Another Battlefield?

[BengoughingForAwhile]

And after reading some of their negative feedback it appears this outfit also has a horrible cellar.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by BengoughingForAwhile

And after reading some of their negative feedback it appears this outfit also has a horrible cellar.

I hear all his wine has spoiled.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Not really. He's got nearly 25,000 positives. When was the last time you looked t someone with a 99.1% feedback rating and said "ugh..terrible!"?

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Even if they were negatives, he'd still be at 99.1% which is not terrible.

I think it actually represents an improvement for this seller as well. I remember him being in the 98's.

You do realize, like bid retractions, they eventually get removed. This guy, like Battlefield can never stay clean, they always have neutral and negative feedback.

Call me silly, but I'll stick with those that have very few neutral and negative feedback scores.
This last seller I just purchased from was clearly a mistake on my part. It won't happen again, I promise.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by irv

You do realize, like bid retractions, they eventually get removed. This guy, like Battlefield can never stay clean, they always have neutral and negative feedback.

Call me silly, but I'll stick with those that have very few neutral and negative feedback scores.
This last seller I just purchased from was clearly a mistake on my part. It won't happen again, I promise.

I assume by "they" you mean negatives. They do. The positives get removed too. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is that in the past 12 months the guy has had 24,997 transactions in which feedback was left and 24,782 were positive. That's 99.1% positive in the last 12 months. That's a pretty solid track record.

I do some selling on Ebay and I've learned that some buyers are just jerks...about 1 in a 100....which could explain why only 99 out of 100 of his transactions end happily ever after.

Not saying this guy couldn't clean up the one percent a little, but I think the evidence shows he's not intentionally trying to rip people off.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I assume by "they" you mean negatives. They do. The positives get removed too. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is that in the past 12 months the guy has had 24,997 transactions in which feedback was left and 24,782 were positive. That's 99.1% positive in the last 12 months. That's a pretty solid track record.

I do some selling on Ebay and I've learned that some buyers are just jerks...about 1 in a 100....which could explain why only 99 out of 100 of his transactions end happily ever after.

Not saying this guy couldn't clean up the one percent a little, but I think the evidence shows he's not intentionally trying to rip people off.

Now I get why you are trying so hard to defend them.

Of course there are jerks out there but please explain how many have perfect, or 100% positive feedback?

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by irv

Of course there are jerks out there but please explain how many have perfect, or 100% positive feedback?

Ooooo, oooooo, I do, I do...

um, wait, uh...


crap.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by irv

Now I get why you are trying so hard to defend them.

Of course there are jerks out there but please explain how many have perfect, or 100% positive feedback?

I'm not defending him. I just think you're overreacting to a seller with 99.1% feedback. Especially one as high volume as him. You do that many transactions, your bound to have an issue with a buyer once in a while.

Like I said...there's one out of every 100 buyers. I think you may be one.

100% Postive feedback for me by the way.

[cammb]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I'm not defending him. I just think you're overreacting to a seller with 99.1% feedback. Especially one as high volume as him. You do that many transactions, your bound to have an issue with a buyer once in a while.

Like I said...there's one out of every 100 buyers. I think you may be one.

100% Postive feedback for me by the way.

I agree.

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I assume by "they" you mean negatives. They do. The positives get removed too. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is that in the past 12 months the guy has had 24,997 transactions in which feedback was left and 24,782 were positive. That's 99.1% positive in the last 12 months. That's a pretty solid track record.

I do some selling on Ebay and I've learned that some buyers are just jerks...about 1 in a 100....which could explain why only 99 out of 100 of his transactions end happily ever after.

Not saying this guy couldn't clean up the one percent a little, but I think the evidence shows he's not intentionally trying to rip people off.

I'll tell you what... Go buy a group of cards from Battlefield0516. Same premise 15k+ positives and "only" 129 negatives. After you get your cards, closely inspect them and compare to the auction scans. EVERY ONE of them will have some kind of clean up done, some more than others. Flaws will be hidden, corners will be worse on the card than in the scan. If you can live with that then leave all the positives you want. But you can't tell me that seller, despite 15k positives, isn't a crook!

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

I'll tell you what... Go buy a group of cards from Battlefield0516. Same premise 15k+ positives and "only" 129 negatives. After you get your cards, closely inspect them and compare to the auction scans. EVERY ONE of them will have some kind of clean up done, some more than others. Flaws will be hidden, corners will be worse on the card than in the scan. If you can live with that then leave all the positives you want. But you can't tell me that seller, despite 15k positives, isn't a crook!

But let's not forget that Battlefield isn't even close to 99% successful. While I totally agree with you, the severity of the photo-shopping and over-illuminating the flaws with bright scans is so blatant that they are much lower than a 99% rating. Along with 15K positives (allowing for a lot of "satisfied" buyers overlooking the touched-up flaws), instead of 129, you will have more like 450 negatives.

[clydepepper]

If (my) memory serves, I had several successful transactions with the particular seller...more than a year ago.

I had since noticed the alarming number of negative and neutral feedbacks that have accumulated and have shied away from considering further purchases from him.

That said, and I believe I am recalling the details correctly, I think that almost, if not all of his negatives have occurred during these last 12 months.

Now, whatever the reason for that, this seller is now off limits to me. The possibility of all those negatives actually occurring during the most recent 12-month period suggest significant changes in the seller himself...one could even speculate that he has passed on and relatives, with far lower standards, have continued trying to sell under his user ID - or some other similar occurrence.

If I can find my purchase records from this seller, I will be sure to share so that my comments will not seem so much like gossip.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by robw1959

But let's not forget that Battlefield isn't even close to 99% successful. While I totally agree with you, the severity of the photo-shopping and over-illuminating the flaws with bright scans is so blatant that they are much lower than a 99% rating. Along with 15K positives (allowing for a lot of "satisfied" buyers overlooking the touched-up flaws), instead of 129, you will have more like 450 negatives.

Also recall that Battlefield gets most of her positives on small cheap sales, but her negatives come on the expensive stuff.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I don't think this guy is an intentionally bad seller (99.1% isn't exactly terrible). I think it's more of a quality control and inventory management issue. The guy is high volume and most likely understaffed. I've bought from him in the past...after all there's a 99 out 100% chance it will be fine...but I am on alert when I deal with him.

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I assume by "they" you mean negatives. They do. The positives get removed too. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is that in the past 12 months the guy has had 24,997 transactions in which feedback was left and 24,782 were positive. That's 99.1% positive in the last 12 months. That's a pretty solid track record.

I do some selling on Ebay and I've learned that some buyers are just jerks...about 1 in a 100....which could explain why only 99 out of 100 of his transactions end happily ever after.

Not saying this guy couldn't clean up the one percent a little, but I think the evidence shows he's not intentionally trying to rip people off.

Up from 129 to 135 negatives in less than 15 days. Do you still think this guy isn't a bad seller and isn't intentionally trying to rip people off?
http://www.ebay.com/usr/tripleplayvi...p2047675.l2559

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by robw1959

But let's not forget that Battlefield isn't even close to 99% successful. While I totally agree with you, the severity of the photo-shopping and over-illuminating the flaws with bright scans is so blatant that they are much lower than a 99% rating. Along with 15K positives (allowing for a lot of "satisfied" buyers overlooking the touched-up flaws), instead of 129, you will have more like 450 negatives.

Just to add a bit of fire to the Battlefield saga, I saw that the PSA 7 '53 Mantle auctioned the other day Mick is back in Alabama and being re-auctioned. I wonder how long it took the winning bidder, who forked over 9 grand for the card to go ballistic. Not long, I suspect. New Battlefield policy could be no return on graded cards, although I don't think they handle many.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

I'll tell you what... Go buy a group of cards from Battlefield0516. Same premise 15k+ positives and "only" 129 negatives. After you get your cards, closely inspect them and compare to the auction scans. EVERY ONE of them will have some kind of clean up done, some more than others. Flaws will be hidden, corners will be worse on the card than in the scan. If you can live with that then leave all the positives you want. But you can't tell me that seller, despite 15k positives, isn't a crook!

Not the same premise. Battlefield's feedback rating is 97.8% That's a huge difference. Nobody looks at 99+% positive and raises an eyebrow.

97.8% is not considered a good feedback rating.