Originally Posted by darrenspalmer
Maybe it'll be like getting a reference from your last place of work. They are not allowed to give you a negative one, but can decline to give one. That in itself may say something.
how would anyone reading somebodies feedback know if any auctions they'd been involved in hadnt received a feedback?
for example, i've got 170 positives, and probably have had 50 ebay transactions where i've bought stuff on "buy it now", paid instantly, and the seller has left no feedback through laziness.