Don’t buyers leave feedback these days?!

[nobblybobbly2018]

Not used eBay for ages but I’m now having a clearout and selling a few bits.
None of the buyers have left me feedback - why is this? Buyers always used to leave feedback in the olden days....

Tell me about it!
I always leave feedback, seems I'm in the minority.

Generally, no. I think eBay’s figures claim a figure of about 40%, but in my experience it’s less than 20%.

However, I find it helps if you leave them feedback first.

I know. It's so annoying. I always leave feedback but rarely get it back. I'm beginning to not bother now. CFs the lot of them!

This also really bugs me! I've been on ebay since 2004 and back when I started selling I reckon about 75% of transactions ended in feedback. Nowadays I agree that 20% is about right - perhaps one in five sales. it really bugs me too! I usually leave feedback myself but this doesn't mean I get it back.

Its not manditory.

It varies depending on your niche. Collectibles with a premium on delivering a new item in an as-new box gets feedback on 40% of sales if you give people what they're hoping for.

I used to but people stopped leaving feedback and I tend to forget now. They don't seem to send reminder emails either

I only leave it if it's a particularly good or particularly bad transaction

I don’t think I’ve ever left feedback.

I always leave feedback and then send a reminder email

send a reminder email

Noooooooooo........ I never leave feedback as a matter of principle if I receive a “begging letter”. It’s really annoying. Some people even leave a non positive because if it .

Thank you for reminding me

I think it's the shift to mobile devices that is probably the cause. I used to sit down at my PC and I'd log into my eBay account, to bid and buy etc and it would be a more conscious act. Whereas now the ebay phone app I pop on in a snatched moment and wouldn't think of going back on just to leave feedback - and I say that an eBay business seller.
I'm not sure it really matters though, surely no feedback is better than bad feedback - other than the colour of your star next to your username I don't think it matters once you are above about 50 feedback as a personal seller on ebay.