Originally Posted by Salathe

What happens when someone comes along selling 50 $5 crappy web templates? They'll get good reviews and feedback because everything goes through quickly and smoothly and the 'clients' are happy. So, they have 50 positive feedbacks.

Now, a great designer comes along offering the world on a place for only $100/hour (minimum 6 hours) but with zero feedback?

If you were searching for a "template designer" and ordered results according to feedback... which designer would you see?

Sorry if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but I've never really liked the idea of these feedback systems whether they "work" or not.