Ebay does not care about the seller .I have had negative feedback left against me after the auction was cancelled and Ebay did nothing-I had negative feedback left against me when the buyer was a non paying bidder and Ebay did nothing-The feedback system is a joke as are the people that answer the phone banks that are not even located in California.

IT IS EXTREEMLY UNFAIR TO SELLERS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE ANYTHING BUT POSITIVE FOR A BUYER EVEN IF THEY DO NOT PAY. I WOULD BLOCK ANY BUYER THAT HAS A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR A NON PAYMENT, I HAVE 4 THIS WEEK THAT DID NOT PAY AND I CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT, COME ON E-BAY DO THE RIGHT THING, LET US LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR NON PAYMENT.

HOW DO YOU LEAVE A NEGATIVE FOR BUYERS-THE FEEDBACK SYSTEM SUCKS-EBAY IS SUCKING UP TO THE BUYERS WHILE SUCKING THE MONEY OUT OF THE SELLER-EBAY DOES NOT LISTEN TO THE SELLER AT ALL-i AM TEMPTED TO POST IN MY LISTINGS WHAT I THINK OF THE FEEDBACK SYSTEM.THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS I HAVE RECEIVED HAVE COME FROM NON PAYING BIDDERS AND CANCELLED AUCTIONS AND EBAY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING.

Even though this is an old topic, I just wanted to voice my severe disappointment with ebay for this policy.

It used to be that you were able to leave negative feedback for a problem buyer (someone who takes a week to pay you, etc), but now ebay is so geared towards buyers that it has basically told it's sellers to p*ss off.  A buyer can leave negative feedback for absolutely no reason, but a seller can ONLY leave positive feedback?

Absolutely ridiculous.

So how is it fair that I don't get paid for an item I sold and I can't leave negative feedback? The next person's auction they bid on has no idea they didn't pay. Makes NO SENSE.

Thanks for these tips...but it's a bit too late. I have been an ebay seller/buyer for 12 years, and am about to say goodbye to this place. Now that sellers cant leave negative feedback for buyers, buyers have *NO* impetus to pay for purchases. I've been seeing a lot of that lately...no response from the buyer when you ask them for the money...and all ebay does is refund your FVF. Big deal. Meanwhile the buyer has 100% positive feedback, and he is screwing sellers left and right.

I just had a person buy a refrigerator water filter from me without even knowing if it would fit his fridge. He opens it, breaks the seal, and then says it wont fit and wants to return it. When I tell him he cant, because he has now "used" it, and I can no longer sell it as new...he leaves me negative feedback, ruining and excellent feedback profile. And ebay wont do a thing about it.

I'll now be selling my stuff on Amazon, which is much more fair when these issues arise.

See ya, ebay.

I have been selling for a few months and was pretty lucky with my buyers paying until recently.  The winning bidder (on a hot item with several bidders and watchers) did not pay, respond to my friendly email or invoice, and never responded to the unpaid item case.

And all he gets is an invisible check that only he can see as a mar on his record?

I can't even leave POSITIVE FEEDBACK with a Negative Comment on this jerk?

Ebay really needs to do something about this. In the last few months non-paying has really picked up. The more they let them get away with this the more it will happen. It's really a lot of work to list items and keep up with everything, And to keep scores high as a top rated seller. And to have no rules for the buyers and no way of reporting bad buyers. IS NOT RIGHT. I say off with there head......

Buyer did not pay, resolution center case was opened and closed, but now the transaction sits at the top of my "Leave Feedback" page.  The only way to get rid of the transaction is to leave positive feedback, because there are no other options!  Any ideas on how to get this off of my "Leave Feedback" page?  It's a pain to scroll past it each time, and it's a reminder of another selling experience gone sour!