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Is ebay feedback worth anything on Audiogon?

I guess I'm curious as to the value of stating "check my feedback on ebay" when someone has little or no audiogon feedback history. While I may be cautious of new sellers here (it doesn't mean I won't buy from them, I do and we were all new once), sending me to ebay for feedback usually turns me away from the ad. I don't buy or sell on ebay because it's such a scammers paradise. Does ebay feedback matter?
Another thing while I'm up at 4am, how hard is it to put the "New Retail" price in the ad? Items that are 4-5 years old I understand, memory fades, but something bought within the last year or within the last month? If I have to do the seller's reseach in this regard, I skip the ad. All of those boxes are there to fill out to help sellers. The more information, the better.
It's 5:30 now and I guess I'll get some coffee. Good morning everybody.
mt10425

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Interesting thread.
No one who has ever contacted us through audiogon and
told us to check their ebay feedback has ever bought anything.
"Check my ebay feedback" is kind of an inside dealer joke.
"A+++ ebayer super sale" (ie; $4 sale...).
A staff member at a hifi site once told us:
"For an accurate ebay feedback rating just take
the members ebay feedback and divide it by 100".
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