Hello rabbit,

Do you really think the buyer has to be rewarded with a f/back as soon as they pay? Just because they pay?

So far in the transaction they have done nothing except pay which is what they have to do anyway.

That doesn't count towards how pleasant they turn out to be on the end, and how the seller finds them as a customer.

And if the seller did the same, post the item, leave f/back and say - I have fulfilled the obligation to post, my job's done, end of transaction - that wouldn't do either as the transaction could be just begining!

That was the easiest part by both parties, but if something goes wrong afterwards seller is still working hard to help or sort it out.

And just imagine if the buyer turns out to be a living nightmare, usually for nothing or a most trivial reason - also vindictive, obtuse, isn't right in just about anything - but - he's dangling this negative f/back over sellers face!

Wouldn't feel like a right Royal Ass to have left a glowing f/back for someone like that.

Transaction is never over until is over - buyer is happy, they have received their goods - they may or may not leave a f/back (who cares - they do if they feel like it) - and then, and only then they get their f/back.

If f/back is meant to represent our opinions about transactions, payment alone isn't grounds for leaving it.

Cheers, January.