Jeff’s a loser because…

1. He had a handle bar mustache by choice. (that’s right, by choice).
2. He shared a room (and bed?) with Jon Heinl on their honeymoon getaway to SES SJ 2k8.
3. He is taller than me, and thinks that makes him a tough guy.
4. He cries at night (and sometimes during the day too) because KrazyKorean taunts him at work.
5. He made a wedding site because his future wife made him, and the main pic is titled “mom’s fav 2″, aww how cute.
6. He listens to cold play,
7. Has a rainbow bumper sticker on his car that says, “I love it when balls are in my face.”
8. He macramed himself a pair of jean shorts.
9. He has Mariah Carey on his ipod and itunes reports it as his #1 listened to artist.
10. He went to college in Iowa so he loves John Cougar Mellencamp and Christmas sweaters

and he’s clearly not SEO Champion because some dbag in the sessions at SES obviously is, and if he wasn’t I’d clearly beat out Jeff.

So a couple weeks ago I decided to go and start putting up some kicks for sale since I have enough pairs to wear a new one each day for like two months straight. One of them was extremely limited, retailed for a grip when they came out and are in high demand. The auction ends for an absurdly high price, and I’m happy. Two days later instead of getting my paypal email confirming payment, the buyer writes me telling me he’s not going to pay for it. Ok, once again no big deal since deadbeat bidders are a dime a dozen and that’s just how the game works.

So I start the usual recourse, file a non-paying bidder claim and leave negative feedback for them. When I go and do this, low and behold the bastards changed the feedback system. “Starting in May, sellers will no longer be able to leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers.”

And their reasoning is:

No negative or neutral Feedback for buyers
The previous system prevented buyers from leaving honest Feedback since they feared retaliation from the sellers if they left a negative. This made it harder for buyers to distinguish between sellers while making bidding or buying decisions. In addition, when buyers received negative Feedback, they reduced their activity in the marketplace, which in-turn harmed sellers.

To further escalate the bullshit factor, if you want to get your final value fee back you have 2 options. One is to tell ebay both buyer and seller agreed not to complete the transaction, and as soon as the other party agrees you get refunded (which leaves no bad marks on the deadbeat buyers account). Or the extra special screw the seller again option to file a non-payment claim. This can only be done 14 days after the auction has ended. Once it’s filed, the buyer gets another week or 2 to respond, and after this ebay decides the outcome. Enough strikes against the buyer and their account can be disabled. So you gotta wait a month, and the public can’t even see what the scumbag did. The buyer has no reason to actually follow through with the auction anymore. Where’s the justice?!

Honestly, the system is flawed either way, but is more of a pain in the ass than ever.

Well this video is pretty insane. I have no idea how long this might have taken to produce, but kudos to the genius behind it all, Blu who created this masterpiece titled “MUTO: An Ambiguous Animation Painted on Public Walls“. This is the next level of graffiti, it’s alive.