Apple _1_ on ebay???

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>>> 255 transactions is enough to get a good picture

Good point.  For example, I've got 29 transactions, with one negative.  But
in that user's feedback, anyone can see that he's just a big moron.  (To my
amusement, he even wrote in all caps, "SELLERS BEWARE!")  Alas, my ranking
is 96.7 percent.


-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Director
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 12:03 AM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only'
Subject: RE: Apple _1_ on ebay???

For a while I did some buying of stuff on eBay to jump-start our museum. One
thing I learned is to look at the feedback score of a seller. Anything less
than 99% should be a huge red flag unless the seller has only a few deals,
in which case one misunderstanding can kill the number. 

255 transactions is enough to get a good picture. < 98%. Run, don't walk, to
the nearest exit. At the very least this guy is going to be argumentative.
Also note that not a single one of those negatives was resolved
satisfactorily.

HTH,

Gil

Please note changed email address:
gcarrick at uta.edu

A. G. (Gil) Carrick, Director
The Museum at CSE
Coach - ICPC Programming Team
University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Computer Science & Engineering Box 19015, 471 S Cooper Street
Arlington, TX 76019 817-272-3620 http://www.cse.uta.edu/TheMuseum@CSE/