Is ebay feedback worth anything on Audiogon?

I've sold on both and bought on eBay. Feedback is important, but it's only a vague indicator. For eBay, if someone has less than 99% positive, it's a warning sign. Most important is to read the negative feedback—that's revealing. AND watch out for neutral feedback. It's a pulled punch. I had one not so good transaction with a seller on eBay. Everything worked out only because of my calm, polite, INSISTANCE to return item and be refunded. I should have given the seller negative feedback, but settled for none. Remember, feedback is mutual. We all want to keep our own record good and I knew from our interaction that a negative would have been revenged with a negative. So sometimes there is 'hidden' feedback, the feedback never given. The point is, if everyone truly posted the deserved feedback, there'd be much more negative than there is.

Is it not worth the price of a potential long term/serious/active member to buy or sell even some lower priced items here on Agon' to develop a decent, if not slight, feedback?
I think it is worth buying, let's say, a Signal power cord ($60) or a few c.d.'s ($20,) cheaper interconnects, or whatever.
Spend a few dollars, initiate or respond to a few threads, gain some respect, and, through a short amount of time earn some trust.
Feedback on another sight to me means just that. Feedback on another sight. No real credibility here, folks.

While everyone is venting out. I may as well do the same. E-bay means nothing,period! Let'see if I can go on E-bay (where I have zero feedback) and say I have excellent feedback on Audiogon! I'm sure they would get a good laugh out of that one.I've been on this site since 1999. (those were the good old days)I've built an impeccable feedback. I've even done at least 35 or 40 positive transaction where no feedback was exchanged at all for whatever reason or another. I've never missrepresented anything and have conducted myself in a professional manner. I even tried my hand at being a dealer for a while. That was the most money I've ever lost! I was too nice and gave way too much discounts to so called friends(it's amazing the amount of friends you have when you can buy stuff 40 to 50% off).The whole point of feedback(at least the old method) is to build a reputation. I saw a product not long ago and the person had no feedback so, I emailed and said that if they were willing to send me the product COD that I would purchase it. They declined, they were not interested in trying to build a good rep.they just wanted someone to trust them on air! I'm sorry we're talking people's hard earned money here.Oh while I'm at it, I'm not a computer guru so digital cameras are beyond me. My feedback is perfect and I've sold $15,000.00 speakers recently to an individual who trusted that feedback and many e-mails.He never got a picture from me. He asked and I told him I just couldn't, he trusted me solely on my feedback. He got a great deal on the speakers and if you ask him I'm sure he's happier than hog in mud. I don't misrep anything. I've bought items that had a beautiful picture that I when I got the item it was in worse shape than the pictures revealed. Pictures can sometimes make things look better than they actually are! You who have tried some internet dating sites can say amen to that. If people expect to sell stuff with no feedback and use pretty pictures and all the carefully placed words and marketing skills they may posses then they can buy products from me with perfect feedback and no picture! With that said until I obtain a digital camera and learn to use it I'll not be including pictures in my adds.

Definitely its important to deal with Seller with good postive feedback whether its audiogon or ebay. So far my experience in audiogon is excellent with seller with low feedback. However on ebay, its treading on dangerous water if u deal with anyone with low feedback. Even power seller can be unreliable. I have a couple of bad experience in ebay. Last year I have a seller www.watchstore24.de whom I won a bid ( accidentally- too long a story to explain) for a watch worth USD17600 ( tht what the bull at the watch site) for only USd1035. When I receive the watch its packaging is worse that a cheap japanese watch seller for USD50. I immediately contacted seller for refund and he reluctantly agreed. However when I sent it to him, he turn around and complain to ebay i didnt pay for the watch and thru paypal denied that he has received it. I have to go thru Germany post ( took me 5mths ) to proof that he actually signed for it. Finally he paid after 5 mths and ebay/paypal ruled in his favour 5mths ago. Another seller refused to sell an item that I won and there is nothing I can do despite complaining to ebay. However if U bid and won and dont pay, Seller can send u an unpaid strike. How is tht for fairness
Recently I was conned by Dingbat$ and when I complain to ebay, after 2 weeks only 1 response fr ebay and till now still investigating and now he is continue his conning way
BEWARE OF DINGBAT$ (EBAY)
As for audiogon, good experience with every sellers I have deal with so far even those with low feedback. However I thk we shld proceed with cautious with low feedback sellers

I noticed most of the time a Ebay review is nothing more than a copy of the original review the manufacturer used orginally.