Hmm well I checked their early feedback eBay Feedback Profile for buy
Apparently they really did make that name buy back in 2002 and they did use it, but they did not use it that much until December 2007 when eBay made them a diamond powerseller.
Their older feedback had a high percentage of negs like 1 out of 25 transactions was a neg. They did respond to it well by saying things like they issued a customer a credit before the item even arrived and how they paid buyer's own shipping to return the item. Their replies to the negs does sound like they're a good seller despite the negs.
As for the person who suggested to neg bomb them, well you'd have to spend 8 hours a day to even make a dent in their feedback rating. I'm sure if there was that much effort eBay might get the police involved, or just delete the negatives. I have heard that eBay adjusts DSRs artificially upward for high level powersellers, and I wouldn't be surprised if eBay already ⊗⊗⊗⊗d buy.com's DSRs and eBay may even be adjusting their negatives.
Though, the numbers on their feedback profile when doing my own calculations do go to 99.6% based on the displayed numbers.
As for their DSR, I am certain their DSR is innacurate. At least for "Shipping and handling charges" because they always from what I can see, give free shipping, and yet it's 4.8. Of course whenever someone gives you a neg or neutral, it's most likely they'll give you all 1s for all the DSR ratings.
I also thought it odd that even in 2002, they could get the rare name "buy". So I looked at their ID history: http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI...&requested=buy
User ID Effective Date End Date
buy Dec-21-07 Present
buytechnology Feb-12-02 Dec-21-07
Well clearly they USURPED the name "buy" the same month they became a diamond powerseller. I wonder what innocent victim eBay suspended and later renamed so buy.com could get that name?
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