Yes this is a problem. I am in this situation myself as a buyer of sub-standard goods. I think a hidden feedback system would be better where the feedback was only revealed once both parties had submitted their feedback. If only one party submitted then after a certain time limit the feedback would be revealed and the other party could no longer leave feedback (to prevent revenge).
> On Aug 31, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Alan Chan wrote: > > > I think the eBay feedback system has a serious flaw. Sellers have not > > been forced to leave +ve feedback once the payment was received and > > confirmed. This puts the buyers in a disadvantage situation when > > things gone wrong. Often the buyers won't leave -ve feedback because > > the sellers might just do the same as revenge. > > > > Alan Chan > > http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
