Amitavaji, sellers are no lambs, that much i can say with certainty!!
The way i see it, Indians have always been miserly when it comes to praising someone. We are all victims of social conditioning wherein we are told not to praise someone unless there is an angle in it for you, OR don't praise otherwise you will have less leverage, OR some other such rubbish. As an example, i had praised a seller because he was a genuine good seller and he had praised me back me in his feedback, but the minute i challenged some other slanderous seller here in the forums to check my feedback score, he was quick to jump in and 'support the cause'. It left me with a feeling that he was almost regretting his feedback - that he would somehow fall out of favor with other sellers.
But there are some issues from eBay's side also. One is the issue with newbie buyers not understanding the feedback system, which is a failure on eBay's part to effectively and
visibly place help links in strategic locations.
I guess
the point i am trying to make is that 4.25 wouldn't be an unreasonable DSR cutoff for sellers in eBay-India. On the other hand, though, feedback scores have not mattered much because i have had my share of bad experiences with high DSR sellers and vice versa. At most, they are guidelines not gospel.
-- Signature: I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
-- Signature: I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
