I got blocked for NOT leaving feedback

[Cozumeleno]

At this rate, I'm surprised he/she even has customers left. When I used to sell on eBay, I probably got feedback about 30% of the time from buyers.

I didn't have exactly that same experience but did notice that an item I was watching specifically stated in the description that you shouldn't bid on his/her items if you were not planning to leave feedback. First time I'd seen that.

[bobbyw8469]

What an asinine reason to block someone. Bid retraction? I get it. Star dinging? I get that too. (at least back when that was relevant). Not leaving feedback?? Like someone else said, I would have to block most everyone who has bought from me in the past.

[Michael B]

The same holds true the other way. There are quite a few sellers that have not leave me feedback. Would that be a reason to give them a negative?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The same holds true the other way. There are quite a few sellers that have not leave me feedback. Would that be a reason to give them a negative?

I try and remember to leave a simple feedback response to everybody who pays, but there is absolutely no reason to leave a negative for no feedback left.........especially since feedback means absolutely zero for buyers anymore.

Ebay won't even let you block a buyer who has zero feedback, but they will let you block a buyer who has -1 feedback, which is theoretically impossible unless said buyer started off as a very small seller first. Not sure why that's even an option in today's landscape. It's irrelevant.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The same holds true the other way. There are quite a few sellers that have not leave me feedback. Would that be a reason to give them a negative?

As a seller, I have my feedback automated to leave it once the buyer leaves feedback. The reason I do not leave feedback upon payment any longer is I have multiple regular customers who have requested me NOT to leave them feedback. I asked a couple of them why.... simple, they do not want others (wife, fellow collector, etc) reviewing their buying feedback and seeing who they are buying cards from.

IMO, there are more buyers who do not care if they receive feedback or not than there are buyers who have to get their feedback fix off of each purchase.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

As a seller, I have my feedback automated to leave it once the buyer leaves feedback. The reason I do not leave feedback upon payment any longer is I have multiple regular customers who have requested me NOT to leave them feedback. I asked a couple of them why.... simple, they do not want others (wife, fellow collector, etc) reviewing their buying feedback and seeing who they are buying cards from.

IMO, there are more buyers who do not care if they receive feedback or not than there are buyers who have to get their feedback fix off of each purchase.

This is also in response to Dave's comments. I don't sell on ebay anymore, but when I did I always left feedback when someone paid and they then left me feedback. I would include in my listing that once the buyer left feedback I would know that they received the item and were happy with it.

Even though it does not mean much to most sellers, I look at it as common courtesy. As a buyer, I will always leave you feedback on an item. I have never left a negative and maybe 1 or 2 neutrals in 18 years. If I do that you should at least extend the same courtesy to me.

[doug.goodman]

I seldom leave feedback. It's a hassle.

[Dewey2007]

I got blocked by one eBay seller for asking a simple question about a magazine they had listed.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

I seldom leave feedback. It's a hassle.

I rarely leave it either. Not a hassle but I really do not see the point of it. How many people call and tell Walmart that there purchase was A OK or better yet expect Walmart to thank them for the purchase.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Michael B

This is also in response to Dave's comments. I don't sell on ebay anymore, but when I did I always left feedback when someone paid and they then left me feedback. I would include in my listing that once the buyer left feedback I would know that they received the item and were happy with it.

This makes no sense to me. I leave feedback for everyone who buys from me. I appreciate their business and I say so in my feedback. Telling your buyers that you will only leave feedback after they do is poor customer service in my opinion. Are you trying to sell cards or get the highest feedback score possible? I could care less if they leave me feedback, I still appreciate them buying from me. I would rather have the sale than the feedback.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by rats60

This makes no sense to me. I leave feedback for everyone who buys from me. I appreciate their business and I say so in my feedback. Telling your buyers that you will only leave feedback after they do is poor customer service in my opinion. Are you trying to sell cards or get the highest feedback score possible? I could care less if they leave me feedback, I still appreciate them buying from me. I would rather have the sale than the feedback.

It makes immense sense to me. It accomplished two goals. I know they received the item and if positive, that they were happy with the transaction. I don't care about the feedback, but it served a good purpose when there was less focus on every item having delivery confirmation.

If you 'could care less' that means you care. If you couldn't care less that means you do not care at all.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The same holds true the other way. There are quite a few sellers that have not leave me feedback. Would that be a reason to give them a negative?

I have left feedback for every single one of my transactions, both buying and selling, normally the same day I receive the item, or when I would receive payment. That is an 88.5% feedback rate. So, about 11.5% of the sellers I've bought from, have neglected to leave feedback.

I just checked my feedback history, and found that I have left feedback for 7,593 transactions, while I have received feedback on only 6,720 transactions.

Less than 100 of these transactions are me as the seller, as I haven't sold anything on ebay in over a decade, and then, very rarely.

Steve

[OLDBILL]

Wonder if you still would have been blocked if you had given him negative feedback...

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

normally you can't even see the items of someone who has blocked you. Not sure how you came across his listings.

[pgconboy]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

normally you can't even see the items of someone who has blocked you. Not sure how you came across his listings.

I sometimes ebay at work during lunch while not logged into my account. Pretty sure a seller can't block a non-logged in user.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

normally you can't even see the items of someone who has blocked you. Not sure how you came across his listings.

I get messages from people I have blocked all the time...............usually to ask me why they are blocked.............except for the last guy who just jumped straight into calling me a "Piece of Sh*t" when his bid didn't go through for him.

So if Ebay is claiming your listings are invisible to blocked bidders, that's just one more thing they're not very good at.

[gregr2]

Yeah, this seems pretty stupid. I just looked at my last 48 items sold and I received feedback from 24 of them. I just cannot see blocking 50% of the people that buy from me, makes no sense.

[celoknob]

There are some who make everything about their own ego and adulation.

[Santo10Fan]

Wow, he must really have some time on his hands, that's a manual entry of the username for each block

[Rookiemonster]

Well I hope you learned your lesson ! How dare you be so lackadaisy on your feed back? You should be ashamed of your action and just close your eBay account.


( just kidding )

[Stampsfan]

Hard to believe. As mostly a buyer, I will consistently leave feedback for a seller, but I find it's not always reciprocated.

However, it wouldn't stop me from buying from them again if everything else was top notch. Seems like a bizarre business practice where you would limit your customer base because of that. Sounds a little narcissistic and insecure.

If I were a restaurant owner, would I still take reservations from a former patron, even if they didn't leave me a positive review on FB, Yelp, or Google.