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About Me: seats1( 106Feedback score is 100 to 499) About Me

On May 7, 2008, another announcement regarding FEEDBACK changes was posted on the Announcement Board:

"As a recap, here's what we announced in January that is scheduled to launch the week of May 19th in North America (which includes eBay.com in the US, as well as eBay.ca and eBay.cafr in Canada):

* Sellers may only leave positive feedback for buyers
* We will remove negative and neutral Feedback if a member becomes suspended
* Members can leave Feedback up to 60 days after a transaction (down from 90)
* We will remove Feedback when a buyer fails to respond to the unpaid item process.
* Members will receive credit for weekly repeat Feedback (going back to 1996)
* We will base the Positive Feedback Percentage on the past 12 months of activity (and include neutral Feedback in the calculation)
* The PowerSeller Program will use the same calculation method described above to determine eligibility for the PS Program for the Positive Feedback percentage requirement of 98% positive."

Please read the entire announcement at http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200805.shtml#2008-05-07090115 for additional detail on these changes.


Since you cannot leave negative FB, what can you do besides report bidders for unpaid items?

Go to your My eBay.
Under My Account, click on Site Preferences.
Under Seller Preferences, look for Buyer Requirements.
Click on Show.
Click on Edit.
Review the options and make choices as to what blocks and restrictions you want to use for all bidders. (Individuals may also be blocked by user ID).

Currently you may block or restrict bidders based on:
. Buyers without a PayPal account
. Buyers with Unpaid Item strikes
. Buyers in countries to which I don't ship
. Buyers with policy violation reports
. Buyers with a negative feedback score
. Buyers who may bid on several of my items and not pay for them

Once you have made all your choices, check the box next to Apply above settings, and click on Submit.


On January 29, 2008, eBay made two announcements regarding major FEE and FEEDBACK changes, as well as seller ratings, how sort will be changing, etc.
Changes in these announcements will have a huge impact on some sellers and buyers. I can only recommend that you read these for yourself.

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200801290559182.html

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200801290615092.html


About seats1 - eBay member since Sep 24, 1998

Welcome to my me page... finally started Dec 2002! (procrastination is my middle name!)
Why seats1? Well, I looked around my condo, my office, my car... and realized there was only 1 seat available in any of these places. Can I help it if I was born a pack rat?

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More help (or just fun stuff) from Q&A, DNF, & Cafe Board members' me pages

Drexel's me page - lots of eBay Help
xsclutter's me page - over 100 helpful links!
dbrodbeck's me page - has a link for great info on Trading with Canadians
(private)'s me page - explains what some sellers' terms REALLY mean!
*aaaarrrrgggghhhh*'s me page - Seller's terms you DON'T want to see on an item you really want!
eBay View User Feedback for buster44 - Funny (phony) feedback you Wish you could leave!
Cafe-dog's me page - DOGS DICTIONARY OF EBAY TERMS
Crule@ebay.com's me page - Tips from eBay's Director of Online Dispute Resolution
not*really*a*waitress's me page - a funny look behind the scenes at eBay, and a typical discussion on the 'old' DNF board

Chat Board posts that I just HAD to save...

"I am sure that I miss spelled the name But Mr. Pavlaof would graft dogs heads on other dogs; And he proved that you can reatach a head by yelling a command and the dog would drool. lol" 3/24/08

"I wish e-bay would stop buyers from buying on e-bay to resell on e-bay it just makes us pay more for stuff we are tring to buy cheap that why we come to e-bay to get a good deal." 9/25/05

"I just kind of stay earthy tones I spend so much time in front of this PC that bright loud colors give me a headache..
Thats coming from a guy who in 1969 striped down naked painted the front of his body in blacklight paint and ran across the room and jumped against the wall to add a little art to his apt.. Looked neat but really hurt.. "
oas3 11/25/04

"If you had a dutch auction with 39 items and 27 bidders that each wanted between 3 and 9 of each item and your face is twitching... press 7.
If your monthly fees exceeded your gross sales by 35%... press 8." cafe-dog 5/16/04

"oh lord give me strength to not slap the whiners upside the head and hide the bodies in the ebay warehouse " 5/10/04

"word of advice .....whenever you run into someone who is extremely stupid and lacks any common sense what-so-ever just say "Thank you" because without those kind of people in this world the rest of us would not look so good!" 3/11/04

"Excuse me I was looking for factual answers not answers that anyone could tell me This is suppose to be a help chat. Hmm The help I got was that this is not the place to go." 3/6/04-3/7/04

"YOU CAN'T GET SKID MARKS OUT OF PINK PANTS." 02/04

"I cannot find the answer about how eBay sales impact income taxes. Does eBay send the IRS records of sales? .. I don't consider the $$ from eBay "income" just extra spending money..." 2/28/04

"Arnold is now governor so why would ebay shut down my auctions for selling bootleg DVDs of Pumping Iron?" 12.15.2003

"Everyone else is selling fake handbags so why did EBAY pick on me. It is so unfair that only I got suspended" 4/15/2002

"I bid on a few X BOX systems. I was going to buy the lowest price one but I had to wait for the money from my birthday. Why did the seller leave me negative feedback when I never even talked to them?" 12.28.2003

"my friend says i didn't have to pay for all the stuff i bid on since i am under 16. is that true? i am getting all this real rude e-mails from the sellers saying they are going to report me" 10.15.2003

"I didn't think that shilling was that bad of a practice. I simply didn't want to sell some items for less than they were worth... and I truly only did it for a few things. So, how long will this suspension last now? " 2/24/04

"Someone has to occupy the left side of the bell curve.... " 2/19/04

"Can I get a "do over" ? I was NOT rude when I answered the person with the attitude. I'd like to change my answer.... " 2/7/04

"A man who is of a detracting spirit, will misconstrue the most innocent words that can be put together."
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures, Samuel Kirkham

"hey all power sellers tell me how u sell i want to make some money" 10/26/03

"The very few times I have ever visited there this was what I saw, so I assumed it was standard procedure.
I just don't know why they insist on taking a dump here when they have a fine toilet there." 9/26/03

Q: "CAN A SELLER WHO LIVES IN FLORIDA MAKE ME PAY FIR AN AUCTION IN UK MONEY?"
A: Yes
Q: "i dont see how though. so i can get on eBay uk, sell my items although i live in SC, have 2 different paypal accounts. trnasfer my uk money over to american money and come out doubled?"
A: "That's assuming that buyers can't figure out what they would be bidding on your auctions...Most can since Ebay lists the auctions in Pounds and $$$$$$$"
Q: ""IF I HAD 2 PAYPAL ACCOUNTS, 1 US PAYPAL AND 1 BRITISH PAYPAL. IF I TRANSFERRED MY BRITISH MONEY OVER TO MY AMERICAN ACCOUNT, I WILL HAVE GAINED. BRITISH MONEY COST A LITTLE MORE THAN AMERICAN MONEY... THATS WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND. WHY COULDNT I PAY THE GUY AMERICAN MONEY IF HE LIVES IN FLORIDA? I COULD HAVE PAID HIM ONLY THE 6.50 INSTEAD OF THE 10 DOLLARS AND SOMETHING BRITISH MONEY." 8/27/03

..."But if I include its imperfections in the description, no one will bid on it!" 8/7/03

"One of the times that I miss Sam the most is when the topic of proper spelling comes up.
Like Sam, I believe that those who feel that there is only one proper way to spell a given word are simply uncreative." 7/27/03

X: "i am not selling and thing but a boot dosk and a bunch of shareware i looked for 3 months fo make sher that ever thing on the cd is ligit so i dont know what going on the email thay use in a ded end so i cant talk to them"
Q: are they real CD's or copies of something you bought? are they bootleg? cause if so then its wrong too.
X: "nope i am the maker of the cd's in qustion and Know! that ever thing on them is on the up and up ho so it gos i thiught ebay was a fare tradeing place i guess it depends on knowing how to kill your competition is what it is all about" 7/22/03

"Darn, I missed the quiz show." (You had to be there...) 6/11/03

"If something sounds too good to be true and you emailed the person and they said not to worry and they have 0 feedback would you bid?" duh! 5/29/03

Q: "Can a person have more than one account? My daughter wants to sell on ebay and shes 14 years old, but I don't want here to mess around with mine."
A: "she can't sell or buy on ebay. being under 18 means she can not enter a legally binding contract, which includes ebay. "
Q: "So what your saying is the young business minded youth have to sell and mess up the parents accounts? Figures." 5/28/03

"My address was never that address....when you pay with your debit card you have to put that billing addy down and that's what I did. My current addy is the one that I am registered under and the one I put as my mailing addy....I own my own home, but since I had a checking account with my ex....the banking account was under his addy....so therefore, it is his fault." 5/28/03

"If you beat your head against a rock wall for an hour your forehead will get pulped and bloody, and the rock wall will still be a rock wall." Jeff5, 2003

"Help! I have no W2 form for tax year (2002) as I've sold on Ebay all 2002 tax year. I am electronically filing my tax return using efile. They required the W2 form. Where can I get an equivilent form? Thank you. Deadline for filing is creeping up much too soon..." Oh, dear! Posted 4/14/03, 33 hrs before tax return deadline!

"A rich person has no reason to be on Ebay trying to make a lot of money." 4/11/03

"i think im getting the run around here i already left negative feedback and emailed him over 100 times in 1 day still no response what should i do now " 4/11/03

"I came here for some professional quality help but on second thought, after reading these posts (a real cross section of Americana) it's like volunteering for the "Jerry Springer Show"......Later!" 3/16/03

"WE DO NOT CONDONE PURCHASING THESE SHIRTS!
JUST BECAUSE WE SELL THESE T-SHIRTS DOESN'T MEAN WE CONDONE ACTUALLY PURCHASING THEM. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, PLEASE TELL THE MORALLY INSENSITIVE PEOPLE BUYING THEM, NOT US."
quote is from an auction, not Q&A, and yes, the auction was yanked! : ) 3/10/03

I'm sorry to hear about the negs.
I suggest watching a nice long movie with a footsoak, some peeled grapes, hot oil and a voodoo doll with your buyers name written across the forehead.
Dip in cat food and leave in snowbank, let freeze, then retrive, put under front tire of eighteen wheeler tractor and laugh like a idiot as it is smashed to dust.
Sweep up dust and send in tiny delicate lacy envelope back to buyer saying simply: "Thinking of You."
3/5/03

"Yeah!....I managed to do a defrag....it was like watching somebody neatly pack 3 million pairs of socks" : ) 3/5/03

Q:"where do i go to find out something,that i thought about awile ago?" 3/4/03 On the (Psychic) Q&A Board : )
A: Over there
A: i'd try the cut-out bins in the corner by the ficus...
A: I wanna know the answer to THAT ONE!!!!
A: you didn`t listen at woodstock and look at u now ....Tsk Tsk.....don`t drink the koolaide!!!!!;?)

Q: "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MESSAGE I PUT IN THIS BOX AND PRESSED SAVE 2 HOURS AGO?" 3/4/03
A: It fell outta d Box

Q: "Would it be legal for me to sell information on how to download movies for free?"
A: "No."
Q: "Well... is there anyway i can get around the law?" 2/23/03

"I don't understand this star business. I give a seller a positive comment and he only gets a gold star. I see another comment no better than mine and he gets a red star. How do you determine what a buyer/seller gets when it comes to these colored stars?" 02/06/03

"Pfui - typing is way poor now (getting a massage while this is going on). Sorry" 01/11/03

"but can she report me to ebay she already left me negative feedback and she is not a registered ebay customer because she still has the glasses."
(This post was from a Member since Aug, 1998!) 01/10/03

"I'm kinda scared to buy something. This was not what i thought it was. It looks like anyone can sell stuff here." 01/08/03

"How do we straighten this mess out .We would like to have the account "E" mail as xxx@JUNO.COM ,user ID as yyy ,and the password of zzz. HELP ."
(Real email and password were posted!) 01/05/02

"How can I email potential bidders on new listings without sending them a note through ebay one by one?" (Can you say SPAM???) 01/03/02

"I need to close my account due to the fact that I am out of the US. I have a few items that I have not been able to pay on. Please let the sellers know. Today will be my last day at this e-mail address. Thanks for ever thing." 12/23/02 (Yeah, Merry Xmas to You, too!)

"I noticed how the regulations say "Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia" are prohibited. I see many drug related items suck as suggestive stickers, books, and other items I would call drug paraphernialia. I was wondering whether the sale of Marijuana Seeds is ok? I would like you to take into consideration that the seeds will be from companys and packaged properly in sealed marked containers clearly showing what the contents are. There is nothing illegal about selling the seeds from certian countries. The only illegal thing is recieving them in certian countries and if they are found you get a letter in customs. The buyer assumes all responsibility and has to make sure the laws in his area are ok with the seeds. These same seeds are sold on legal websites all the time and would bring much business to ebay. Some seeds go for $300.00 for just 10. Please allow the sale of these seeds and it will not be abused. Thanks :)" 12/11/2002 Uh-huh!

"Set my alarm for 24:40 to attend auction finishing at 24:40 only to find it list as closed." 12/10/2002

"I bid on an item a few days ago and for about 3 days I was the highest bidder. But just today someone bid 5 times to outbid me. Is the person allowed to bid continuously just to find out how much I have put down and then bid higher than me?" 12/06/2002


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