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Hello, please read the message between me and buyer . Buyer says if he does not get positive feedback buyer WILL leave negative feedback. Why hasn't this extortion expert been banned from ebay? if you read buyers feedback buyer does this on EVERY purchase.
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"I believe a transaction is complete when the buyer receives his goods and he's satisfied with it."
That statement is correct and I believe most sellers and buyers agree with it.
The question is "what does feedback have to do with "complete"?
Answer: nothing.
There is no valid reason for sellers to withhold positive feedback upon receipt of payment. It is a gesture of goodwill costing the seller nothing. Many buyers do not pay attention to feedback and the effort is wasted. However, some do. Why deny them that satisfaction?
Where is the downside? There is none.
Where is the upside? Having received positive feedback, it may persuade some buyers (those who pay attention to these things) to be more lenient in case of problem.
In other words, there is never anything to lose and sometimes there may be something to gain!
All in all, it is the right thing to do.
The withholding of feedback by sellers goes back to the "bad old days" when sellers would retaliate to (often deserved) negative feedback with same. Many sellers used feedback to keep unhappy buyers hostages. Thankfully these days are long gone since sellers can no longer leave anything but positive feedback for buyers.
I also learned something new. I didn't know what that meant, so thanks for the link Pierre!
Where is the Fringe Team?? 
You are correct. The post was removed by the monitor because it contained a link explaining the meaning of.....
Not quite. If a link leads to some questionable words and someone reports the post, it will be removed by the board monitor.
In other words - be careful what you post. There maybe someone who is trigger happy with the report button. Need I say more?
I tend to lean towards Ladystark's opinion on this one. Back several years ago, when all of the 3 types of feedback could be left by both buyer and seller, I remember reading on these very same boards about sellers who left positive feedback only to have negative or neutral left for them. That, of course, was before DSR's went into effect.
I am somewhat on the fence here. I understand Pierre's point, that if the buyer pays immediately, and you've had no issue with them, there is no reason not to leave feedback right away. But, it is true that some do not leave feedback, and in this case, ratings for the seller. As a seller, those good DSR's are far more important than feedback these days. Why, if you are happy with everything about your purchase, not leave appropriate sentiments in the form of good ratings.
Feedback is passe, and perhaps Ebay should abandon it completely to be more inline with their chief online competitor, the River. Having taken away a seller's ability to leave anything but positive feedback, perhaps eliminating feedback altogether is the best approach.
And if Kalvin is reading this, maybe the Ebay model should be modified so that sellers can leave "DETAILED BUYER RATINGS", to help eliminate problem buyers who cause constant headaches for honest sellers. One would think that would benefit all equally, attract more sellers, which should, in turn, attract more buyers. And no, I won't sing a rendition of "The Circle of Life". 🙂
A long long time ago, in the mid 50's, I remember my dad coming home one day with the French edition of
How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
He told me that may be the most important book I ever read next to the Bible.
He was right.
