I remember the day, the first time I had transaction on eBay as a buyer.

I remember how I kept checking my e-mail, and constantly sent follow up email to the seller, and asked how’s it going with the shipping.

I remember how I kept refreshing the shipment-tracking to see where my package located.

I remember the day.

Well, that was the first step of me, in getting my first positive star on my eBay’s feedback with a "VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION" comment, which I believe I bothered him/her enough. I started my journey in eBay world ever since, including my first time being a seller — sold my old first laptop, Acer Aspire, before I got my M1330 (read the story here ;p).

Anyway, there always the first time in every experience. Hence, I sometimes don’t really bothered by the count of stars right next to the seller’s nickname.

Seems like, the quality of yourself — or your integrity, on the Internet is judged by your "ratings." Number matters. Can’t really blame anyone since that’s how it works. People are more at ease, if they’re dealing with the Power Seller with 1 million feedbacks, that have 99% rating score, rather than with John who only has 17 feedbacks even he scored full 100%.

PowerSeller tends to do everything automatically, just like shop, and doesn’t really matter with individuality. 99% looks great, but if you check the detail-report, out of million, there are hundred negative feedbacks left within a month. Well, in other side there are also thousands of positive feedbacks.

BUT, hundreds are still a large number, … at least for John! I always think how junior tends to pay close attention with their customer, since they’re trying to maintain their rating score, because 1 negative feedback out of 20, that means 5% drop of their rating score.

Who’s got more respect actually? I’d say Junior. Or NEWBIE.

However, NOOB ruins everything. God, they just never die, are they?

This is the 3rd time I had to dispute items from eBay’s transaction. First time was a book, second was an FM transmitter, and this time is a book again. Yes, three of them got only several stars, but looks like they just forgot how to use Internet, or moving to Antarctica, and never read my e-mail order.

I purchased a text-book for my current class, and it’s been 20 days since I paid, the book hasn’t arrived. Today, eBay CS sent me an email, saying that they closed the listing, and suspend the seller for private reason. Okay… great, now I have to wait another 10 days for my Text-Book.

I got nothing else to say, rather than ranting my heart out.

Sometimes it just easier to throw few more bucks to buy a text-book on Campus Book Store, instead of Half.com,

but since we are a cheap bastards — nothing we can do about it >.>

Hey, that’s what technology for!