I am not playing Devil's Advocate here guys but, this policy would have helped me and cost me a lot of aggravation several months ago.
I bought a 1970 Chevrolet dealer salesman's accessory booklet on e-bay from a seller who I think really "jacked me around." I sent payment for the item the next day after the auction ended via pay pal and never heard anything back from the seller. I had to e-mail the seller twice and by this time it was just over 1 month since I had secured payment for the item. The seller finally responded and alleged that his computer was "down" and it still took another 2 weeks to get the book to me in the mail.
So being nice I left nuetral feedback instead of negative as to the seller. Then this jerk off seller turns around and leaves me negative feedback as a buyer which was total crap!! I did nothing wrong at all in the transaction. So I was pi$$ed and I typed up this long nasty letter to the seller and also sent it to e-bay. They finally reconcilled everything and removed the negative mark for me.. It was a real pain though...
I do agree with you guys and saw their new protocol. I don't think it is right that a seller cannot leave a negative strike if you are dealing with a real jerk/difficult buyer because we all know they are out there!!
Rich
