hen you buy something information'. This contains the
from an eBay seller, you seller's name, their feedback
are giving them your score, and their positive
money and hoping that you will feedback percentage, as well as
get something in return. However any stars they have earned.
many guarantees of safety eBay
might make to you, nothing is Different coloured stars are
certain: if you just give your given to eBay sellers depending
money to scammers all the time on their rating, in this
without doing any checks then the sequence: yellow, blue,
chances are you won't get all of turquoise, purple, red, green,
that money back. shooting yellow, shooting
turquoise, shooting purple,
That's why you should always shooting red. Anyone with a
check the seller's reputation, or ‘shooting' star is an
‘feedback rating'. This is a experienced eBay member who you
quick and easy-to-read summary of should be able to trust.
their history as an eBay seller,
which gives you some idea of If you click on the seller's
whether or not you should trust name, you can get to a more
them with your money. Buying detailed view of their reputation
anything is a calculated risk: - their ‘member profile' page.
you want to minimise that risk. This page shows the total number
of people who gave them a
How to Check Feedback Ratings. positive or negative rating, as
well as a breakdown by time. You
On each item's description page, can also see a complete history
there is a box in the top-right of all the comments that have
hand corner about the seller, ever been left about them, with
with the title ‘Seller the most recent first.
since. You should look at the
What to Look For. breakdown by time and ignore any
negative feedback that was left a
You might assume that anyone with long time ago. Equally, though,
a very high number can be you should sit up and pay
trusted, but that isn't always attention if a seller seems to
true. It is more important to have been left an
look at their positive feedback out-of-character amount of bad
percentage - and you should feedback in the last month or so.
really consider anything below
99% to be a red flag and
investigate further. Now that you know who to trust,
it is worth learning a little
Take a look through the first more about how the different
visible page with the most recent kinds of auctions work, so that
transactions: are there any you don't accidentally slip up
negative comments? What do they and make yourself and your
say? Take others' experiences feedback page look bad. Our next
into account, as they could email will be about the different
happen to you if you deal with kinds of auctions you can expect
this person. Be careful not to to encounter during your time on
punish sellers unfairly, however, eBay.
if they did bad things in their
past on eBay but have improved
About the Author:
Kirsten Hawkins is an Ebay and internet auction enthusiast from Nashville, TN. Visit http://www.auctionseller411.com/ for more great tips on how to make the most from Ebay and other online auctions.
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