Date:         Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:25:46 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: recycled german parts / eBay
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, David Marshall wrote:

> My policy is not to give feed back on any item I sell until I get feed back
> from the buyer - I have sold many items and have never recieved feed back
> from the buyer.  I'm tired of giving postive feed back and getting nothing
> in return.

I get feedback from buyers on about 50% of my transactions.  I agree that
retaliatory negative feedback is a serious problem with ebay's system,
though. I have one from a guy who they eventually kicked off the site for
scamming people, but they didn't remove the negative feedback he left.

I will think twice in the future before leaving negative feedback for
someone who has scammed me, because I know I'll get my feedback rating
dinged if I do.  Might be better to just walk away.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon