I won something on eBay on Thursday night.
On Friday night, 11pm, the seller tells me the postage cost.
This morning, he sent me an angry email. "You havent replied, I am very cross, if you don't reply by tomorrow you'll get a negative feedback and I'll the item elsewhere."

This is rather harsh, I think, and possibly the outer ripples of a JMG-induced wobble.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:38, archived)

didn't they change it so sellers couldn't leave negative feedback?

( minimum fuss - an all time favourite, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:39, archived)

by eBay I mean the Polish site that's way better than eBay and has 95% of the online auction market

( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:41, archived)

the Polish site that's way better than eBay and has 95% of the online auction market
something entirely other than ebay because I'm a filthy liar
( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:44, archived)

if I'd said Allegro.pl none of you'd have known what I meant.
It's like eBay, but without the massive amounts of spam email.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:47, archived)

By negative feedback, does he mean he will come round to your home and graffiti what he thinks of you on the wall?

( minimum fuss - an all time favourite, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:46, archived)

95% of of the online auction market?
Wow, supprising for a site I've never heard off.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 31 May 2009, 14:30, archived)

Why did eBay change that?
It's stupid.
( Major Turd for tonight only, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:42, archived)

because they realised that the selling-your-old-tat based business plan
would run out of steam sometime, and the move to a site based on a traditional market of price-haggling financed by professional traders was a more secure approach to their long term stratagem. It also ensures that buyers aren't scared away from using eBay by overly aggressive traders, which is important for eBay as more revenue is generated through the Final Value Fee than from the Listing Fee, per item.

Or was that a rhetorical question?
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sun 31 May 2009, 13:45, archived)

I was genuinely interested,
I'm going to read and re-read that until I understand it.
( Major Turd for tonight only, Sun 31 May 2009, 15:56, archived)