https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Why-are-sellers-prevented-from-leaving-negative-feedback-for/qaq-p/5231323 <P>Why are sellers prevented from leaving negative feedback for buyers who fail to pay for items and who don't respond to emails?</P><P>I know there is a Report A Buyer option but negative feedback alerts other sellers that a bidder can be a potential time waster and therefore enable the seller to decide if they wish to cancel a bid on their items?</P><P>In the last 2 weeks I have had 2 non paying bidders, one of them I have since checked their 10 positive feedbacks only to find that negative comments for non payment and for non response to emails make up 3 of the 10 feedbacks however the sellers who have left the negative comments have had to do so under the 'Positive' comment option.</P><P>At this rate such a poor seller will never be prevented from using eBay and many other trustworthy sellers will possibly lose out on sales and have lots of time wasted sorting it out.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:41:11 GMT royalsfragrances 2017-02-13T17:41:11Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Why-are-sellers-prevented-from-leaving-negative-feedback-for/qaq-p/5231323 <P>Why are sellers prevented from leaving negative feedback for buyers who fail to pay for items and who don't respond to emails?</P><P>I know there is a Report A Buyer option but negative feedback alerts other sellers that a bidder can be a potential time waster and therefore enable the seller to decide if they wish to cancel a bid on their items?</P><P>In the last 2 weeks I have had 2 non paying bidders, one of them I have since checked their 10 positive feedbacks only to find that negative comments for non payment and for non response to emails make up 3 of the 10 feedbacks however the sellers who have left the negative comments have had to do so under the 'Positive' comment option.</P><P>At this rate such a poor seller will never be prevented from using eBay and many other trustworthy sellers will possibly lose out on sales and have lots of time wasted sorting it out.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:41:11 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support-DO-NOT/Why-are-sellers-prevented-from-leaving-negative-feedback-for/qaq-p/5231323 royalsfragrances 2017-02-13T17:41:11Z