Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 2008/02

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: eBay
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:34:06 -0500

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:45:44 -0500, "thomaswinds"
<thomaswinds@-----.net> wrote:
>>> >>Having to leave Buyer Feedback by 3 days after the transaction is a
>>> >>joke. What if I don't get the check yet, or you don't have the
>>> >>package yet, or it doesn't clear??? Do we have to overnight
>>> >>everything now? And charge you $$$ in FedEx? You won't have much
>>> >>buyer feedback after this, no seller will leave Any.
>>>
>> >
>> > As I read it, you must wait three days BEFORE you leave feedback,
>> > which is a different thing entirely.
>> >
>> > Bill Hausmann
>>
>
> No. That would be a smart idea, but why would they do something smart?
>
> It's never been a requirement leave feedback. Why would it matter if you
> wait 3 days or not? They don't mean it that way. They mean you have three
> days to leave it.

Actually, both of you are wrong.

The issue they are trying to solve is the angry impulse -- the sharp
word that you regret later. If you want to leave positive feedback, you
can do that immediately. If you want to leave neutral or negative
feedback, you MUST wait 3 days before doing so. It's a "cooling off"
period, supposedly allowing the buyer and seller to try to come to a
compromise before resorting to name-calling feedback.

The maximum time for leaving feedback is being reduced from 90 to 60
days, not to 3 days.

Check the announcement from Bill Cobb here:
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200801.shtml#2008-01-29061132

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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