[Fred]

I guess I don't understand why ebay took away the ability of a seller to leave a negative feedback. If the buyer pays promptly for an item then they should be provided positive feedback. If the buyer is a non-performing bidder then the seller should be able to post negative feedback to let everyone know that this bidder may be someone they don't want bidding on their auction.

As I indicated before, I'll spend a little time providing positive feedback to a seller if they took the time to do it for me. Also, if the seller uses an autofeedback application, then to me the seller has at least made an effort to do the right thing (as far as feedback is concerned). I don't think that further feedback does any good for me because I have over 500 transactions that are all positive. However, if I was just starting on fleabay then I'd rather have a decent feedback rating if I was planning to sell items.