I don't think sellers should have control of negative feedback for buyers, they abused it when they had it last time and would abuse it again if they got it back.
I used to see it all the time. A seller would neg someone, who would ask why, since they paid on time and the only thing they had done was say the item wasn't as described or whatever.
The reply from sellers was invariably-oh you weren't happy with the transaction so it was a bad transaction.
A rubbish reason to neg a buyer, in my opinion.
Mind you, lots of buyers neg sellers for ridiculous reasons too, but 2 wrongs don't make a right.
What needs to happen is if a buyer doesn't pay, a seller should put in a dispute and if ebay settles that dispute in the seller's favour, the buyer should get a red non payment marker of some sort, automatically issued by ebay.
It would not help sellers, except they should hve the right to ban anyone with even one marker from bidding.
It's main advantage is it would be a visual marker, the mark of shame. Might not stop some buyers, they might not care. But I think a lot would, espcially if they found themselves locked out of bidding on most items.
And there you have the reason why ebay does't do it-they want as many potential buyers out there as possible, even if some buys don't go through.
But I think ebay will eventually do something, there is consistent unhappiness with the present system so it will eventually be tweaked.
