PREVIOUSLY "WEBSHITE" ( DECEMBER 2003 - DECEMBER 2004 )

HAD A 296 POSITIVE RATING, WITH A TOTAL OF 384 POSITIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS GAINED OVER JUST A ONE YEAR PERIOD.

A FRESH START FOR 2005 AS "WEBSHITE 2005" ( JANUARY 2005 - DECEMBER 2005 )

ENDED THE YEAR WITH A COMPLETELY NEW 100% POSITIVE RATING OF 328, & A TOTAL OF 613 POSITIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS GAINED OVER ANOTHER ONE YEAR PERIOD.

COMBINED WITH MY ORIGINAL ACCOUNT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 624 POSITIVE RATING & 997 POSITIVE COMMENTS OVER A 2 YEAR PERIOD.

RETAINED & RENAMED FOR 2006 AS "WEBSHITE 2006" ( JANUARY 2006 - DECEMBER 2006 )

ENDED THE YEAR WITH A POSITIVE RATING OF 747, & A TOTAL OF 1147 POSITIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS. COMBINED WITH MY ORIGINAL ACCOUNT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 1043 POSITIVE RATING & 1531 POSITIVE COMMENTS OVER A 3 YEAR PERIOD.

HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY & UNFAIRLY IN 2006, I WOUND UP WITH 5 NEGATIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS. ALL WERE UNJUSTIFIED & RETALIATORY FROM NON-PAYERS - IDIOTS THAT DID NOT PAY FOR THE ITEMS THAT THEY BID ON & WON FROM ME AT AUCTION.

DESPITE A CLEAR LIST OF PAYMENT TERMS BOTH ON MY AUCTION PAGE BEFORE THEY START BIDDING & ON MY INVOICE AFTER THE AUCTION END, THEY DIDN'T PAY & IGNORED REMINDERS FOR WEEKS AFTER, INCLUDING NOTIFICATION VIA EBAYS NON-PAYING BIDDER RESOLUTION CENTRE.

DUE TO THEIR TIMEWASTING & NON-PAYMENT, THEY RECIEVED A NON-PAYING BIDDER STRIKE, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, & WERE ADDED TO MY BLOCKED BIDDER LIST - ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH EBAY'S RULES & REGULATIONS & MY AUCTION TERMS.

BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY SENT RETALIATORY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK OUT OF SPITE TO HARM MY REPUTATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT EBAY CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THE FREE SPEECH BETWEEN 2 PEOPLE REGARDING SEPERATE OPINIONS ON A SALE, BUT TOTAL TIME WASTERS WHO BID ON, WIN, & THEN HAVE NO INTENTION OF PAYING & COMPLETING THAT SALE SHOULD LOSE THE RIGHT TO PASS COMMENT ON IT WHEN THEY HAVE ELECTED TO OBSTAIN FROM IT.

A NON-PAYING BIDDER STRIKE ISSUED AGAINST A BUYER ON A SALE AT THE END OF A NON-PAYING BIDDER DISPUTE SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE THEIR FEEDBACK PRIVELAGES ON THAT 1 SALE, AS THEY WILL ALMOST ALWAYS SEND NEGATIVE RETALIATORY FEEDBACK, AFTER THEY RECIEVE IT FOR NON-PAYMENT. 

SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT SENT PAYMENT & COMPLETED AN AUCTION SALE SHOULD FORFEIT THE RIGHT TO PASS UNFAIR COMMENT ON THAT SALE, ESPECIALLY ONCE THEY ARE ON RECORD WITH EBAY AS RECIEVING A NON-PAYING BIDDER STRIKE AGAINST THAT SALE.

WHY SHOULD I HAVE A PERMANANT BLOT ON MY EBAY MEMBER PROFILE FOR ALL TO SEE, WHEN I AM NOT THE ONE IN THE WRONG. NON-PAYERS SHOULD LOSE FEEDBACK PRIVELAGES AS A CONSEQUENCE. IT IS GROSSLY UNFAIR, & A CHANGE IN EBAY POLICY REGARDING THE ABILITY OF NON-PAYERS TO LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON A SALE THAT THEY NEVER TOOK PART IN/COMPLETED IS NEEDED.

STAYING WITH TRADITION, RENAMED FOR 2007 AS "WEBSHITE 2007" ( JANUARY 2007 - DECEMBER 2007 )

ENDED THE YEAR WITH A POSITIVE RATING OF 1214, & A TOTAL OF 1679 POSITIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS.

COMBINED WITH MY ORIGINAL ACCOUNT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 1510 POSITIVE RATING & 2063 POSITIVE COMMENTS OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD!

AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY IN 2007, I WAS GIVEN 4 NEGATIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS. AGAIN, UNJUSTIFIED & RETALIATORY FROM EITHER NON-PAYING TIMEWASTERS OR THE INCREDIBLY ANALLY PEDANTIC CHARACTERS THAT NOW SEEM TO INFEST EBAY & JUST NEG ANYONE & EVERYONE OVER THE MOST TRIVIAL OF THINGS, & WITHOUT CONTACTING YOU TO EXPLAIN WHY & ALLOW YOU CHANCE TO RECTIFY ANY PROBLEMS FIRST!

HOWEVER, WITH ONLY 8 NEGATIVES TOTAL AGAINST THE MASSIVE TOTAL OF 1679 POSITIVES RECIEVED, I REALLY SHOULD'NT LET THEM GET TO ME     ( & AS A BUYER LOOKING FOR REASSURANCE, NEITHER SHOULD YOU! )

RENAMED AGAIN FOR THE YEAR 2008 AS "WEBSHITE 2008" ( JANUARY 2008 - DECEMBER 2008 ) 

DECIDED TO HALT ALL SELLING ACTIVITY ON EBAY IN JUNE AFTER FINDING IT INCREASINGLY HARDER & HARDER TO DO SO WITH EBAYS CONTINUED DISTRUST & PERSECUTION OF THE SELLERS THAT FUND ITS EXISTENCE.

ENDING THE FAIR & EQUAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM THAT EXISTED FOR YEARS, REPLACING IT WITH AN UTTERLY ONE-SIDED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS BUYERS TO NEG & NEUTRAL WILLY-NILLY WITH IMPUNITY, THUS TARNISHING THE HARD EARNED POSITIVE REPUTATIONS OF MANY SELLERS OVER TRIVIA THROUGH SPITE.

SELLERS HOWEVER MUST ENDURE ALL MANNER OF BAD BEHAVIOUR, DISHONESTY, NON-PAYMENT, & INSULTS FROM SOME BUYERS, YET CAN ONLY SEND POSITIVE COMMENTS - OR NOTHING AT ALL!  EVEN NEUTRAL IS DENIED US TO PROTECT THE OH-SO GOLDEN BUYERS.

THE OLD SYSTEM ENSURED EVERYONE PLAYED FAIR. THERE WAS - & UNFORTUNATELY ALWAYS WILL BE - BAD OR DOWNRIGHT DODGY CHARACTERS BOTH BUYING & SELLING ON EBAY. TO TAR ALL SELLERS AS UNTRUSTWORTHY & UNDESERVING OF COMMENT WHILST SHOWING UNFETERED FAVOURITISM TO THE BUYERS IS BEYOUND UNFAIR & DOWNRIGHT STINKS!!! 

WITH THE THREAT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK GONE, I IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN NON-PAYERS AS A RESULT OF THE LACK OF COMEBACK, WHICH IS WHY I STOPPED SELLING  - AMONGST OTHER REASONS:

EBAY ALSO SEEM TO END SELLER LISTINGS ALMOST ON A LOTTERY BASIS. I'VE LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF AUCTIONS I'VE HAD CANCELLED BY EBAY FOR REASONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LISTING. WHEN I QUERY IT, I GET A STANDARD ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL AUTOMATED RESPONSE THAT BEARS NO RELATION TO THE QUESTION ASKED OR PROBLEM QUERIED. IN FACT ANY COMMUNICATION WITH EBAY THESE DAYS SEEMS TO BE A RANDOMLY SELECTED CUT-&-PASTE RESPONSE WITH THE EBAY STAFF MEMBERS NAME ADDED TO THE BOTTOM BEFORE SENDING. 

YOU NOW CANNOT SELL ON EBAY WITHOUT ACCEPTING COMPULSARY PAYPAL, THE OPTION TO ACCEPT CHEQUES OR POSTAL ORDERS REMAINS, BUT HAS TO BE SOUGHT OUT BY THE BUYER. WHEN CHECKING OUT/PAYING FOR AN ITEM, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY FIRST & FOREMOST REDIRECTED TO PAYPAL FOR PAYMENT - THUS ALLOWING EBAY/PAYPAL TO CLAIM YET MORE FEES FROM THE SELLER TO FUND THEIR EXISTENCE.

THE LIST GOES ON. I'M NOT IN BUSINESS, EBAY WAS JUST A HOBBY - A WAY TO EARN A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY. A GLORIFIED ON-LINE CAR BOOT SALE. UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS CEASED TO BE FUN & THE MONEY EARNT BARELY COVERS THE FEES & THE HASSLE  

RENAMED FOR 2009 AS "WEBSHITE 2009" ( JANUARY 2009 - PRESENT )

ENDED THE YEAR WITH A POSITIVE RATING OF 1606, & A TOTAL OF 2054 POSITIVE FEEDBACK COMMENTS.

COMBINED WITH MY ORIGINAL ACCOUNT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 1902 POSITIVE RATING & 2438 POSITIVE COMMENTS OVER A 6 YEAR PERIOD.