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Forgetting for the moment that we all know of RadioMart's rep, why should a
97.5% positive feedback set off alarms? Seems like a high % to me! I mean,
you're always gonna have some people ya just can't please (according to Abe
Lincoln), so I would thing that, given that fact, again 97.5% seems good!

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If you're looking for an SW8, wait for a truly later model offered by an
honest seller with a serial that begins with at least 6B.



This information should set off an alarm:

Feedback: 97.5% Positive



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why should a 97.5% positive feedback set off alarms?


If you are a regular eBay user, you know that anything less than 99%
is an issue. In my experience, most folks have 100% positive feedback
or very near to it.

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I am a regular ebay user, and believe me when I say, Abe Lincoln was right,
and due to human nature you will get people that complain whether you treat
them right in your opinion or not, and anyone with a 100% rating is nearly
unheard of.

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why should a 97.5% positive feedback set off alarms?


If you are a regular eBay user, you know that anything less than 99%
is an issue. In my experience, most folks have 100% positive feedback
or very near to it.



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Paul Zak wrote:

I am a regular ebay user, and believe me when I say, Abe Lincoln was right,
and due to human nature you will get people that complain whether you treat
them right in your opinion or not, and anyone with a 100% rating is nearly
unheard of.


I've had a 100% rating since I joined Ebay almost ten years ago. It's
not that rare.
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In eBay terms, that's pretty low. That, in addition to keeping all his
feedback "private" so you can't see comments, should set off alarms even if
he didn't have the reputation he does.

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Forgetting for the moment that we all know of RadioMart's rep, why should
a
97.5% positive feedback set off alarms? Seems like a high % to me! I
mean,
you're always gonna have some people ya just can't please (according to
Abe
Lincoln), so I would thing that, given that fact, again 97.5% seems good!

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:01:20 -0500, Geary Morton
wrote in :

If you're looking for an SW8, wait for a truly later model offered by an
honest seller with a serial that begins with at least 6B.



This information should set off an alarm:

Feedback: 97.5% Positive







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Also sprach Paul Zak:
Forgetting for the moment that we all know of RadioMart's rep, why should a
97.5% positive feedback set off alarms? Seems like a high % to me! I mean,
you're always gonna have some people ya just can't please (according to Abe
Lincoln), so I would thing that, given that fact, again 97.5% seems good!


I look at it this way: a 97.5% feedback rating means that out of 200
customers, five of them are ****ed enough to give negative feedback.
Granted that you'll get those who can't be pleased no matter what, and
those who shouldn't use eBay without a chaperone, but in a market where
you pretty much live and die by your reputation, a 97.5 for a
high-volume seller is gonna cause a lot of eBayers to wonder how that
seller has managed to **** off that many people.

In fairness, I'll look at when the negative feedback was incurred, how
the guy has been dealing with the rest of his customers lately, and what
any recent negative feedback says... but a 97.5 for anyone with over 100
feedback raises a flag for me.
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