Catspj, do you actually remember the days when sellers were allowed to leave negatives for buyers? I do - and it was an absolute nightmare. Just about every time a buyer left a neg for a shoddy seller, back would come a big fat retalliatory lie. Yes, it was usually obvious who was telling the truth, but it caused untold damage percentage-wise to buyers who were also sellers. The end result was that fewer and fewer buyers were game to leave negs for nonperforming sellers and the whole system was in danger of breaking down as it became harder and harder for buyers to know who to trust.