"Buyers, you can no longer receive negative or neutral Feedback from sellers. You should leave honest and accurate Feedback without the fear of receiving negative or neutral ratings."

People are flipping out about this change to the Ebay feedback system. I think it’s good though. I was getting a bit sick of maniac sellers writing in size 48 pink comic sans, “leaving me negative feedback will result in me leaving negative feedback for you!” Sellers already have all the power on Ebay. They can take your money, describe the item incorrectly, not post it, or jerk around and post it late. They don’t need the power to blackmail buyers with negative ratings too.

13 May 2008 / Notes