Why can't you leave negative feedback for buyers / bidders that don't pay for their item(s)?!

[creole58]

Why can't you leave negative feedback for buyers who didn't pay for their item(s)?!

[rusticrye]

The ability to leave negative feedback for non-payers would be completely useless - think about it for a moment, and you'll realise why! 

Many years ago, it was indeed possible. But apart from being totally useless to sellers, many sellers threatened buyers with it, in order to stop their buyers leaving negs for them. That caused distorted sellers' feedback, naturally, making poor sellers look good, so served no helpful purpose to prospective buyers either.  So it had to go.

Ebay replaced it with the excellent Unpaid Item process, which gives a non-payer a damaging Unpaid Item strike on their account. One UI strike won't hurt a buyer, but another will prevent him from bidding or buying from all the sensible sellers who have their Buyer Requirements (in Account...Site Preferences) set to block those with 2+ Unpaid Item strikes in 12 months. You also have the ability to add a non-payers' Ebay ID to your Blocked Bidders List.

So, Ebay has excellent tools in place to deal with non-payers, ones which (unlike negative feedback for buyers) actually work. All sellers have to do is use them.

@creole58