g026r wrote:It's technically allowed by eBay's rules, from what I recall, just so long as you don't explicitly state that the auction is for feedback.
Xaxaxe wrote:Not really:http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/fee ... ation.htmlWith a key passage being:
Mars wrote:At least with the feedback system now, you can see what someone has bought or sold. For example:http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI ... =asap247uk99% of the 822 rating is from 1p auctions.
beasterbrook wrote:I suspect taht 1 cents don't change hands.
Xaxaxe wrote:I doubt anything changes hands ... money or items. My guess is it's more of a network of scammers who "understand" that the whole thing is wink-wink, nudge-nudge, say-no-more.
benjoshua wrote:Do you think Coug just learned this trick or have we just not noticed it?
FormCritic wrote:Then it might be good idea to write down who gives Dave feedback for those auctions.It would identify the other scammers, right?
gyg wrote:How important is feedback to you? - Discuss.Do you have a cut-off percentage or just go with a gut feeling, or something else entirely? (For example, If I see a feedback below 99.5% I would probably try and see ther reason why, and sometimes there are good reasons)(And I was really pissed when my feedback dropped to 99.9. In hindsight it was just one of those things that was out of my hands, but it really did niggle me for a long time, do much so I nearly jacked in buying/selling completely). But having realised that my feedback is never going to go back up to 100, and is unlikely to drop much below 99.9 I don't sweat it any more.
Xaxaxe wrote:That's not to say that reporting them can't be fun. But it can be frustrating to see no real action taken on eBay's part. And I suspect that these sorts of "feedback farms" are full of resourceful people who find it easy to open new accounts if they find their original account locked.