Mind you I would never be held ransom by someone threatening to destroy my 'purity' so it really is not worth worrying about now, most sellers will have reds for whatever whim a malicious buyer cares to use as an excuse.
I think the biggest problem is that you can no longer brand a buyer like that with a red to warn other sellers.
I also believe that seasoned buyers (and sellers)like myself would look at your feedback and consider that buyers feedback in relation to your other positives. Patterns over time are more indicative of a sellers performance anytime than the odd reds especially since sellers lost the right to leave non-positive feedback for bad buyers.
Other sites will acquire more buyers as sellers on eBay look for cost effective alternatives, buyers will have to look at other sites as bargains dissapear due to reduced numbers of items up for auction.
Sales are likely to dip for a while due to the credit crunch affecting western buyers in particular.
Auctiva will be launching thier own stand alone stores soon so keeping watching these boards and why not subscribe to their newsletter
