First post, by feipoa
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Have you guys noticed this becoming more common place on eBay in the past 10 years or so? There are some really notorious sellers on eBay who appear to have 100% positive feedback ratings today, but were were in the 90's 15 years ago. I figured they must have been deleting their negative comments but had no proof until today.
I bought a few memory modules which were advertised as "new". When I received them, the IC's had several worn off part numbers and a complete mix and match of datecodes. When I asked the seller about actual item photos for another of his listings, or if he could supply the part numbers, I was banned from any further buying. He replied to the effect that this request is not worth his time. So, for the first time in 15 years, I left negative feedback for this seller and indicated the reason, that is, not new chips, worn off part numbers, random datecodes, being banned from buying after asking for photos/part numbers.
I checked my feedback 24 hours later, and it was still there. I checked it 36 hours later, and it was gone. Seller back at 100%. He did not attempt to communicate with me, implying to me that he knew how to get it removed and has done it before. I noticed how he did not delete it right away, perhaps to avoid me trying to re-add it.
I called eBay customer service to find out why, but could not get an answer, just that they would send my request to a case manager. I doubt this will have any positive outcome and believe the whole feedback system is now a sham. It used to be that feedback could not be removed for any reason.
Something I don't understand about eBay feedback in the modern day is rating tabulation. When I check this sellers profile, it says 26K items sold, but the feedback number next to his username is only 4167. If I recall right, users who left feedback but have since unregistered with eBay, will have their feedback tabulation removed from the seller, but I cannot see 22K people deregistering. So, did he sell 26,000 items, but then deleted 20K negative feedback records?
What has been your experience with disappearing negative feedback?
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