Note To All Buyers

Your feedback score means nothing to us sellers. Those of us who sell all the time are irritate with the feedback system therefore we do not participate in it. Feedback once upon a time used to be a tool that helped us sellers know who the PITA buyers were but that no longer applies since ebay changed the rules. and to be honest who really uses a broken tool. The only feedback that matters with buyers is feedback left for sellers. There is no point in leaving feedback for buyers since it only matters to buyers. It's the buyers that are suspending the good sellers because they want their pointless positive feedback....so they are leaving negs and 1 stars across the board. In doing that the buyers are only hurting themselves. But in my knowledge buyers love to bite their nose to spite their face. I have had a buyer today that has done this and now I am a below avarage seller. Even though I sell hard to find glass and items. On Friday I am leaving. And if the low self esteem buyers keep doing this the rest of the sellers will leave too.|||If your customers are important to you, I would think that what is important to an evidently significant amount of them would also be important to you. Indeed, it appears to be anything but pointless, & there giving neg feedback as a result to you not leaving any for them has hurt you directly. This should have nothing to do w/ how you feel about eBay's policies, but instead should have everything to do w/ you having the opportunity to give thanks to your customers. After all if you do not take good care of your customers, I am sure some one else out there will.|||OP~~Speak for yourself and don't include ALL sellers in your "view". I LOVE and HONOR all my buyers. I do the best I can to take care of them. I leave feedback when I send the item~~I don't wait to see if they are happy. I have done the best I can and feel confident enough in my description, shipping, etc. to do that. I let them know their item has shipped and give them the USPS tracking number when the item is sent so they can make sure someone is home to accept the delivery. I do the best I can . It has paid off in the long run for me. Don't speak for other sellers as to YOUR feelings at the moment~NOT all of us agree with your logic.|||I am a seller and I participate in it! I am also a buyer! Funny, if you are going to let one buyer get the best of you, I think you are silly...no offense!|||I make feedback work for me as a seller. I leave feedback immediately after packing up my items and include the shipping invoice number from Paypal. This allows my buyer to know immediately that the item is on its way. In some few cases it may give a certain amount of tracking. It certainly gives Delivery Confirmation. For me this cuts down the queries about when and if the item shipped, particularly important since I am in Canada and most of my sales are cross-border. It also discourages specious INR claims since the DC number is there for all to see.|||Well buyer feedback is much of useful tool as it once was! Since there is no way too know if the Buyer has a history of PITA or Payment issues .|||Buyers are not to leave feedback based on whether or not they received feedback. How is the seller suppose to know if the buyer is happy with the widget if the seller has had no communication with the buyer or left feedback for the seller. A buyer should at least be able to message the seller through ebay to let the seller know if they are satisfied or not before leaving feedback. I never leave feedback as a seller until I've heard from the buyer..================================================== Yes I do sell on ebay, this is my buying ID.|||I guess we know why the OP needed a brand spanking new posting ID.|||Ebay is the one you should be blaming. Ebay is the one who is pitting buyers and sellers against each other. Ebay is the one who keeps telling buyers that 4 is good then suspending sellers for the very same rating. Buyers for the most part are honest and good. They think they're participating in a system that helps the community. Instead, they are being used to hurt good sellers. BTW, except for a very few twisted people, I truly believe most "bad buyers" are competing sellers||||||Even feedback from the buyer doesn't always tell you anything as to if they are happy or not. Example~got one last night on a NEW juicer I sold~it only says "ddd". It's a positive but what does it mean?? I'm not going to ask but just be thankful my DSR's are still up there and that it was a positive.|||The OP should have left 6 months ago if he/she cares so little about their buyers. I always leave feedback for a seller but I only have about a 50% feedback from them. To each his/her own..|||"The OP should have left 6 months ago if he/she cares so little about their buyers." Don't assume the OP doesn't care about buyers. It might be about the frustration with the system. Not everyone has the same problems or experiences, and we should never judge based on our own limited experience.|||Thank you but I'm going by what the op said. Not assuming anything.. It could be you assuming the op is posting out of frustration..|||Please show me were in the OP it says, "I don't care about buyers".