Ok... I am no mathematician , I will be the first to admit this point... But the arithmetic eBay is using and the semantics they are expounding simply do not add up.
The image above is from one of my eBay selling accounts. Up until May 19, 2008 we had a 100% feedback rating on this account. I am a little bit saddened that we lost our 100% feedback rating simply because we had one neutral feedback in the last 12 months. But really in the scheme of things I have nothing to cry about.
I can see that my one past neutral has in effect been converted to a negative very clearly. The percentage change in the score above is a simple matter of arithmetic. 228 + 1 = 228/229 = 99.5%
1 neutral = the same factor as 1 negative
Still for me, it is no big deal, I can survive this change, I will move forward... The previous "glitch" reported from around the world with neutrals being moved from grey to red negative has not occurred in my case.
Whew, "I am safe"
Let me tell you about someone who has a different view of the recent and to some, devastating changes to the feedback system... Continue reading “NARU'd eBay Seller Learns – Neutrals are Not Positives / Neutral = 100% Negative” »
