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THEORY: Ebay is why everything sucks now

people quickly realized that negative reviews don't mean shi...
slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
amazon is more fake review prone than ebay
floppy volcanic crater national security agency
  12/12/25
amazon was a book store when all of the ebay review shit sta...
slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
wut? negative feedback on ebay matters a ton and it's a cle...
brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike
  12/12/25
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Big bronze lodge feces
  12/12/25
it used to. now they have negative reviews fade quickly or s...
titillating pocket flask tattoo
  12/12/25
The entire idea of reviews started with ebay, though.
slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
ebay the feedback is of the seller as a way to vet if they a...
brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike
  12/12/25
this is a great point. shifting to reviewing the product abs...
slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
because ebay was the first major person to person ecommerce ...
titillating pocket flask tattoo
  12/12/25
lol same with the money orders. it would take like nearly a...
brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike
  12/12/25
i remember getting like a mid-90s nokia brick phone off ebay...
titillating pocket flask tattoo
  12/12/25
having some centralized metric makes sense and I agree that ...
slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
back in the early days of the libertarian anti-GC internet i...
titillating pocket flask tattoo
  12/12/25
they realized the "don't" in "don't be evil&q...
slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
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titillating pocket flask tattoo
  12/12/25
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Big bronze lodge feces
  12/12/25
they show the last 12 months detail, total feedback score an...
brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike
  12/12/25
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Know-it-all bistre depressive hell
  12/12/25
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purple odious rigor
  12/13/25
A++++++
maize beady-eyed church tank
  12/12/25
Jews actually
electric whorehouse cuckold
  12/12/25
ironically even if that is true, ebay is still one of the be...
Vibrant Ruddy Jap
  12/12/25
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slate fiercely-loyal theater stage
  12/12/25
I have a 500+ review perfect 5.0 star eBay account. How much...
shimmering fragrant double fault
  12/13/25


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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage

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: floppy volcanic crater national security agency

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: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage

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: brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike

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: Big bronze lodge feces



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: titillating pocket flask tattoo

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: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage

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: brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike

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: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage

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: titillating pocket flask tattoo

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: brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike

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: titillating pocket flask tattoo

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: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage

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: titillating pocket flask tattoo

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: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage

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: titillating pocket flask tattoo



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Date: December 12th, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: Big bronze lodge feces



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:36 AM
Author: brindle insanely creepy institution preventive strike

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: Know-it-all bistre depressive hell



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:42 AM
Author: purple odious rigor



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Date: December 12th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: maize beady-eyed church tank

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: electric whorehouse cuckold

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: Vibrant Ruddy Jap

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: slate fiercely-loyal theater stage



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Date: December 13th, 2025 1:44 AM
Author: shimmering fragrant double fault

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)