Something we already know about!

[LilyPily]

Online shopping giant eBay doesn’t allow sellers to leave negative feedback for buyers | News.com.au

[Salvo]

Sounds like she just got pissed about sending the item before getting paid... why would you do that???

My parents ask me all the time about selling online, and I remember that question "Do I send it before I get paid?" NO! It's not theirs if they didn't pay silly!

EB is very buyer-sided though. And no real backlash if a buyer backs out, just an email saying dont do that again. They really should hold up the terms of service and auto-debit the paypal account of the buyer. I mean, they do it to sellers for chargebacks, returns, fees, whatever reason really while buyers can just **** all on sellers if they want.

[Gamefreak]

from the article


Well it may not be a secret exactly but it certainly makes a mess of profiles on the world’s biggest online marketplace, where $76 billion worth of goods changes hands every day.

everyday? 76 billion

[rsot]

How much % of that is for f*ke goods?

[vogeltron]

Anyone who goes back far enough. When feedback of all variations could be left for both parties lots of buyers were a little bit less empowered to pull some the shenanigans they do now.

[rsot]

Tell me about it vogeltron - I just got an e-mail from a buyer who clearly said 'Please leave positive feedback - if you don't, I will leave negative feedback and you have no way of leaving negative for me' Hah outrageous!

[GreenBean]

then implement the REPORT BUYER function.

feedback extortion

Yikes.

[JamesNorth101]

Bit daft to send the item out before she was paid IMO. What did she think was going to happen?

Also a bit naive to have an auction end a day before they went overseas. Far too often buyers take several days to pay.

[rsot]

I dealt with it promptly and in the ways all discussed