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lineofsight

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Read the rule that "If a deal did not happen, there is no iTrader Feedback to leave." Hence am curious what constitutes a "deal."

If an item is posted for sale and an "I'll take it" is posted is that a deal? If a deal, then does an "I'll take it" followed by a "withdrawn" merit a neutral rating as per "Sellers/Selling - 1. Be 100% sure that you want to sell the item"? If an `I'll take it' is not a deal then sellers rule #1 is meaningless.

Thank you in advance for the clarification. Have ~10 years of trades with only positive experiences, in last couple months one person misrepresented (KAI's excellent product service fixed it) and two people backed out of a `deal' thus perhaps am presently a little sensitive but hope that next nine years are not like the last couple months.

PS - the link "The Exchange rules still apply." in the "Read Me! Production & Midtech" sticky is dead (both folding and fixed blades forums).
 
From what I have seen here, it isn't considered a "deal" until the transaction is complete. Backing out of a claim is an annoyance...but does not merit a trader rating. (Some feel that it is worthy of posted feedback...and I believe that some form of action is taken against people that do so too often.) Buyers backing out is a part of selling in any hobby or business...and that's one of several reasons that I don't accept posted claims - it can result in lost or delayed sales when other interested buyers think the item is unavailable.
 
If money and knife are exchanged that's a deal, and from what I've gathered if the knife and money are then swapped again via a refund/return the deal never got finalized and isn't there anymore.

Negative feedback is when one of the parties is unhappy wit the deal, not when the deal didn't happen because of other issues.
 
KingMC said:
If money and knife are exchanged that's a deal, and from what I've gathered if the knife and money are then swapped again via a refund/return the deal never got finalized and isn't there anymore.

Negative feedback is when one of the parties is unhappy wit the deal, not when the deal didn't happen because of other issues.
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Proposed neutral (not negative), for (seller) backing out (as per Seller Rule 1). So money has to change hands for a deal (which means that backing out by either party effectively okay as no impact on rating) and neutral effectively not used.
 
Links have been fixed, there is still some work to be done in the sticky'd threads.
 
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