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I recently had a client place an order for my gig, a photo session. I could also see that the buyer was selling a gig that was virtually in direct competition to my own. When we discussed the gig, they even provided photos from their own gig to show as examples for what they would have liked. We all agreed and the gig was scheduled and delivery was made on time and the client said they were satisfied. 

The client gave a rating less than five stars, which though is certainly their right to do so, this is the first rating I have received less than 5 stars for any order on any of my gigs and I understand that even a 4 star rating has an affect in the end, as in the case with Fiverr and with other platforms I have used in the past. The areas of criticisms I found to be a bit strange and no mention was made by them concerning what could possibly be a problem. I found their responses before, during and after the gig to be positive, save for their rating, so I am a bit perplexed. 

I'm not one to leap to the conclusion that this person merely hired me with the intention of giving me a poor score, and so indirectly help their own gig profile, but I would like to know if anyone has encountered this before and what Fiverr has maybe done in the past to prevent this kind of thing to occur. I know that this kind of thing actually has happened before on other platforms but again, I do not want to believe this is the case and would just like to know what has been done and to prevent the possibility of something similar happening in the future. 

Any comments or advice would be most welcome. Thank you. 

Ratings from a buyer who is also selling a gig similar to my own

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