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THEORY: Ebay is why everything sucks now

people quickly realized that negative reviews don't mean shi...
Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
amazon is more fake review prone than ebay
Cerise Motley Sound Barrier
  12/12/25
amazon was a book store when all of the ebay review shit sta...
Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
wut? negative feedback on ebay matters a ton and it's a cle...
rebellious exhilarant jap
  12/12/25
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Jet-lagged misunderstood school
  12/12/25
it used to. now they have negative reviews fade quickly or s...
Twisted background story main people
  12/12/25
The entire idea of reviews started with ebay, though.
Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
ebay the feedback is of the seller as a way to vet if they a...
rebellious exhilarant jap
  12/12/25
this is a great point. shifting to reviewing the product abs...
Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
because ebay was the first major person to person ecommerce ...
Twisted background story main people
  12/12/25
lol same with the money orders. it would take like nearly a...
rebellious exhilarant jap
  12/12/25
i remember getting like a mid-90s nokia brick phone off ebay...
Twisted background story main people
  12/12/25
having some centralized metric makes sense and I agree that ...
Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
back in the early days of the libertarian anti-GC internet i...
Twisted background story main people
  12/12/25
they realized the "don't" in "don't be evil&q...
Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
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Twisted background story main people
  12/12/25
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Jet-lagged misunderstood school
  12/12/25
they show the last 12 months detail, total feedback score an...
rebellious exhilarant jap
  12/12/25
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Aphrodisiac Community Account
  12/12/25
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azure arrogant coffee pot
  12/13/25
A++++++
Laughsome selfie masturbator
  12/12/25
Jews actually
pale organic girlfriend
  12/12/25
ironically even if that is true, ebay is still one of the be...
histrionic autistic kitty cat
  12/12/25
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Deranged passionate range dog poop
  12/12/25
I have a 500+ review perfect 5.0 star eBay account. How much...
Racy base famous landscape painting
  12/13/25


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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop

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=5310911",#49504177)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:59 AM
Author: Cerise Motley Sound Barrier

amazon is more fake review prone than ebay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504178)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:11 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop

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=5310911",#49504208)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:20 AM
Author: rebellious exhilarant jap

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=5310911",#49504236)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:20 AM
Author: Jet-lagged misunderstood school



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: Twisted background story main people

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=5310911",#49504251)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:33 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop

The entire idea of reviews started with ebay, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504270)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: rebellious exhilarant jap

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=5310911",#49504287)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:46 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop

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=5310911",#49504309)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:42 AM
Author: Twisted background story main people

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=5310911",#49504292)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: rebellious exhilarant jap

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=5310911",#49504296)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: Twisted background story main people

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=5310911",#49504349)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop

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=5310911",#49504299)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:53 AM
Author: Twisted background story main people

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=5310911",#49504333)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop

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=5310911",#49504341)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: Twisted background story main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504351)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: Jet-lagged misunderstood school



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: rebellious exhilarant jap

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=5310911",#49504279)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac Community Account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504268)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:42 AM
Author: azure arrogant coffee pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49506301)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Laughsome selfie masturbator

A++++++

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504242)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: pale organic girlfriend

Jews actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504288)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: histrionic autistic kitty cat

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=5310911",#49504294)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Deranged passionate range dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5809462&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310911",#49504300)



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:44 AM
Author: Racy base famous landscape painting

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=5310911",#49506303)