Hi. I haven't read all of the replies (after it somehow drifted into gender politics, which I can get a month's supply of by accidentally watching  'The Drum')  so sorry if any of this has been covered.

First off, quite a lot of customers do leave feedback, but not quickly. I'm guilty of this myself. I know there are some items waiting feedback in my purchase history. I get feedback sometimes many weeks after the buyer received the item. 

All the same lots of people don't bother, and you just have to have a thick skin about it. It's not really rudeness, in the sense that unless they're sellers themselves, they probably see it as more of a courtesy than an expectation or obligation.

I do find that if you have any sort of contact with a buyer - even if it's just a note thanking them and letting them know the item has shipped - it increases the chance of  feedback. Don't ask me by how much; I haven't measured it.

...5 years later.  I find it quite bizarre that buyers dont leave feedback, yet have nothing to complain about their item. Seems that many have this weird thing that the seller has to leave feedback first. The buyer can leave feedback  based on quality/time taken to deliver etc/packaging and more. All the seller can leave fb for, is...pressing a button. Some typical sarcastic/argumentative/cynical/grouchy responses to your question, some contradicting themselves. Bottom line - there is no reason to not leave feedback for the seller, unless you want to leave a negative or neutral.

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Thank you for understanding.