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THEORY: Ebay is why everything sucks now

people quickly realized that negative reviews don't mean shi...
Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
amazon is more fake review prone than ebay
Flushed Meetinghouse
  12/12/25
amazon was a book store when all of the ebay review shit sta...
Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
wut? negative feedback on ebay matters a ton and it's a cle...
mauve multi-billionaire temple
  12/12/25
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Nudist really tough guy
  12/12/25
it used to. now they have negative reviews fade quickly or s...
Diverse Community Account
  12/12/25
The entire idea of reviews started with ebay, though.
Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
ebay the feedback is of the seller as a way to vet if they a...
mauve multi-billionaire temple
  12/12/25
this is a great point. shifting to reviewing the product abs...
Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
because ebay was the first major person to person ecommerce ...
Diverse Community Account
  12/12/25
lol same with the money orders. it would take like nearly a...
mauve multi-billionaire temple
  12/12/25
i remember getting like a mid-90s nokia brick phone off ebay...
Diverse Community Account
  12/12/25
having some centralized metric makes sense and I agree that ...
Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
back in the early days of the libertarian anti-GC internet i...
Diverse Community Account
  12/12/25
they realized the "don't" in "don't be evil&q...
Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
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Diverse Community Account
  12/12/25
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Nudist really tough guy
  12/12/25
they show the last 12 months detail, total feedback score an...
mauve multi-billionaire temple
  12/12/25
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indigo masturbator principal's office
  12/12/25
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Charismatic blue lodge factory reset button
  12/13/25
A++++++
Tripping stage antidepressant drug
  12/12/25
Jews actually
Vigorous Volcanic Crater
  12/12/25
ironically even if that is true, ebay is still one of the be...
Motley Love Of Her Life Prole
  12/12/25
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Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete
  12/12/25
I have a 500+ review perfect 5.0 star eBay account. How much...
bearded voyeur
  12/13/25


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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete

people quickly realized that negative reviews don't mean shit and consequently dropped the quality levels on everything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504177)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:59 AM
Author: Flushed Meetinghouse

amazon is more fake review prone than ebay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504178)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete

amazon was a book store when all of the ebay review shit started.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504208)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:20 AM
Author: mauve multi-billionaire temple

wut? negative feedback on ebay matters a ton and it's a clear sign that a seller is full of shit if they have even a small handful of negatives.

Amazon reviews are next to useless by comparison except the ones by the losers who bother to poast pics of the items.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504236)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:20 AM
Author: Nudist really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504239)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: Diverse Community Account

it used to. now they have negative reviews fade quickly or something. back in the day one negative review could really fuck up your profile.

i do agree that ebay was late to the game on review score inflation and certainly not the cause of things slipping.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504251)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:33 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete

The entire idea of reviews started with ebay, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504270)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: mauve multi-billionaire temple

ebay the feedback is of the seller as a way to vet if they are legit or not. amazon and just about everywhere else you're reviewing the product.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504287)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:46 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete

this is a great point. shifting to reviewing the product absolves the seller of responsibility when you get to blame the manufacturer for Everything. it also invites a ton of jeet fraud.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504309)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:42 AM
Author: Diverse Community Account

because ebay was the first major person to person ecommerce site. having some centralized metric to gauge whether someone was a scammer is obviously important and every site since ebay has done it. especially back in the 90s when the internet was new and scary.

i remember buying stuff on ebay in high school and having to pay via mailing a money order.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504292)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: mauve multi-billionaire temple

lol same with the money orders. it would take like nearly a month from the time you won an auction before you'd actually get the item.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504296)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: Diverse Community Account

i remember getting like a mid-90s nokia brick phone off ebay with a slider form factor that had one of their first iterations of snake and feeling like an absolute badass.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504349)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete

having some centralized metric makes sense and I agree that reviews still seem like the best way to measure it. however, we all should've seen review inflation/fraud coming down the pipeline and I guess that's my entire gripe with the process. we were always Doomed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504299)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:53 AM
Author: Diverse Community Account

back in the early days of the libertarian anti-GC internet it was harder to see this coming. back then there was an incentive to keep reviews honest because the only way it would work was some sort of centralized trust rating.

ever since google removed "don't be evil" from its code of conduct the internet has become outright, unmitigated grift with no attempt to even hide it. review inflation is the same as social media being tuned to maximize screentime rather than giving you want off the bat. google doesn't care whether their reviews are accurate, now that there's few other options they care about maximizing google ads revenue and of course they're going to tee-hee forgive negative reviews for companies that pay them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504333)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete

they realized the "don't" in "don't be evil" wasn't increasing shareholder value & cut it entirely

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504341)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: Diverse Community Account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504351)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: Nudist really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504357)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: mauve multi-billionaire temple

they show the last 12 months detail, total feedback score and the year they joined. That's enough to size up the seller as not a scammer and that they aren't selling shit in worse condition than they advertise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504279)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: indigo masturbator principal's office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504268)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:42 AM
Author: Charismatic blue lodge factory reset button



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Tripping stage antidepressant drug

A++++++

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504242)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Vigorous Volcanic Crater

Jews actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504288)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: Motley Love Of Her Life Prole

ironically even if that is true, ebay is still one of the best places to buy shit on the internet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504294)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Henna National Security Agency Keepsake Machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49504300)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:44 AM
Author: bearded voyeur

I have a 500+ review perfect 5.0 star eBay account. How much could I sell this for?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49506303)