In the appraisal business it's called grade creep, and I think that
it is an American habit...
Oh all right, it happens all over the world really :-).
Chris
At 11:32 -0800 7/3/02, Joshua Putnam wrote:
Roger Wesson wrote:
I was just having a look at what's on that well-known auction site, and
looked through a few feedback profiles. Can anyone shed any light on
why on earth so many people feel possessed to write 5 A's and 15 +'s
after their comments?? Who started it, doesn't anyone realise that it
is quite meaningless, and does it happen anywhere else on the web or in
the real world?
I don't know who started it, but it's been that way almost since the
beginning of eBay. Looking in my own feedback history, I see quite
a few A+ and A++ in 2000, growing use of multiple !!!! by late 2000,
and the first AAA+++ is in November of 2000, though that's just in
my own feedback and it might have started sooner.
Personally I try to leave more meaningful feedback, saying whether
the goods were in the condition described in the ad, shipping was
prompt, etc.
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