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Posted By: Matt

Red - ebay acknowledged that this would stop sellers from leaving valid negatives, but said that in their estimation, the threat of a retaliatory negative (which is not allowed by ebay policy) stopping the buyer from leaving valid negative feedback for the seller, was occurring about 8 times as often as valid negative feedback for a buyer and that's why they made the decision.

They certainly understood the issue from the sellers side in this regard, but they felt the overwhelming problem on the buyers side would be fixed as a result. Perhaps they could have come up with a better solution. Certainly, as Dan suggested, when a buyer doesn't apy for an item and they go through the non-payment process, the seller should then be able to leave a neg for the buyer.