Proposal for the protection of ebay sellers

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As sellers on ebay, we propose the following.

*Issue a system where the buyer cannot issue neutral or negative feedback without contacting the seller for a resolution first.
*Disallow any negative or neutral feedback which protests against faults or flaws which have been clearly described in the listing.
*Allow strikes to be made against any buyer who attempts to break the above rules.

While we agree that the buyer should be protected from dishonest sellers, we feel that not enough is being done to protect the seller from dishonest buyers.

A lot of people rely on ebay for their livelihood and one dishonest buyer leaving bad feedback can tip that balance easily.

The majority of sellers are honest people willing to rectify their mistakes.

A lot of mistakes made are out of the seller's control and can result from breakages in the mail, postal strikes as well as buyer's negligence while reading listings.

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Nicola Vaughan
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- aloevera0_4
Ang Peterkin
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- I totally agree
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- angs-attic-2008
Lindsay Cameron
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- chelsea_cowell
Wendy Nield
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- Left becasue of this!
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- friedcarp
Rebecca
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- I'm disabled. Ebay is my livelihood but I will leave if this continues
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- rebecca_rose_design
Chris Hall
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- Down with this sort of thing!!
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- Colour_of_fire
Alison
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- Very well done for starting this petition I hope you get lots of support - Ebay are treating sellers appallingly and the highly unfair DSR system is just ludicrous
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- alisonsvintagechicboutique
Ann Evans
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- Had 100 percent postive and just one buyer who has left negtive feedback for everthing they have bought so far has left negs for me without contacting me - so unfair this ebay
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- crystolgifts
tristan malou
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- tristoumalan
Shelley Armitage
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- 100\% behind this petition, sellers pay a lot of money in fees and deserve to be treated fairly :o)
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- beadaddicts
Gloria Rose
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- Glow107
Luke Higham
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- highamluke123
the_bead_cellar
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- this really needs addressing eBay- Please take this petition seriously
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- teddy_atkins
Ian Taylor
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- Ebays current system is unfair on sellers
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- just-say-beads
Kelly Butler
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- Totally agree with this petition, some buyers are very spiteful.
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- Aimee_Sparkles_Beads
Paul Gwilliam
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- And for goodness sake, STOP the never ending IMPROVEMENTS to the site. Twice a year would be more than enough. You may be trying to help but it is just plain annoying.
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- the-stor-in-devon
Adele Stevens
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- fluff daisies
Nick
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- Very sensible suggestion, im sick of rogue buyers
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- 2343nick
Sarah Major
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- otyats
Grant
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- I agree that the current system favours the buyer unfairly.
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- marmite_soldier
Diane Fletcher
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- This petition states EXACTLY how I feel
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- dlf4852
Karen Goodall
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- Ebay are making sellers dishonest by making us lie in feedback about bad buyers by making us leave a pos f/b.Whatever happened to equal rights!!!
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- Englishrose1912
ed reick
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- edwardreick09
Nick Lawrence
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- idlemild
Peter Mosby
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- Concerned at no protection for sellers against untrue feedback.
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- Yorkypete
Sharon
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- Am having a current dispute with a disgraceful buyer threatening to leave negative feedback due to the LABEL on a pair of trousers not being the same colour as the label on the matching top. Disgraceful.
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- sharonmag1983
Julie Jones
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- Negative feedback should be last resort
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- lilacsparkle66
tonia gilmore (Ebay Clubhouse Creator on facebook)
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- The change in FB has caused me to have more unpd items since we can't leave negative FB & I have noticed more unethical behavior with some buyers because they feel they can leave us a neg.
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- pineapple32
Max S Dement
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- madmax69trojan
Lisa
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- A Seller been Scammed :(
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- TheHutchinsonFamily
Chris
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- trigger34
Mary-
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- Private feedback is a way a buyer can mess a seller about and when we want to say what's happened we can't as they have it set as PRIVATE although they can leave negative for the seller
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- mary-jane45*
Sandra Matheson-Denis
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- Sellers have no rights!! A dead beat buyer can leave negative feedback lowering my feedback score and Seller performance standards and then Paypal (Ebay's evil twin) withholds MY money!!!! What a monopoly. Does Ebay not understand that without Sellers there will would be no Ebay!!! I guess not. I can not wait until they fall flat on their faces when Sellers withdraw from Ebay.
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- iluvmyblklab