Thread: Leave negative feedback?

Usually sellers watch the auction and if it isn't going to their liking they terminate the auction for a variety of "reasons". Depending on if there are bids and how close it is to the close they may have to pay fees.

Doing what this guy did is a big step beyond though they do it. I'd just complain to Eboy about it. Enough complaints and his overall score will be lower.

Sellers cannot leave negative or neutral feedback on ebay. Only buyers. That is the policy the past few years, as screwy as it is.

For 17 bux,forget about it.

It's your call - leaving negative feedback for the seller won't affect you since they can't leave negative feedback anyways and even if they could you haven't done anything wrong to deserve it and ebay would remove it if you request it. The feedback should be honest, so if somebody leaves dishonest feedback ebay is interested in correcting that.

The seller didn't fulfill their end and broke the terms. It doesn't matter if they made a mistake - they are in the wrong. Whether you want to hold them accountable by leaving negative feedback is entirely up to you.
If it were me I probably would give them a pass and may leave neutral or none, but I'm not you.

I would definitely leave a negative feedback.
If noone does so, then all the crap that goes on at ebay will simply continue.

Going by the ratings of most sellers on ebay everything is just honky dory, which we all know it isn't.

Now this seller doesn't look like the worst out there, but a deal is a deal, going back on that means negative feedback in my book!

Well, linking to the auction here and posting the seller's note to you has damaged the reputation once. May as well bash em on Ebay. In for a penny, in for a pound. All this fussing over nothing as well as shipping prices will keep me from coming to this subforum. Not it's purpose. JMO.

Originally Posted by prodigy

First of all, the seller can not leave a negative feedback. Sellers can not leave positive, neutral, or negative, they leave stars based on payment speed. i had the exact same thing happen to me with a DD goldedge. BIN was 30$. He claims it was accidentally made with a BIN. This just isn't possible, you have to change it from a regular auction to a BIN. I do not see this happening on accident. I left a negative feedback and explained why to the seller. If it was an accident, he should have caught it in the preview page before finalizing the auction. It is a frustrating thing to have happen.

Prodigy is correct that sellers can NOT leave negative feedback for buyers. However, he is wrong about no such thing as an accidental BIN item. I reuse item templates from time to time, and if you last used a template with a BIN it will post the new one with a BIN. If you don't pay attention and change it back to an auction, that's how it will post. I have posted more than a few razors with free shipping because I simply didn't notice the box was checked. Of course people SHOULD preview before posting, but that doesn't mean we always do. Just saying. As for the question of Feedback, there is always the choice of leaving a NEUTRAL instead of a negative. Your experience wasn't BAD, but it wasn't GOOD, so how about Neutral?

True I suppose, I just won two coticules for 30$ BIN and thought that this would happen again. I think the seller wished he listed it for more, but he stayed true to the auction. To those that say it's not worth complaining about, it's not about the money. It's the principle. If it was an accident they shouldn't instantly refund the money without at least contacting the buyer first. My guy could have avoided a negative feedback had he simply explained the situation and asked. However he refunded and told me that was what was going to happen. Just my opinions of course.

Originally Posted by Redcane

I would 100% contact ebay. No different than you winning a item and not paying.

Did I tell you about my grandkid who bid on a duck auction while I stepped away for a second. I was pissed at the kid but I should have closed the laptop. Cost me $140. Man that one made me upset. Still paid up because I hate getting stiffed by nonpayers. Its a painful but its a matter of principle. Pray the razor gods are good to me in the future.

As per Ebay rules a seller can cancel until 30 days after the sale, even if the buyer already paid for the item.

"Occasionally, you may need to cancel a transaction, for instance, if the item is broken or you made a mistake when listing it."

Scroll down the page and read the 'Things to keep in mind'. "If you cancel a transaction, the buyer can still leave you negative or neutral Feedback about the transaction."