Humpty Dumpty

[Jim Battle]

> On 8 Feb 2007 at 20:12, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> 
>> Right there with you. If I'm buying, I should be getting positive feedback
>> for timely payment, not as a quid pro quo arrangement. Similarly, when I
>> sell, I give positive feedback at the time the money is received, assuming
>> it is received in a timely fashion.

I have a different opinion.  I buy 20x what I sell, but when I sell, I'm 
leaving feedback on the transaction, not just whether I got the money.

Say I advertise XYZ in good, but not perfect condition.  Buyer sends me 
money.  Do I immediately send feedback?  No, because we aren't done. 
Say I ship it and the buyer says: Hey, stupid, XYZ isn't in perfect 
condition.  I want my money back!  I'd regret if I'd already left 
feedback in that case, or in the case where I ship it and the receiver 
claims they never received the item.

I do agree with the part that feedback shouldn't be contingent on the 
feedback of the other party, but sending feedback half way through the 
deal seems like a bad idea.