Sellers can't leave neutral either. I've seen both sides of this issue, as a buyer and seller.
As I've mentioned before, much to many, if not all people's ire, I am one of the sellers who withholds feedback until it is received. I don't sell often, however. (123 feedback, about half buyer, half seller.) Sometimes buyers are just incompetent morons. I have one negative from an incompetent buyer in Sweden who gave the reasons that I made certain claims in my auction. I did no such thing. I said it had two new batteries opened to ensure that it worked, and provided one picture. That's all I said, just obviously a little more wordy. He said I made claims to have a serial number, etc. Literally "etc" because he couldn't think of anything else. I had no idea what was supposed to be on it. It was a Nintendo Game n Watch handheld game. Found it in my parents basement after maybe 15 years. Anywho, thankfully, I hadn't left him a feedback yet. He sure as hell didn't deserve a positive. I'm a reasonable man. I'll listen to any complaints. This idiot didn't even bother emailing me after receiving the item. He immediately left a negative feedback. It makes me wonder if he realized his stupid mistake (I happened to look at other auctions he bought around the same time...they were all Game n Watch handhelds, so he obviously confused mine with someone else's,) and took it out on me.
Appropriately, other people left him negatives, and he eventually was no longer registered
Just because he gave me money doesn't make him a great buyer. We can't commend people when they complain about a missing/broken piece when they were somehow completely ignorant to the large "AS IS" sign above the item. (Just an example.)
That being said, I completely agree with the new system. As a buyer as well, I've been in that situation, having to refrain from giving a negative because I was sure the buyer would do the same. I bought a game. Seller had a regular description for the item within a larger, obviously stock description he used. In the stock description he used, he said some items he sells may have faults with them. In the particular item description he added, he mentioned no obvious faults about the game. I took this to mean there was nothing wrong with this particular auction, but he does sell other things that do have faults.
Well, half the case to the game was charred and screwed up. Obviously he thought by having that clause, that he was covered. I politely explained that I wasn't accepting the item in such a crappy state, and that a "coverall" clause didn't cut it. If something's wrong with a particular item, he needs to state it specifically, not hide behind some ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- clause. He had to take the time to pack it, thus he should've noticed it, so it shouldn't be a big deal to take a minute to explain any particular faults with it.
In the end, he took it back and refunded me, but it took a week of arguing with him.
I commend the new system. If a buyer is incompetent or illiterate, I just won't give them feedback. I think they should allow neutrals for them, but I'll take what I can get as a seller.
HUH? Every time I relate that story, I look at my feedback and that one negative...
They removed that negative that --cream-filled twinkie-- gave me. It had to have been in the last year. I've written two or three emails with my reasons for them removing it over the years. (They have to have auctions archived somewhere. All someone had to do was look at my auction, look at the feedback he left me, and they would realize he was lying.) Well, apparently it worked, because I couldn't find the negative, then looked, and I have 100% positive feedback again! Whenever they did it, they didn't bother to notify me.
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