How Low can a Giraffe Go?

Just happened to take another look at the negative feedback received by ebaY’s cherished seller, toysrus

They have an excruciatingly low 97.7% feedback rating, along with (at the moment) 104 negative reviews, and 55 neutrals, in the past 30 days. Those are what’s known as “Bad Buying Experiences” or BBE on ebaY. They have somewhere in the range of 3000 total BBEs in the past year.

 

Ebay Seller Restrictions Reap Second Bitter Harvest

It seems that ebaY has had another small seller purge. The community forums are brimming with reports of sellers who were banned from selling for reasons unknown. It could be for things as trivial as one low DSR score in the last year.

Along with the reports, furious posting by ebaY cheerleader types and many mentions of wild conspiracy theories. You know, just like the ones about the [now exposed and confirmed] hidden listings and rolling blackouts. No official word from ebaY anywhere to be found.

Recently ebay removed the policy compliance feature from the sellers’ dashboard tools, almost as if by magic. Or perhaps clairvoyance? In addition, it seems there may be no appeals process for this issue, so affected sellers will have to call them as many times and as often as need be for whatever information they may seek.

There’s barely been enough time to stop…

 

15,000 ebaY Sellers Get the Axe!

From examiner.com, an article (and issue) which is already starting to show repercussions.

15,000 eBay sellers lost their listing privileges today when eBay instituted a new policy regarding minimum performance standards. According to an email sent from eBay Customer Help to sellers who were experiencing difficulty listing items, eBay has “applied more severe actions (selling blocks and limits) to more sellers than ever in the past. We have moved the worst 15,000 sellers to Seg D (selling block) Issue 181.”

This is the much skewed DSR rating system in action.

According to the principles of ebaY mathematics, this would be a great way to recruit 150 thousand new sellers, since for every seller who leaves, 10 more are ready to take their place.