Seller Performance Standards = All that Good Feedback Ain't Worth Nuthin!
First off . . . Holy! Moly! Look what my eBay "screw you seller" message said:
First of all, we assure you that your current level of performance exceeds the standards. Congratulations and thank you.
That's right . . . this eBay seller EXCEEDS their high, though meaningless standards. So when I receive the message throwing my ass off eBay, it will be a little nicer and bit less condescending.
Just when a person thinks that those arrogant reprobates in San Jose can't come up with another degrading high handed scummy scheme, one more rears it's ugly head. It took three times reading that Seller Performance Standards eBay blurb to realize how cynical and underhanded is this policy.
Since 1999, I've been selling and buying on eBay. Most of my selling activity in the past couple or so years have been sporadic. Will sometimes go for several weeks without running an auction. Fact is, the buyers are not there as they were in times past. Also, it seems now that every time I go onto the ebay site, something pisses me off again. Those obnoxious eBay toads come across as patronizing and contemptuous.
It doesn't take much complex math to figure out how these new (so-called) Seller Performance Standards can and will negatively effect small-time eBay sellers. Until now, those of us with some solid positive feedback and perhaps a 99.5% or better overall rating had at least some protection from those time to time screwball or deadbeat buyers. That's gone!
With this Seller Performance Standards swindle, my 2,689 in positive Feedback, built up over the past eight-years gets wiped out by some crap that happens in the next few weeks.
As I see it . . An eBay seller has 19 completed auctions within a 90-day period. Among those is a buyer with a user name of "newbieanalretent" who complains that his item took too long to arrive and at once starts calling me a thief demanding money be retured. This sociopath creep drops a negative FB at once and files a gripe with the suckBay weasels. . . oooops . . . meant to say eBay. Quick figuring shows that with 19 auction sales in the magical 90-day period and this one sour deal makes for a higher than 5 % CUSTOMER DIS-SATISFACTION rating. Down comes the duck! You're busted!
Then comes the nasty-gram from eBay handing out proper punishment per eBay's Seller Performance Standards of which I am in VIOLATION. Of course, the eBay inquisition message will be signed by some standard eBay flunky named Todd or Crystal. Notice that they all have those stupid contrived names?
Either this "updated" Seller Performance Standards thing is more lame garbage from the usual suspect miscreants at eBay or maybe part of a far more sinister plot. It could be a scheme to finally get rid of small time mom and pop sellers.
Whatever the outcome, it is my intention to cut back my selling on eBay. As Mother said, "Never go or stay where you're not wanted.