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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2256119, member: 36230"]Have you stopped, even for a moment over the last four years, to think about and ask yourself if, perhaps, there could be a valid reason for this? I fully understand that assuming the worst is often easiest, but that doesn't make it right.</p><p><br /></p><p> First, you may want to consider the fact that a transaction is not truly completed until the buyer receives and is pleased with their purchase, so waiting until this time to leave feedback is both reasonable and understandable. Also, think about the position ebay has placed most of their sellers in with having precious little recourse against buyers more interested in games than the wares offered. While you may have been an upstanding and honest buyer, the same certainly cannot be said for everyone. Withholding feedback until knowing a buyer is pleased may not be a strong tool or greatly benefit the seller in case of a problem, but it's something, which is certainly better than nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>You said you "buy, pay, give immediate feedback", so does this mean feedback was left long before your item had been received? It is hard to imagine you would leave feedback before knowing your part in the transaction has been fulfilled, or would recommend someone as a good seller (the reverse of a seller recommending one as a good buyer) before they've shown themselves to be one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2256119, member: 36230"]Have you stopped, even for a moment over the last four years, to think about and ask yourself if, perhaps, there could be a valid reason for this? I fully understand that assuming the worst is often easiest, but that doesn't make it right. First, you may want to consider the fact that a transaction is not truly completed until the buyer receives and is pleased with their purchase, so waiting until this time to leave feedback is both reasonable and understandable. Also, think about the position ebay has placed most of their sellers in with having precious little recourse against buyers more interested in games than the wares offered. While you may have been an upstanding and honest buyer, the same certainly cannot be said for everyone. Withholding feedback until knowing a buyer is pleased may not be a strong tool or greatly benefit the seller in case of a problem, but it's something, which is certainly better than nothing. You said you "buy, pay, give immediate feedback", so does this mean feedback was left long before your item had been received? It is hard to imagine you would leave feedback before knowing your part in the transaction has been fulfilled, or would recommend someone as a good seller (the reverse of a seller recommending one as a good buyer) before they've shown themselves to be one.[/QUOTE]
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