Toolhaus Quotes

Toolhaus owes much of its success - huge amounts of its success - to blogs and chatboards and the like, all around the world. Here's a collection of a few choice quotes - our thanks to all!

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18 Jun 2009 perspective is why i want to see what they got the negatives for. for example, once a long time ago, i ordered some ram from a user who had 99% positive feedback. the ram did not work. i looked back at feedback, sifted to the negatives, and saw that they were all for the same item i ordered.

11 Apr 2009 [ toolhaus link ]
I don't use it often but it is useful for some. FB doesn't bother me too much, getting used to negs now :-|

04 Jan 2009 Too bad that so many either don't use Toolhaus or are unaware of it. Everyone knows that a person could have a few less than perfect transactions.....but when you make a career out of them...OMG

14 Dec 2008 I post those toolhaus links because toolhaus is an excellent tool for users to see the long-term negatives of eBay traders, which certainly informs my buying -- based on this info, for example, I'd trade with Dennis with confidence, but probably avoid any bids on, and cancel any bids from, that other guy [name withheld], even though he hasn't got any negs recently.

23 Nov 2008 Good warning! She's scammed some of the 'big guns'! Definitely NOT smart! Bless Toohaus.org. [sic]

19 Sep 2008 [ Anyone here read Chinese? ]

我觉得很多中国卖家应该都很好的
注意看一下feedback, 尤其那些中平差评是什么原因就可以了
顺便推荐这个网站, 看fd很方便
[ Negs tool ]

13 Sep 2008 [ Anyone here read Greek? ]
για να βλέπετε ΜΟΝΟ τα αρνητικά του κάθε πωλητή(και ας είναι και παλιά) πατάτε στο παρακάτω link: http://toolhaus.org/

22 Aug 2008 Thanks for the [link to] toolhaus.org, I will be using it often. Much faster than scrolling tru all the pages of feedback. It is great.

25 Jul 2008 [ Anyone here read Spanish? ]
os consejo bien analisar antes de juzgor yo digo que era un vendedor que votaba negativo a compradores honrados y despues pedia la retirada mutua de voto para arreglar su perfil y ahora ya no puede hacerlo esta recogiendo lo que a sembrado !!!!!!!!!!!!

29 Jul 2008 when buying stuff on ebay, that site is used to the utmost by me; I don't have the nerve to wade through all the positives page by page to pick out the negs, especially when it's one of these power/schwarzenegger/platinum sellers that have feedback without end.

10 Jul 2008 OK - looked her up on toolhaus & you're right. Definitly wouldn't buy from her if I read that first. Not because of her % but the unprofessional behavior exhibited in her feedback & responses. Yikes!

21 May 2008 Now I know why Toolhaus has had that thing right at the top saying 'see this seller's 30 days negs' for a while now.

19 May 2008 [ re. False Positives ]
Would be nice if it works. Betcha eBay makes 'em take it down, though.

11 Apr 2008 When you have to check an Ebay seller don't forget to use toolhaus.org and take a look at Ratings mutually withdrawn cause many seller have good percentage but it not reflect the truth.

03 Feb 2008 Is the only way to use Toolhaus now to pay a $10 monthly fee or cand you make, has anyone made a single donation and use it for the year, a month? six months? The site doesn't really state that clearly....any help?
[ Toolhaus is free. Donations are welcomed, but not required. ]

29 Jan 2008 Yep, [bcheck] tells you who is NARU, and then gives you a list of all the valid ids to copy and paste back into your BBL. Its pretty slick :)

I cleaned out 59 of mine that way.

06 Jan 2008 if you ever purchase items from power sellers you may notice that they have 100's of negative feedback but it's impossible to back track and read it easily
[...]
I think it's about time eBay was weeded and I urge you to spread this link wide and far explaining to everyone why it is important

03 Jan 2008 [ Anyone here read Latvian? No, really - I have no idea what this means! ]
[ toolhaus link ]
Daži negatīvie feedback šim pārdevējām, pārsvarā par šito brīnumu

12 Dec 2007 That toolhaus thing is cool I'm going to investigate that. I have always wanted to read the negs people leave/receive before bidding on their items but never knew there was a way.

11 Dec 2007 [ Anyone here read Hebrew? ]
ורואים את כל RECIEVED BY מכניסים את השם של המוכר, לוחצים על
הפידבקים השליליים שלו בצורה מסודרת בלי לחפש בכל הדפים
[ toolhaus.org ]

25 Dec 2007 Wow, if you use toolhaus and read the negs they give all I can add despite not wanting to hear it is "what did you expect"?

29 Nov 2007 [ Anyone here read Hungarian? ]
Ebbe az oldalba beírod a nickjét, majd received by gomb. Negatív néző [ toolhaus.org ]

24 Nov 2007 Can someone explain toolhaus to me? Is this something you can use to look at just negative feedback? I have often wondered if there was a way to do that rather than wading through all the feedback left for someone. Any help with toolhaus is appreciated.

14 Nov 2007 [ Response to Toolhaus link, which "often gives much more info than the Ebay visible feedback." ]
The internet never ceases to amaze me.

06 Sep 2007 [ Anyone here read French? ]
je viens de trouver un site et comme d'habitude je partage avec tous les futur membres du classement forbes qui sont inscrit ici :-)
donc il suffit d'aller sur le lien que je viens d'ajouter de taper le pseudo et clické sur received by et vous n'aurez que les aval negative de l'ebayeur
http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs

26 Aug 2007 [ Anyone here read Russian? ]
Всегда нужно отзывы проверять. Хороший линк: http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs Там вам все негативные и нейтралиьные отзывы покажут за всё время.

13 Aug 2007 It's not just the number of negs Toolhaus shows. I also want to know the type of negs a seller leaves. Is the seller a name caller?, scream in all caps? Or is the seller factual and professional.
When it comes to high volume sellers - having that information can be just as valuable as knowing the number of negs received.

17 Jul 2007 One last thing. I just went through the website you offered as a tool. Is that available to anyone? Or is it Pay per View? It is Great! You are right I would not have bought from him...

13 Jun 2007 As a seller, I don't feel uncomfortable giving out this info, since I've gotten negs from two people in 9.5 years on e.bay, both over lost uninsured shipments that bidders expected me to "eat"

19 May 2007 whoa that is an awesome website!!! if that is all i get from this post it is worth it, lol. thanks :)

19 Apr 2007 [ Anyone here read Portuguese? ]
Vejam o feedback deles, esta ferramenta é boa para ver o feedback negativo do people http://www.toolhaus.org/

06 Apr 2007 I'd prefer that people not come to rely on sites like toolhaus. They won't always be around, but good common sensse and a little research will always be there.

07 Mar 2007 Boy you got that right- ebay's bleeding heart liberal feedback tools do about the minimum possible to protect buyers from such situations. But toolhaus on the other hand gets right to the truth- like Bill Oreilly.

07 Mar 2007 [ Responding to a post containing a link to Toolhaus ]
you must have gotten an especially good comfort whopper. in all the years, that's the only decent and legiimate link you've ever posted.

01 Mar 2007 That toolhaus.org! Whatta handy little thing that is! I wish I'd seen it before I ever bid on anything.
The seller I dealt with has SUCH an EXTENSIVE list of neutral and negative listings! I'm quite certain that I'd never have bid had I known.

13 Feb 2007 I was just thinking that something like this would be great after going through page after page on a seller before bidding, and here it is.

26 Jan 2007 [ "Do you think it'll work with Feedback 2.0?" ]
It's hard to tell, but the general principle that eBay uses, similar to the long-standing successful policy of Microsoft, is to actively work to screw up any activity by an outside entity.

16 Jan 2007 Why am I not able to look at/search someone's negatives in a better way than sifting through slow searches to display the 10 neg out of 3000 transactions on someone ??????
I really don't need to see the the 98% a+ smiley face emoticon accolades, I want to know what went wrong or if I am looking at some pathalogical nutjob... This seems like an obvious improvement on the FB system that could be easily implemented.

11 Jan 2007 I've known about that toolhaus thing for a a good while now, and might have used it twice.
I don't think I'd even bother to tell anyone else about it. I did just fine without it for years, just like most everyone else here has. It's a cool toy, but that's about it. I don't need it, and I'd rather not come to rely on it.

28 Dec 2006 I've seen some profiles where you would need that tool to find the positives.

26 Dec 2006 [ Anyone here read Finnish? ]
eBayn linkki, josta voi tarkistaa negatiiviset palautteet
Hei, tarkoitatkohan tätä: http://www.toolhaus.org/

21 Sep 2006 [ Anyone here read Italian? ]
Quante volte avreste voluto vedere tutti i feedback negativi di un venditore in una sola scvhermata senza andarli a cercare? la soluzione ? qui: [ toolhaus.org ]

20 Sep 2006 I use Toolhaus too, if I have some doubts. I want to see what the neutrals say and if there is a pattern with a seller (or buyer) that I should be aware of before I make my decisions. I don't think it is digging up dirt. I use whatever tools are available to help with the anonymity of the internet.

22 Jun 2006 a very useful tool. ebay should give that to every bidder. instead they act like it does not exist, since afterall, even the worst sellers generate income for ebay.

02 Feb 2006 [ "Is there a way to just view the negative feedback comments?" ]
The answer to your question is "NO".
The answer to your question should be "NO".
Hopefully, the answer to your question will always be "NO".

28 Dec 2005 Oh, in the name of all that is holy......that is the coolest and most helpful website in the world......I am totally speechless.....

18 Oct 2005 I gotta agree -- sometimes it really IS important to check out those negs. Of COURSE you take them into consideration along with the multitude (hopefully) of positives, but when you want to see what the negs were for, it's useful to have that tool to do so.

03 Jul 2005 [ Heavily edited - sorry! ]
However, my concern, if eBay makes it so easily available, is the number of people who would misuse it. When I go to toolhaus, I've notice how easy it is to get caught up in all those neg's and neutrals, [...]
This makes me think that people would just start using it all the time, getting overwhelmed by seeing nothing but neg's, and be too influenced by it, without really thinking about its useful purpose. [...]
As for the comments about "if you have to wade through that many pos's to get to the neg's".... well, when someone has 1000's of fb's, then it can take a lot of wading even with a score of like 98%. In fact, that's just the kind of situation that might send me to toolhaus.

27 Apr 2005 I have to agree with the others on the feedback left. ONE screaming, all caps feedback left can make me decide to look elsewhere for something I want. It tells me that if I have a problem they will probably be a PITA!

?? Apr 2005 That site is digusting, what is it, lets find the bad side of sellers and exploit it. I put mine in and it made the shop look like the worst site in the world when it hasn`t had any bad feedback for over a year and even then it was the usual childish non paying bidder dummy spats.

28 Feb 2005 I hate that toolhaus thing. Lame.

08 Jan 2005 [...] eBay's feedback percentage does not consider neutral feedback. The feedback search tool enables one to find these neutral comments (or negative comments hidden as neutrals) that the eBay feedback percentage hides.
The feedback search tool is far superior to what eBay offers.

30 Sep 2004 [ re. the Mutual tool ]
Awesome tools! Thanks for showing us this Mioka!
Toolhaus rockets!

15 Sep 2004 That site is HORRIBLE and a disservice to EBay users. I understand the intention but it is very dangerous and produce more harm than good.

12 Sep 2004 (Knowing the the owner of the site, the donation will go toward server costs and building his comic book collection.)