I know that feedback is volunatry...but I feel it is one of those relative things.
If you have a feedback score that is low, then feedback means everything to you. However, if your feedback rating is in the bajillions, then you really don't care...
I leave feedback for everything that I buy, and I expect that the seller will leave me feedback after I leave it for them. I actually will not buy again from a seller that does not leave me feedback if I have left them feedback.
I'm also not too inclined to make a purchase from someone that has a feedback score that is less than 50 or lower than 98% positive.
So for me, this voluntary thing really is quite important...
But back to the point...hopefully some of the changes coming up to Auctiva address just making the site more stable. I could deal w/o any extra bells and whistles for a while as long as things worked more robustly...
Mike