Comments on: eBay reinvents English language, punishes good sellers http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html Tech writing blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kyle A. Miller http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html/comment-page-1#comment-115848 Kyle A. Miller Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:57:01 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html#comment-115848 eBay rarely is on the side of the seller. I have seen violations by buyers of eBay's policies, and eBay takes the buyer's side. It's not a seller friendly site. The 7 point scale is funny. "This one goes to 7." eBay rarely is on the side of the seller. I have seen violations by buyers of eBay’s policies, and eBay takes the buyer’s side. It’s not a seller friendly site.

The 7 point scale is funny. “This one goes to 7.”

]]> By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html/comment-page-1#comment-114268 tim Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:32 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html#comment-114268 A 7 point scale! So it would be accurate, more accurate, very accurate or some such nonsense. The problem could be easily avoided if eBay were to figure out that 4 stars is a good rating. Tim A 7 point scale! So it would be accurate, more accurate, very accurate or some such nonsense.

The problem could be easily avoided if eBay were to figure out that 4 stars is a good rating.

Tim

]]> By: David Hamill http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html/comment-page-1#comment-114266 David Hamill Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:48:31 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html#comment-114266 I think this could be easily avoided bu using a 7 point scale instead of a 5. People tend to avoid the extremes when providing feedback. I think this could be easily avoided bu using a 7 point scale instead of a 5. People tend to avoid the extremes when providing feedback.

]]> By: Gary Sims http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html/comment-page-1#comment-114259 Gary Sims Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:10:31 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1069-ebay-reinvents-english-language-punishes-good-sellers.html#comment-114259 eBay is a great site, but they have been doing lots of silly things recently, their new user interface is horrible and it takes me much longer to find what I want. This new rating system is the same, a bad idea. The problem is that they have a monopoly and so there are no real alternatives. Therefore they can do what they want and no one can do a thing about it. Monopolies suck. Gary eBay is a great site, but they have been doing lots of silly things recently, their new user interface is horrible and it takes me much longer to find what I want. This new rating system is the same, a bad idea. The problem is that they have a monopoly and so there are no real alternatives. Therefore they can do what they want and no one can do a thing about it.

Monopolies suck.

Gary

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