eBay sellers can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers!

[Burn]

An easier system would have been for the feedback to only become visible once both buyer and seller had left their feedback.

At present, there's a number of sellers who don't leave feedback until the buyer has because of the whole "if they leave me negative feedback i'll do the same to them!" attitude.

Take away their ability to see the feedback until they do their job, problem solved. All this does is mask the dodgy buyers.

[griffin]

but what about dodgy buyers?

It's always been a lot easier for sellers to get buyers banned from ebay, for things like not paying, but at least now buyers have some power over the sellers (who had been dictating terms with feedback for a long time now). If sellers are prevented from leaving retaliatory feedback, you will indeed see a lot more legitimate negative feedback given to sellers who other people should avoid. Or at least, it will make sellers put more effort into their transactions, making them more reliable to us as buyers.
There will always be some dodgy buyers, but there are more dodgy sellers because there is more to gain from being a dodgy seller. And sellers probably still have some avenue available to them to report dodgy buyers.

[STL]

It appears Dirge is correct. My feedback is now over 200. It must be counting all my transactions though I do know there's been more than that. Just not everyone has left feedback. The other noticeable change is now feedback percentage is calculated as of the last 12 months which is pretty good imo.

[dirge]

Perhaps it's not the number of items but the number of transactions? I've bought several items from one seller with a single payment - 1 feedback. If I buy something else later - 1 feedback?

[iceburn]

It appears Dirge is correct. My feedback is now over 200. It must be counting all my transactions though I do know there's been more than that. Just not everyone has left feedback. The other noticeable change is now feedback percentage is calculated as of the last 12 months which is pretty good imo.

+1, back to using my old high level account and yippeeee for good reasons.....

[Vector Sigma 13]

My soundwave is real alright- 1980's real, lol has the wear to prove it. Lucky i didnt pay much for it. Thanks for the warning though. The last thing we need is people filling up the system with KO's.

[jaydisc]

Perhaps it's not the number of items but the number of transactions? I've bought several items from one seller with a single payment - 1 feedback. If I buy something else later - 1 feedback?

Isn't that what it's always been?

STL, same question to you. Your rating is 204, but you have received 302 feedback? I'm not sure how you guys are assessing this...

[STL]

Nope, I have no idea. I only see 204, 98.6% and 3 figures for the past twelve months. 4, 55 and 86 positive feedbacks. I can't find the 302 feedback anywhere. I have no idea how those monkeys are doing this.

[jaydisc]

If you click the number by your username to list feedbacks, right above the actual list of feedbacks, you'll see:

302 Feedback received (viewing 1-25)

Monkeys indeed

EDIT: I'm pretty close to being done with eBay (but unfortunately not PayPal). I have very little intention of collecting older figures any more with the current status of the Encore line. eBay is SCREAMING for a competitor.

[Borgeman]

[quote=jaydisc;22542]If you click the number by your username to list feedbacks, right above the actual list of feedbacks, you'll see:

302 Feedback received (viewing 1-25)[quote]

jays right, but you only get one feedback point per new member you deal with, hence the discrepency.

also if you click the feedback left for others tab, you can see how many feedbacks you have left, and you then will know how many feedback comments less you have received over given

George