Helpful eBay feedback score totalling... For honest feedback.

[VampDude]

Ok, well as those who use eBay know there is a transaction rating. Which is divided into four, each consisting of five stars... But that leaves the whole typing the feedback, the easy part of either copy/pasting the same feedback from others "A+++++++" "Good eBayer 10/10" and whatnot. But I find that to be somewhat false when having purchased items, because out've laziness I just type that I will buy again and all the usual "blah blah 10/10" and it made me think up a solution for giving honest feedback where all I do is type without any care after clicking the star section. My solution is the star rating, yeah I know that whoever is reading this is probably thinking to themselves "Oh, VampDude is at it again... Typing crap, as per usual." but you would only be half correct by thinking that since I've possibly thought of something that would make leaving a score in the feedback bar (the one where you type) a lot more honest for future buyers.

So less typing about having a solution, and more getting to it.


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n304/vampdude/DCEmu/eBay-StarRating.png

The star rating is four categories of the transaction, by five stars... There are five stars by four categories (20 stars total), meaning each consists of 25% and 5% per star which you don't really have to be smart to figure (basic numeracy).

If you leave a score out've 10 like I do, it's easy... For example 5 3 3 2 it becomes 25 15 15 10, which then added becomes 65 or 6.5 in my case, although some people like to round off numbers and would probably award 7/10.

To me, I don't see that as any effort whatsoever... But I'm thinking eBay should take note from this and make some sort of score conversion for those who aren't good with numbers, the stars currently seem like an unfinished concept.


Now for my question:

Does anyone else have any feedback related scoring advice? Or is just the positive feedback enough?

[Darksaviour69]

Oh, VampDude is at it again... Typing crap, as per usual...... ;)

but seriously, thats actually a good idea, I haven't used ebay in a while, have they changed the way they do feed back over the years?

[quzar]

It used to be just a 1-5 star system for overall transaction quality. Now they've forced a written response as well as a set of 4 categorized sets of 1-5 stars.

In the written feedback I always try to put the one problem I had or the one thing they did awesomely. I don't tend to have space for an additional rating.

[VampDude]

Oh, VampDude is at it again... Typing crap, as per usual...... ;)

but seriously, thats actually a good idea, I haven't used ebay in a while, have they changed the way they do feed back over the years?

In 2006, it was just a comment with the positive/neutral/negative button. Then in 2007 they introduced the star rating, which at first the stars could be ignored. But now, whenever you click the positive button the stars appear. The seller apparently can't see them, so they are kinda pointless in more ways than others.


It used to be just a 1-5 star system for overall transaction quality. Now they've forced a written response as well as a set of 4 categorized sets of 1-5 stars.

In the written feedback I always try to put the one problem I had or the one thing they did awesomely. I don't tend to have space for an additional rating.

There should only be one rating system, not two. I would be happy to just click the stars and skip the comment except if I had to say, but as the seller cannot see the stars they have no place but to provide eBay with data nobody else will see.