So when you buy something on ebay

[TimeChaser]

... you leave your feedback after you receive the item, right? I'm new at this...

[Va Lefty]

1. That's right

Sometimes the seller will leave you feedback when they receive payment, but most wait to see what you are going to say about them.

[BuelahWitch]

2. Yes

You wouldn't want to leave good feedback as a buyer until you have item in hand and it's in good condition.

[TimeChaser]

3. That's what I thought

Just making sure

[Nicole]

4. Yes

That's how it's supposed to work. I seldom leave feedback. Most sellers won't leave feedback until the buyer does. Which irritates me so I don't leave them feedback.

[HoneyBee]

5. That's terrible practice. As a seller, I always leave feedback after payment received.

That's when the buyer's obligation has been met. As a buyer, I leave after item received, that's when seller's obligation has been met.

[Nicole]

7. I think so too

I use the pay now option so I pay immediately after the auction ends. Like you said, I've met my obligation when I paid.

If a buyer waits for feedback before leaving any, they are most likely to leave feedback based on the feedback they received. I think that's wrong so I won't be a participant in it.

I've got 100% positive feedback & that's all I've ever left.

Here's to you for doing it that way. :toast:

[philosophie_en_rose]

6. Yep.

But some sellers are asshats and will leave revenge feedback, when they do not live up to their promises.

I always wait until after I receive the item AND after they have left feedback.

[InvisibleTouch]

8. I usually leave feedback once the item is in the mail...

...as a way of record-keeping for myself, so I know at a glance what I've mailed and what I haven't. In the case of items that ship right from my suppliers, I process the order right away, so I leave feedback right away too. If a buyer really does leave an uncalled-for negative (and that's happened to me a couple of times, always over dinky $1 items), I can always append my comment to the original feedback. It doesn't wipe out their positive, but it sends a warning to other sellers that the buyer is unreasonable. (Sure, their obligation may technically end with sending payment, but they also have an obligation not to be a jerk, and to contact the seller first if they have some problem, rather than just spitting out a negative.)