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It's always dumb to leave negative feedback on deals that don't happen, that's really not the point of the feedback system. Not sure what you expected in return. A glowing response? An apology? A check in the mail?
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Quoted from woody76:Exactly, it has become part of the game
It's always been part of the game. Always.
The first time a seller backed out on a sale from me was in 2002, when I was trying to buy my second game, and a dude with a Space Mission suddenly couldn't sell it "because it's my wife's favorite game!!!"
Of course, at that time, humans interacted in other ways besides online feedback reviews, so I was unable to stretch it out for a month with dueling bad feedbacks and a thread on pinside. Yes, it stung. You could say I was crushed! I REALLY wanted that $400 Space Mission!
But then 2 days later, I found some other game to buy. Turns out there's thousands of games out there.
Life is short. I don't begrudge people for playing the Yelp! game, even if it's not really my cup of tea. But when feedback is used for revenge (which seems to be the motive here), it always starts an obnoxious cycle like this; anybody who ever used eBay back in 1999 should probably know this by now. I don't think feedback is particularly valuable on Pinside, since you can leave it for anybody, at any time, for any reason, even if you haven't bought or sold a game from them. With all the bickering that goes on here I'm surprised the system hasn't seen even more abuse.
Quoted from ForceFlow:The feedback for both members has been removed.
Exactly. It sounds like this situation was at the pre-sale negotiation stage. Most feedback systems, including this one, are intended to be used after the completion of a transaction. In this case, a transaction never took place.
Maybe that should be spelled out somewhere when people leave feedback.
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That's nice, but what your average angry Pinsider sees is
"Guy says his wife changed her mind? LEAVE BAD FEEDBACK!"
I'd imagine a bolded caveat saying "Please leave feedback ONLY if you have completed a transaction and exchanged goods/services for money with a fellow Pinsider." would help clear it up.
Quoted from TheLaw:Dude, this should be the #1 reason to leave bad feedback...of course it might exponentially increase the server strain but I say it's worth it.
Can I leave feedback for the guy's wife?
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