new ebay feedback

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Tony Duell wrote:
>> As a seller, I think that it's completely illogical to leave feedback for 
>> someone before the transaction is over.  It's generally not safe to 
>> assume that the party on the buying (or selling end for that matter[0]) 
>> is completely reasonable.  This is ebay, not civilized society. :)
> 
> I have suggested before that E-bay should keep feedback (from either 
> party) secret until both parties have submitted their feedback, and only 
> then reveal it. It would help to stop the 'you left me a -ve, so I'm 
> leaving you one' type of activity.

But then, if you were to leave negative feedback about someone and they 
didn't leave any feedback for you, wouldn't the negative they earned be 
hidden?  Or would they give up the right to leave feedback after some 
amount of time, or something?

Peace...  Sridhar