he`s already sucked out more money than he will ever need so it`s all about ego at this point. That will be great for Bezos but for investors in the company, well you can`t eat ego points especially when they belong to someone else.

As a trading stock, there is money to be made with Amazon, the short sellers will probably do very well at some point down the road.