Jim Yanik wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in
:

No, I don't check seller ratings.

They are a very good clue to reliability and honesty of the seller.
Same goes for the comments that are collected from satisfied or
unsatisfied buyers,on each seller.


Heh! Last weekend a seller with a positive rating of 37 put up a high-end
laptop for a one-day auction. Checking his ratings showed that all were from
him being a buyer for items under $5.00 (lawn gnomes, figurines, paperback
books, etc.).

He evidently thought a good positive rating would influence buyers too.