I think its quite disappointing the way the community leaves feedback for vendors. Buyers are scared to leave anything but positive reviews for below average transactions. I am not talking about a horrific experience which causes a negative review I am talking about just average transactions.
I hate when buyers leave positive feedback but in the review they say something like took a week to ship, or some product was crushed, or product was average quality. More buyers need to step up and leave neutral ratings for things like this.
What also needs to change is vendors strong arming buyers into positive feedback. For instance I used a vendor on evo and had 3 prior good experiences then the vendor on the 4th order shipped extremely late, didn't communicate and so I left a neutral rating for the 4th order (because it wasnt a positive experience but also wasnt a negative one). Later that evening I got a message saying I was no longer allowed to buy from him and he would cancel all my orders for leaving a neutral rating instead of positive. On other markets I've also been threatened if I didnt change my review rating of vendors.
I think this is a horrible practice. As a community we need to stop always leaving positive feedback in fear of a vendor exploiting your information or refusing to do business with you. Some vendors have 0 negative 0 neutral and 100's of positive ratings that doesnt match the feedback.
I don't know if anyone else thinks this is a problem but as buyers we need to step up and leave honest ratings and feedback and not fear vendors.
I don't think there is anything more FUCKING ANNOYING than saying "FE for trusted vendor" with a 5/5 rating.
Who gives a shit if you FE'd. Especially on FE-only listings. Like, yeah no shit you fucking FE'd. But why the hell are you giving them a 5/5 rating when you just now FE'd?!?! Don't leave feedback until you have a product! Especially for FE-only listings, the rating is the only leverage a buyer has over the direction of that transaction, and you blow it away when you scribble down some bullshit like that.
Makes me really fucking mad.