@digital*ghost wrote:
@antoinette2207 wrote:
Folks,
What are the 'rules' around leaving feeback? I've always been undert the impression that the buyer leaves feedback first and then the seller leaves feedback. What are your views?
Thanks!
No rules, but tons of buyers expect sellers to leave it first, and tons of sellers prefer to leave it after the buyer does.
And yes... I bolded those two words because over the years, just based on discussions on these boards, I've noticed 99% of the time, when a buyer talks about this issue, they state a seller "should leave feedback first" - but just to be clear, not 99% of all buyers, there are plenty of buyers who don't care one way or the other, but of the ones that do, it's rare for it to be conveyed any other way than an expectation - as opposed to when sellers generally talk about it, they talk about what they prefer to do themselves, rather than what they expect others to do... o.o
I'm a buyer and I don't expect sellers to leave it first. In fact depending on the item or cost I figure the seller will probably wait to see if my item has arrived and I'm happy with it....and that's fine by me.
I assume (not being a seller) that some leave feedback early as a kind of proof to say they have posted the item. But I've struck others who do it for more enterprising reasons like sellers who like to devote their comments to advertising their business (especially if they are also a B&M shop), and one seller from overseas who always made a point of mentioning where the buyer was as in: Another successful sale to Australia. I thought that was funny.
Personally I don't think it matters. I like to leave feedback and I like to receive it. The timing is not critical.
