Ebay & Free Speech - Not Compatible!

Firstly free speech has limits.

Secondly, of course all that ebay does is to make a bigger profit, without a doubt, they're a private business.

And the feedbacks stars are anonymous so even if you could say what you want the buyer would leave what he wants or you want to take advantage of newbies?

In my case, if I decide to leave a negative feedback or a low star, I do it no matters what the seller wrote in his listing.

I don't leave feedback until a buyer leaves me some. I would really hate to leave a good feedback about something that says "easy to get along with" when two days after I leave the feedback they blow up and start being unreasonable. There is absolutely nothing wrong with not leaving feedback until you receive it. It lets you know the buyer is happy with their product and the transaction is complete.

I also do it because of the few feedbacks I get. Some people I get feedback from quickly after they get the item and then I leave it for them. Hopefully if they know they will get feedback they will leave some.

All this new policy will do for me is cause me to quit mentioning in the auction copy that I'm not leaving Feedback for the buyer until the deal is complete. It's imbecilic to leave Feedback while the buyer still has a chance to turn on you. What if USPS loses or damages the package? What if the buyer has a change of heart?

Do you put your review of a contractor up on Angie's List before they finish the job?