Yes, up to a point. If a seller has accumulated several negatives in
the past 60 days, I'm more concerned that enough people have had a bad
experience than I am with the particulars. Besides there is one
certainty on Ebay...there will always be another of that same item.

"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ...
"John S." wrote:

I think that Ebay can be a good place for buyer and seller to connect
if you take a few precautions. For instance as a buyer I avoid
sellers with less than 99% positive feedback and look for buyers with
an established record.
As a seller I give more leeway in negative feedbacks before turning a
buyer down. I won't ship before payment has cleared.


It makes sense to read the negative feedbacks a person gets - sometimes it's obvious the person who left it is a crackpot. Sometimes it's less obvious, but the person leaving the neg has a bad reputation.

"I paid yesterday, where's my stuff?"

"Bum left me a Neg because I didn't pay"

Obviously negs related to fraud or deception are cause for concern.

"Radioman390" wrote in message
...

8 EBay Sellers Admit to Phony Bids

By MICHAEL GORMLEY
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Eight eBay sellers were ordered to pay nearly $90,000
in
restitution and fines after admitting they bid up products online to
inflate
the prices.

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said more than 120 people will
receive
restitution in the settlement of the three cases, which wrapped up last
week in
state courts.

Spokesman Darren Dopp said the cases stemmed from specific complaints, but
the
office has not conducted a broad investigation of the online auction
industry
and doesn't know how widespread the practice of phony bidding is.


A while back I had bidded on a Drake R8A. I had the high bid until the last
30 seconds when gottahaveit1995 nabbed it. Since then I have read about some
shady tactics of RadioMart. Now I'm wondering if they/he were working
together.

DeWayne