Stupendous Man wrote:
I can't help feeling that the underlying problem has always been that
people
(from day one) left positive feedback for ordinary transactions.


Definitley. Negative feedback is the only useful feedback.
Well, the positive is useful statistically. If some seller has 13,000
positives this month, it tells you they are a HUGE shop, and you can't
expect individual service. There's no point in looking at any
particular one except as a pointer to see what items this seller has
been selling.

http://www.toolhaus.org/
I don't buy anything until I have run the seller here. The new system
will foul that up.


Oh, maybe that is WHY eBay is doing this - they don't want anyone looking
over their shoulders!

Jon