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Topic: eBay now only allows positive feedback for buyers

Anonymous c3dc862d34a41cdb7efcbc041924c54a started this discussion 6 months (2008-05-21 02:03:26 UTC) ago:

> EBay finally flipped the switch on some of its feedback changes, which were announced back in January.
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> Effective today, merchants cannot leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers. Needless to say, sellers are outraged, leading to calls for a boycott.
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> While sellers have planned various protests, Brian Burke, eBay's director of global feedback policy argues that the changes will improve customer satisfaction, which could ultimately drive business for sellers.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/05/ebay-feedback.html

Anonymous 31cd4be0b159dec35f3c794342c3d54e replied with this 6 months (2008-05-21 04:42:06 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#18,801):

Good.

Anonymous 5f847b8200c802769c8f540579859f40 replied with this 6 months (2008-05-21 07:50:48 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#18,820):

This is a purely superficial change. Improve customer satisfaction by censoring seller dissatisfaction. Yea… makes perfect sense…

Anonymous 58dc4aef25bfb06e94f62fdea25fed55 replied with this 6 months (2008-05-22 01:56:27 UTC) ago, 18 hours later (#19,002):

ebay fucking sucks. Go buy on amazon.

Anonymous 8118c131d02bdce141850fc65a152ede replied with this 6 months (2008-05-27 11:15:23 UTC) ago, 5 days later (#20,221):

They seem to think that if people can't express their dissatisfaction, then they must not exist.

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