Really eBay?

eBay has a feedback system were they would like you (almost demand you) to leave your experiences about the transactions carried out through their website. But the the system is "rigged".

You see if a seller has a 95% or better of positive feedbacks, you can not leave a neutral or negative rating. Why? There is no explanation that I see in the FAQ section.

I recently had a transaction that I was not totally satisfied with, while I was not unsatisfied, it was just a neutral experience. I was not allowed to leave them a rating I believe they deserved, because they have a history of positive and satisfied customers. So I was only allowed to leave more positive feedback. How will the retailer every improve or adjust a small discrepancy?

Everyone has an off day, this may have been that day for this seller. But no one will every know it including them, because it was not allowed by eBay. Part of this is the society we have built, in that everyone is a winner, everyone gets a prize, don't be critical you may hurt someone's feelings. Also that customer service no longer exists. No longer is the customer always right...

I guess I could contact eBay with this concern, but I believe I will get some contrived pat answer and nothing would change.

On a positive note, I have received all favorable ratings and have a 100% positive rating, so I guess no one will be able to say anything bad about me.

Lost in a Parking Lot

So listening to the radio, the DJ asked if you have ever forgot where you parked your car?

I have to confess this has happened to me, but there was a reason, so I am not embarrassed about it. When we adopted my daughter, I could not stay the entire time in Viet Nam, so I came back early. It is 30 hours of travel from Hanoi to Hartford with connections. By the time I got to Hartford I was tired and stressed. I recovered my luggage and went to long term parking to take the 45 minute drive home and get some well deserved sleep. I thought I knew where I had left the car, but upon arriving at the spot, my vehicle was not there. The hunt had begun. The search soon extended to over an hour until I resorted to the use of the remote key in hope of hearing a chirp. Another agonizing 30 minutes and I was successful, thanks to modern technology.

Then there was the time I went to Yankee Stadium and parked in a lot that had valet service. After a win by the visiting Mariners, I went to a local watering hole to celebrate. Several hours later I returned to the lot to find it empty. As a slight bit of panic set in, I found an NYPD officer and asked about the lot, and if needed, filing a missing (possibly stolen) car report. He said that all the cars that are left there late are moved over to the stadium parking garage, ten minutes later I was reunited with the car and we were on the way.

Of course there was the recent hijinx I blogged about. http://the-bush-wacker.blogspot.com/2015/05/college-hijinks-at-50.html

What I Want for Father's Day and HBM update

About a year after having a HBM (handle bar mustache), I found that drinking hot liquids loosened the wax used to maintain the shape. After googling I came across a mug with a 'stache guard. There were numerous things out there.

A couple of weeks ago I was at a meeting at my daughter's school, the Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy, when a print on the wall caught my eye. It was part of a patent that the gentleman whom the school is named after, had designed and owned. I stared in awe...

It was fabulous, the item I seek and would love as a Father's Day gift was designed and patented right here in my town and my daughter's school was named in his honor. The solution to all my troubles was solved 137 years ago.

The cure to a droopy 'stache.

Now to actually find....or get one as a Father's Day gift.

Random Mutterings, Vo.l 2, Issue 317

Just another edition of what is rattling around in my head...

• Went to my godson's confirmation and was in an actually hall of worship, no lightning strikes or fire and brimstone, no one was smoted (smited?).  While I am a spiritual person, I just don't belief in or see the need for religion, but then again I don't see the need for political parties either.
• My HBM is still going, approaching 18 months of upper lip fashion. People are starting to come to me for advice.
• The Triple Crown has been accomplished once again in horse racing. Everyone is amazed that it has been done and the first time since 1978, but when you stop and think about the numbers, it is not that big of a deal. There have been 32 times that a horse (and owner/trainer/jockey) has been able to win the Triple Crown and it has been accomplished 12 times. That is over 33% and that is a good size percentage in my opinion.
  
• Life is good no matter what.

That is all...