We need sellers to be successful. The more they are successful the more we are. In this case I think it's the right decision. I don't think I'm drinking eBay's Kool-aid here I honestly believe it's the best thing for sellers.quote:With all due respect I find your support of effbay in this rather disturbing.
A system of holding feedback until both parties have left it wouldn't work because sellers wouldn't leave feedback and especially they wouldn't leave it in any case where a buyer has complained and returned an item. Nor does it encourage the two to work out disagreements that arise. Of course the new system mainly encourages the seller to make the buyer happy in the event of a complaint. It's not perfect, but a lot better than it was because feedback actually means something now. Buyers can leave the rating a seller deserves. Some will abuse that but it will be a small number. A good seller will have a good rating and the bad ones will get negs at a far higher rate than they did before. It will be easier for buyers to tell the difference.