Leave negative feedback on eBay, when is it safe?

[Mr. Wolf]

I'm hearing all kinds of things about leaving negative feedback on eBay.. I'm not interested in what it says about you, in fact, there is a good guide on eBay that tells you how and when to leave a good negative feedback.

For the purposes of this thread let's pretend that you in the know of how to leave negative feedback so it shows you in good light.

What I want to know when is it safe to leave negative feedback without worrying that the buyer (or the seller) will return the favor.


One obvious circumstance is when you already received positive feedback..


Let's suppose an eBay member with good feedback score, perhaps maybe 1 negative in the past, bids on your item, does not pay, does not say that he won't pay. Just simply does not pay. You give him 10 days to pay, not received, you issue unpaid item dispute, he does not reply, and you close it.

Can you safely leave negative feedback to such member? Without the fear that it will backfire and he leaves you negative feedback in return?


Let's, do all scenarios when the buyer does not pay and you issue unpaid item dispute.



I had a buyer not pay, and he been deceptive, tried to play me, etc.. So I thought I'd leave him negative feedback today, no such luck.. As soon as I closed dispute, he is no longer a registered user. Apperently too many strickes, he been banned.. Damn!

 

[Ever onward]

I don't leave ANY feedback until I've received it, positive or negative.

 

[Mr. Wolf]

I don't leave ANY feedback until I've received it, positive or negative.

Very true. As a seller I'm like that. As a buyer I know the sellers are like that, so I leave positive feedback in order to receive it. Buyer shoots first, then seller.


What I'm asking about is the circumstances where you can leave feedback, but the buyer can't. When are these circumstances, etc, etc..

 

[jesusrules]

I admit there was a guy I needed to leave positive feedback but i never got the chance to do it, cause i got to busy doing something else. witht the negative feedback i guess its alright like your saying, but yeah i guess you have to expect negative feedback for yourself. Cause people are jerks sometimes and they get all mad..its like if you dont want to buy an item dont say you will. I hate when people do that.

 

[azanon]

(theory) You could wait until the 90th day (last day to leave comments), fire off a negative, and hope they don't log into eBay that day.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Can you just objectively tell the facts?

 

[Mr. Wolf]

(theory) You could wait until the 90th day (last day to leave comments), fire off a negative, and hope they don't log into eBay that day.

I did that, and prove the theory wrong. On the 90th day, supposedly the last day item is available in My eBay. But the thing is, seller clicked the item number in her feedback, and left me a negative in return.

Yes, item stays for up to 90 days in My eBay, and for up to 90 days in feedback - after it stays in feedback for 90 days. If you left it at the end of 90 days, it's only day 1 in feedback.



Fancisco.. State the facs in negative feedback, it back fires. Guy goes, ahhh, you son of a b1tch, you did that to me, I'll return you the favor.. It's like that in life, it's like that on eBay, everywhere.. It would take a trully self disciplined person to not leave a retaliatory feedback.

 

[azanon]

Can you just objectively tell the facts?

No. Though I don't write this out as policy, I provide an unspoken customer guarantee that they will receive negative feedback if i do. Its only fair.

 

[magnet7]

dude, what's with you and the ebay threads?

this isn't the ebay discussion board. if you want to talk ebay, go to their forums, there are thousands of people who you can talk to who are actually doing this daily: http://pages.ebay.com/community/boards/index.html

 

[azanon]

dude, what's with you and the ebay threads?

this isn't the ebay discussion board. if you want to talk ebay, go to their forums, there are thousands of people who you can talk to who are actually doing this daily: http://pages.ebay.com/community/boards/index.html

5 posts and you're already moderating here?

 

[magnet7]

5 posts and you're already moderating here?

no, but it's stupid to post about ebay on a dating forum. if you don't agree maybe you should get your eyes checked. last time i looked this place was called the "don juan discussion" not the let's talk about ebay forum. yeah, it's "anything else" but this is like the 6th thread by the same guy talking about ebay. i think he should check out ebay-related forums if he likes to talk about it so much. like if you're going to make 9 threads on supercharging your civic, you should probably be on a honda civic forum, not here. you'll get more knowledgeable answers and you won't clog up another forum with too much un-related content.

post count shouldn't mean anything. i can read without having to post. just because you have over a thousand posts doesn't make you a guru...just means you waste a lot of time here. good for you.

anyway, i guess you just don't get it. you must be cooler than me.

edit: the 'frustration' in my post is because i've made 2 threads in the general discussion with 0 responses. relevant questions too, but no response. you'd rather talk about ebay i guess.

 

[Mr. Wolf]

^^Whatever.


Let's get back to topic. I know some of you have experience, good and bad. Tell us.

 

[Kev07]

I think one time a seller was scared to leave me bad feedback so she just gave me neutral.

I don't really know though, never had to deal with this situation, only when people don't leave feedback at all

 

[iqqi]

If you file an unpaid item dispute, and they get a strike, they can't leave you feedback at all, but you can leave them neg feedback.

 

[g g g unit]

What's the big deal about leaving negative feedback, have i missed something???

 

[Mr. Wolf]

If you file an unpaid item dispute, and they get a strike, they can't leave you feedback at all, but you can leave them neg feedback.

This is where I'm confused. Tech chat told me they will be able to leave negative feedback but score won't count against me and nobody will see it. So what does that mean?

 

[iqqi]

This is where I'm confused. Tech chat told me they will be able to leave negative feedback but score won't count against me and nobody will see it. So what does that mean?

I think Tech support is wrong. I do this all the time.

 

[amoka]

Why bother living the person negative feedback knowing well that you'd NEVER sell to that individual again. As long as I'm able to recieve my listining fee plus final value fee from ebay after filling unpaid bid, I should not worry about it. If it is ebay's concern let other sellers know of such an irresponsible individual, they should device a mechanism to prevent them from future biddings. period