Can't agree more about the one cent days when the best we have had lately have been 'half price' days.
The issue of feedback: At the end of the day what good does negging a bad buyer actually do? When they bid or buy off you, you can't filter them out. So to be blunt it is little more than giving someone the finger who cuts you up when driving. Satisfies the demons but otherwise they can still carry on driving!
Best route is ALWAYS to file an Unpaid Item Dispute and block them and issue them with an Unpaid Strike. I think three strikes is enough to get someone kicked off, but I have seen loads of people with bad buying feedback still going. Why? Because the sellers flicked the 'neg finger' but did nothing else.
EBay are doing it to stop rogue sellers using the threat of feedback as a way of avoiding bad feedback for bad service or product. THis forum alone is filled with people saying how they wanted to leave a neg but did not want one back.My main concern on feedback is that some buyers will now start leaving negs and neutrals as they know there will be no comebacks.
-------------------- I loved my grandmother very much.......and she fetched a good price on eBay.