I guess for the same reason that rarely anyone chooses a best answer on YA! : they just WANT something and don t care about the effort that others expend to provide what they want.
Once upon a time, feedback on eBay answered two simple questions. If you were a buyer, did you pay for the auctions you bid on? If you were a seller, was the item delivered as described? Now, it s all messed up. If you are a seller, you can no longer leave negative feedback if someone promises to buy an item and never pays for it. As a result, sellers heed the saying of he who praises everybody praises nobody and tend to not leave feedback for anyone. Buyers have taken the cue that the feedback system has become essentially meaningless and have stopped leaving feedback for sellers. The solution is to write a nasty email to ebay/amazon/half about the sorry state of their feedback system. They regularly distribute the most amusing at their annual Christmas party. Perhaps you can give them a laugh or two.
I know what you mean. I sold on eBay a long time ago and only a handful of people bother. I ve always left feedback whether I ve been a buyer or seller. It takes a moment of my time and I actually like helping other people even in some small way. When I was selling on eBay, I used to tell people that if they let me know when they got the product, that I d be happy to leave feedback right away for them. That did get some people to leave me FB. I never directly asked anyone to do so, though. As a buyer, I always leave feedback except if a seller TELLS me to do so. I like to feel that I m doing something voluntarily, you know. If someone writes me a note saying Positive feedback is much appreciated :) and doesn t order me to do so, I m more than happy to comply.Some people just don t give a flying F about others; it s that simple.
Yea sometimes, but I don t make a big deal... I d be happy if they leave nice comments but I d rather not get any negative comments.
Because no one gives a crap as long as they get the product. That s the way humans are, unfortunately. Too greedy so force any other information into their heads.
