capolady
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posted on June 23, 2006 03:03:44 AM new
Could someone please explain to me why it is that if you receive a neg feedback the percentage drops but when you receive the same amount of positive the percentage stays the same.
I received a negative and the percentage dropped - I have since received over 50 positives but the percentage never rises again.
How is this possible???
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pixiamom
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posted on June 23, 2006 03:51:39 AM new
Do the math. If you have 100 feedback and receive a negative, your feedback drops to 100/101= 99.0% If you then receive a positive, your score= 101/102= 99.0%
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irked
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posted on June 23, 2006 06:43:21 AM new
Yes it takes more to rais it than to lower it. and takes forever Depending on number of feedbacks you have already..
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I married my wife for her looks...but not the
ones she's been giving me lately!
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classicrock000
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posted on June 23, 2006 06:50:29 AM new
"Yes it takes more to raise it than to lower it."
being I just turned 60-I can relate to this.....
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If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
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neglus
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posted on June 23, 2006 06:56:05 AM new
I remember awhile back someone posted a link to a feedback calculator - it figured out how many positives one would need to get back to 100 %. Does anyone have the URL?
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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neglus
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posted on June 23, 2006 07:05:17 AM new
Never mind - I found the feedback calculator link:
http://home.alltel.net/micrep/feedback.html
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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DrArcane
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posted on June 23, 2006 08:31:30 AM new
Neglus, that's a really interesting calculator site.
I currently have 99.8% feedback, and it says I'll need 2365 new unique positives to get up to 99.9%.
If I want a perfect 100%, I need a perfect run of 14,365 happy people with no complaints. I try hard to please buyers, but that kind of LUCK is pretty unlikely.
I'm not sure how useful it is to realize that my feedback will almost certainly only go DOWN as time passes!
Dr. Arcane, revelator of mystical secrets
http://www.drarcane.com
Got questions about the secrets of the universe?
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TheFamilyBiz
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posted on June 23, 2006 08:35:15 AM new
Okay - want to see something depressing? (not that we need it, of couse, but knowledge is power...)
If you have a 99.9% positive feedback now with 2 negatives - and you want to raise it to 100% - you will need a total of 3998 positive feedback to counter those negatives.
Now, if you get another negative, just hope that you have more than around 2,000 positives to maintain that 99.9% feedback rating. Get a 4th neg and you'll need about 600 more positives to bring you back to 99.9%.
Isn't math wonderful? Wouldn't have been able to calculate it though without that handy calculator...
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
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capolady
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posted on June 23, 2006 08:43:41 AM new
Thanks for the assistance - I appreciate it
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DrArcane
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posted on June 23, 2006 08:51:09 AM new
It's not that hard to figure manually.
1/1000 = 99.90%
1/2000 = 99.95%
eBay uses one decimal place in the percentage, so in order for your score to round up to 100%, you must hit the 99.95% point.
In other words, to maintain a perfect score, you must have AT LEAST 2000 positives for every single negative.
Dr. Arcane, revelator of mystical secrets
http://www.drarcane.com
Got questions about the secrets of the universe?
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 23, 2006 11:34:24 AM new
Are people beginning to see why I have stated for years that feedback is meaningless? And worrying about it is a waste of precious time, not to mention psychic energy?
Anyone who's obsessed with their feedback needs to get a life. You won't find IT on eBay.
fLufF
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 23, 2006 11:39:32 AM new
I know you know this, Wayne, but it's actually worse than you say:
If you have a 99.9% positive feedback now with 2 negatives - and you want to raise it to 100% - you will need a total of 3998 positive feedback to counter those negatives.
You will need a total of 3998 unique positive feedbacks to counter those negatives.
For most people that is well nigh impossible.
The only way to counter this is to aggressively push Mutual Feedback Withdrawal. I was recently bribed by a seller into removing the neg I'd left for him. It cost him close to 50 bucks. I tried to talk some sense into him, but no.
fLufF
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tOMWiii
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posted on June 23, 2006 12:02:00 PM new
Classic:
We're saddened to hear of yer..."personal problem..."
Ralphie would be happy to send you one of these?
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sanmar
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posted on June 23, 2006 12:50:40 PM new
Actually, you can never get to 100% although it will show as 100%. If you carry the figure out to an infitesible figuire it will be 99.00000001%
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
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classicrock000
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posted on June 23, 2006 01:03:41 PM new
yes Tom...it isnt easy being me.
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