Reading Feedback CommentsAnd Contacting Other Users

You can also read the individual comments left by other users by going to the user's Member Profile page. To access this page, just click the user's name or feedback number.

The Member Profile page, like the one shown in Figure 3.2, includes a lot of information you can use to judge the trustworthiness of other users. At the top of the page is the user's Feedback Score, followed by the Positive Feedback percentage. You'll also see the raw numbersthe number of members who left positive feedback, and the number who left negative feedback. Recent feedback ratings are summarized in the Recent Ratings table.

Figure 3.2. A typical Member Profile page; hey, people like this guy!

To the right of the Recent Ratings Table are links you can use to find out even more about this userhis ID History, current Items for Sale, a link to his eBay Store (if he has one), and a similar link to his About Me page (again, if he has one). Below these links is a Contact Member button; click this to send an e-mail to this user.

Below the summary information is a list of all the feedback comments for this user. You can click a tab to view All Feedback Received, just those comments From Buyers or From Sellers, or comments that this user Left for Others.

Tip

You can also use the Member Profile page to read feedback comments about youjust click your own member name on any page. (Even more convenient: Go to your My eBay Feedback page.)