BFoelsch wrote:

Sometimes it's best just to cool it. Go into an auction understanding that
little things WILL be wrong. Bid accordingly. Ask lots of questions and
judge the seller by his responses.

A great one I have started to see is "Positive" feedback with negative
written comments!

These "positives" come about out of fear that the seller will trash the
buyer if he gives him a negative feedback. In my case, I gave the seller
a positive that said it took 3 weeks to ship. So I now have the same
feedback sitting in my list... yet I was the buyer, and paid the morning
after the sale.

EBay should keep the feedback blind until both parties have submitted their
feedback. Each party should be forced to submit feedback. As it now stands,
if you say anything worse than a "Highly recommend!!! AAAAAAAA++++++++",
you will get trashed by the seller, and you will have no recourse.


Having so many buyers and sellers with 100% positive feedback reminds me of
Garrison Keillor's line; "where all the children are above average."

Indeed!

-Chuck