Non paying buyers

[kayuk95]

Hi. Can someone explain why are sellers not allowed to leave a negative feedback for buyers that don't pay? If I read those buyers feedback, I can see that other sellers have been scammed, but yet the feedback come as positive, which results in the buyer actually having a 100% feedback when in actual fact they have scammed others before and EBAY allows this to happen.

[tressygirl]

This stopped about 12 years ago becasue it became tit for tat,  and worse still some sellers were holding buyers to ransom ,  for not changing  deserved feedbacks.

May I give you this example.

Leaving a negative for a buyer ,  a policy violation ,  how would that help the majority of sellers who list their items as Buy it Nows? 

There  would be not time to read your warning negative feedback,  and leave free,   that buyer to come buy  and not pay ... Again.

Far better to use the tools that eBay provide,  that is ,  open that unpaid item case close it on day 5,  seller fees are refunded and buyer geys a non payment strike,  If they gain another,  they will not be able to buy from the majority of sellers on eBay for a full 12 months.

Far more effective.