dandelion-vint
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The problem is that people are afraid of negative feedback. As an honest buyer, if you have a bad transaction with a seller, and the seller does not fix that bad transaction, you should not be afraid to leave negative feedback. I undertsand the fear of negative feedback relaliation, and that's the real problem with ebay's feedback system.
A negative, in a perfect ebay world, should be a way to warn other buyers that the seller is not very good to deal with. And it should also be a way for sellers to spot buyers who have bad histories as well.
But instead people are afraid to tell the truth in a negative for fear of getting negged back. And some people use the feedback system as blackmail. There's fear on both sides.
Taking negatives away from buyers isn't going to give them better transactions. I think the threat of negatives is used more against sellers than buyers. It's going to make sellers more nervous because they can still be negged no matter how quickly they ship an item, or how accurately their item was described etc. This will open up more opportunities for abuse.
A negative, in a perfect ebay world, should be a way to warn other buyers that the seller is not very good to deal with. And it should also be a way for sellers to spot buyers who have bad histories as well.
But instead people are afraid to tell the truth in a negative for fear of getting negged back. And some people use the feedback system as blackmail. There's fear on both sides.
Taking negatives away from buyers isn't going to give them better transactions. I think the threat of negatives is used more against sellers than buyers. It's going to make sellers more nervous because they can still be negged no matter how quickly they ship an item, or how accurately their item was described etc. This will open up more opportunities for abuse.