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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 387861, member: 4626&quot;]Well there&#039;s still a reasonable system in place for such a thing.&nbsp; About the only justified reason I can think of for a seller to give a buyer a negative feedback is if they don&#039;t pay the agreed upon price, and the non-paying bidder process still works fine for that.&nbsp; A buyer gets enough of those he&#039;s likely to get NARU&#039;D pretty quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never got the idea behind buyer feedback anyway... if <i>I&#039;m</i> the one giving <i>you</i> money, why should I have to prove that <i>I</i> can be trusted?&nbsp; The buyer is risking his money against the hope that the seller is honest enough to give him what he paid for... the only thing the seller has at risk is his eBay fees (which are partially refundable if the bidder doesn&#039;t pay) and the opportunity cost if the item doesn&#039;t sell.&nbsp; If the bidder doesn&#039;t pay, don&#039;t send the item and open up a non-bidding complaint.&nbsp; (And block him from future auctions of yours.)&nbsp; If the buyer tries a chargeback after having received the item or some such, same thing; contest it, open an eBay complaint, block him, etc.&nbsp; All of that is more effective that negative feedback anyway, and if a buyer makes a habit of it he&#039;ll get NARU&#039;d pretty quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>As it is now, buyer feedback is essentially meaningless.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t possibly leave a buyer neutral or negative feedback, positive feedback means nothing except as a count of completed transactions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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