Negative feedback about another seller dropped my lifetime rating from 100% to 75%

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Negative feedback about another seller dropped my lifetime rating from 100% to 75%

A customer purchased You purchased a three volume set of books on Bach from my store. My lifetime feedback rating dropped from 100% to 75% due this review for another seller's non-book product which the customer erroneously posted to my store.

Customer wrote this, "I had watched the video, but it is speeded up and impossible to understand what is being shown. Further another problem is that the thermometer is unattached in the box, and there were not the correct washers provided to create an air tight seal to the lid. In the video the thermometer is already attached to the lid. I also do not wish to pay to return a defective product."

Clearly not related to the product I delivered, but there is nothing I can do about it in feedback manager as this type of thing is not addressed there.

Unfortunately, am an occasional seller with a small inventory so this one erroneous negative feedback blasted my rating. I am concerned that this will damage my ability to sell.

I created a public response but that does nothing to fix the first impressions new buyers have when the first thing they see is my erroneous rating next to the offer. Is there any way to have this changed?

At a higher level this reflects a design flaw in Amazon's system which will negatively affect sales and sellers trust of the platform. It is not good for buyers or Amazon either as it overrides and inverts the value of customer feedback, then publishes this false knowledge into the system so that over time it is possible for the feedback process to do exactly the opposite of what it is intended for.

The root cause of this can be addressed by Amazon. I would love to help but have found no way to communicate with Amazon that generates a meaningful response or dialogue.

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Seller_nRFmxiQg4EGrw

Unless a feedback violates very specific rules, Amazon will do nothing. Sadly, and as obviously stupid as can be, "clearly for a different product" is not one of the reasons.

I sell only books. Somewhere long back, I have a feedback along the lines of "These boots aren't made of real leather". Amazon does nothing. This has been the case since before I was selling here (7+ years).

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Seller_1T2lQGbwtB8x9

You can request removal of the feedback for being a product review not seller feedback.

Should not be a problem at all.

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Seller_Etedb4FUvUJhq

You can get this resolved if you contact seller support before you appeal the feedback, or you can contact the buyer and let them know their mistake, or you can take the time to write a concise appeal, letting them know the feedback is a product review for a product you did not sell the buyer. But just don't click "appeal" and assume it will all work out. Also if you only have 4 feedback the easiest way to fix the percentage is to get more feedback.

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Seller_qPaT2CbQZqoYc

request a removal of the feedback because its related to the product not your company. its easy

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Seller_2Gr1Sb6WPYx2g

You can reach out to the customer through Amazon messaging, and ask them to revise their feedback. Some customers actually do 'just make mistakes' and if this is a normal person they will read your message and use the link provided in your message to revise the feedback.

I just did this a week ago for a similar situation.

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Seller_x8APpwHRolOM2

I too am a very small bookseller and received unrelated feedback once. I emailed seller support and they removed the feedback. Be the squeaky wheel and don't give up. I'm sorry this happened to you.

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Seller_DdmPiA1p1S2Wu

Really your only hope is to send the buyer a message asking them to remove the feedback since it was accidentally left for the wrong seller and provide them to the link to do so. The buyer may or may not read your message, and they may or may not care. Amazon could fix their feedback page to make it less confusing to prevent this from happening all the time, but it doesn't appear to be a high priority for them.

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Seller_WtOwWhtSrFjva

How have you tried to have it removed?

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Blake_Amazon

Hey @Cool_Stuff_nbooks, as others have recommended, you can request that this feedback be removed. It is not guaranteed that the request will be accepted, but this help page goes into more detail on how to do so!

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Seller_bLpzUne3tRjkG

This happened to me recently. I wrote to the customer and asked them to remove it, which thankfully they did immediately. It really should be an automatic removal, though.

In general, the removal rules seem arbitrary and capriciously enforced.

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