@expanded_perceptions wrote:Yes I guess no feedback is better than bad feedback for sure! I guess as a relatively new seller feedback is more important for me and others; one of the biggest factors in getting feedback personally is that it gives a certain level of peace of mind that at least there is documented evidence that the buyer received their item and are relatively happy. No feedback just increases the sense of worry that something may go wrong, legitimately or not? IMHO
Mostly, I try not to worry about anything unless I have to, but I'm feeling a bit more sensitive to feedback and defects this week after dealing with a buyer that was the most unpleasant I've had to deal with in 6 years (they were probably quite tame compared to others I've heard stories about, but they managed to both p**s me off and prompted me to have a dream the other night that I got so many defects I was about to be suspended from selling. 
Strangely, it wasn't a nightmare, though, and dream-me's solution to try and counter the imminent suspension was interesting, but I also got annoyed this carp is permeating my dreamworld, now... 
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By which I mean to say, just speaking for myself, at the moment no feedback is - in some ways, or at least, from some buyers - a relief. In saying that, I do have to acknowledge that I have a few thousand FB and get enough sales to have the 3-month look-back instead of the 12 month evaluation for defects, so I probably look at it all from a slightly different perspective than someone else who's trying to build a history and reputation while contending with eBay's policies.
@digital*ghost wrote:
@expanded_perceptions wrote:Yes I guess no feedback is better than bad feedback for sure! I guess as a relatively new seller feedback is more important for me and others; one of the biggest factors in getting feedback personally is that it gives a certain level of peace of mind that at least there is documented evidence that the buyer received their item and are relatively happy. No feedback just increases the sense of worry that something may go wrong, legitimately or not? IMHO
Mostly, I try not to worry about anything unless I have to, but I'm feeling a bit more sensitive to feedback and defects this week after dealing with a buyer that was the most unpleasant I've had to deal with in 6 years (they were probably quite tame compared to others I've heard stories about, but they managed to both p**s me off and prompted me to have a dream the other night that I got so many defects I was about to be suspended from selling.
By which I mean to say, just speaking for myself, at the moment no feedback is - in some ways, or at least, from some buyers - a relief. In saying that, I do have to acknowledge that I have a few thousand FB and get enough sales to have the 3-month look-back instead of the 12 month evaluation for defects, so I probably look at it all from a slightly different perspective than someone else who's trying to build a history and reputation while contending with eBay's policies.
Yes, sad reflection when eBay dominates your dreams!!! 
Yes, I do understand what you are saying; good feedback is the best outcome of course, no feedback is not ideal, but better than neg feedback, but can leave you hanging, especially on some of the transactions, say from a newish buyer with low feedback. Or in the case of one of my lastest transactions in which the item lay in wait at the LPO for 10 days!! Thankfully that may have turned out ok, but there is always a nagging seed in there wondering if something may go wrong?
