When I sell any items, there is a “reminder” that shows up in the top left menus on my Bonanza pages. I believe it is under the ACCOUNT > ACCOUNT DASHBOARD menu. That little colored circle with a number in it indicates that I have something going on with my sales. That includes any feedback that I haven’t left for a buyer or seller.

Since I use tracking for all of my packages, I always make sure that the item is delivered prior to leaving positive feedback whether or not I receive any in return. Unfortunately, I believe that many sellers – especially those who sell (or used to sell) on eBay – may withhold feedback until they receive feedback from their buyers. We all know that you can’t leave anything but positive feedback on eBay, but some sellers don’t want to give positive feedback first to a buyer who potentially could give them a negative rating. Those feeling about eBay feedback probably carry over to Bonanza.

What I don’t understand is a seller that doesn’t leave buyer feedback after they have already received positive feedback as the seller. Too busy? Dropshipper? Doesn’t know how? If a buyer has paid you on time, has not created problems for you during the transaction I believe that ultimately the buyer deserves to receive positive feedback. If the buyer was a PITA, changed shipping addresses, had too many complaints/requests, etc., then maybe you want to avoid leaving FB.

On the other hand, sellers will not (and should not expect to) receive feedback on every transaction. The buyers have a right to not leave feedback and, with a growing number of online transactions happening everywhere, they have become immune to leaving FB. IMO, that’s OK and I can live with it, but that’s because I already have quite a few ratings. Sellers and buyers who have a smaller number on record certainly want and appreciate feedback when given.

But, abigdogmom, I feel your pain.

I ALWAYS leave feedback upon shipment. As far as I am concerned, the buyer fulfilled his/her obligation by paying on time. While it would be nice to GET feedback from the buyer, it just dont hardly happen here at all and getting even more common on the auction site to have the buyer NOT be leaving feedback (but Ebay really did ruin feedback by only having it be only positive for the buyer anyway.)

I always leave feedback, but sometimes I’m a little slow. I’m in Canada, so want to allow plenty of time for the package to be rec’d and to be sure buyer is satisfied. It would be nice to receive more, but as Tom says, buyers are buying a lot more online than ‘in the old days’, so I’m not surprised they don’t find / make the time to leave it.