Neurotech - the weblog of Luke Reeves

For anyone following my eBay adventure, here’s their official response:

Hello,

My name is Roberto with eBay Customer Support and I appreciate the
chance to help you with your concern.

Unfortunately i can not locate your email address on our website. The
email address you provided is not the registered email address with
eBay. Therefore, please provide us with your registered email address
or User Id so we may investigate the matter in full.

I realize that the possibility of receiving retaliatory feedback is one
of the most frustrating aspects of a dispute between members. However,
we cannot block members from leaving feedback, or from retaliating if
you leave them negative feedback. If we were to interfere and stop
members from leaving the feedback they choose then the Feedback Forum
would no longer be a place for free and open communication. In addition,
other members would not be able review the Buyer’s and Seller’s comments
for each other, including the replies and/or follow-ups, and make up
their own minds about what happened in a transaction.

Of course, no one wants to receive retaliatory feedback. I can only tell
you that we think it’s important to tell the truth about your
experiences dealing with other eBay members. If that means leaving
negative feedback, then you should do so. Retaliatory feedback is
usually obvious to anyone looking at your profile, especially when
looking at the other, positive, feedback that you’ve received.

Yeah, I think they kind of sided with the seller in this policy. So with the help of Derek I squeezed as much negativity as I could into 80 characters and left it for that seller. When I did that I noticed that he’s gotten a few negatives recently - hopefully future buyers will see that.