eBay Policies are INSANE!!

[khansmith]

I don't think I have ever posted a rant before but I wanted to share something with you guys about ebay. I put my truck up for auction and it sold. I couldn't get ahold of the buyer, went through ebay channels, etc. I finally get ahold of him and it seems he "accidently" bid on two trucks at the same time and couldn't afford mine too. Through ebay mail, he admits this breach of contract and said he wouldn't fight negative feedback.
Now this buyer had FLAWLESS feedback; 100% positive feedback...this maybe was just a mistake on his part but I was going to leave negative feedback anyway. I come to find that SELLER CANNOT LEAVE NEGATIVE OR NEUTRAL FEEDBACK ON EBAY....this is why welchers like the one that bought my truck have 100% perfect feedback! Here is the email ebay sent me today when I asked why I couldn't leave this feedback:
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Dear Khan,
Thank you for writing eBay in regard to your concern. I'm sorry for any inconvenience it's causing you now. I understand yourconcern and will put in my best efforts to help you resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Khan, we changed our Feedback system back in 2008. Sellers can no longerleave buyers negative or neutral Feedback. The reason for this change is that sellers deal with payment problems byfiling Unpaid Item cases, and the fear of retaliatory Feedback was keeping buyers from posting honest evaluations of their experiences. We believe the changes we made to feedback will increase buyer confidence -- and sellers' businesses. Just to be clear - Sellers can still report a buyer who doesn't pay, just as sellers have always done. When buyers don't have to worry about retaliation for negative feedback and know that feedback left for sellers is honest, the buyers will trustsellers more -- and be more willing to buy from the sellers. Everybody benefits. If you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to reply to this email and let us know. It is my pleasure to assist you.

Thank you for choosing eBay!

Sincerely,
eBay Customer Support
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I reported this deadbeat and NOTHING HAPPENS.. His rating didn't change, he is still happily bidding on ebay and I had to relist and sell my truck again which got a LOWER PRICE. He bennefitted and I got screwed. So go ahead and bid on anything you want on eBay and not pay...why not...everyone gets an "A" on eBay....