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because they're afraid to get negative feedback in return.

When I used eBay pretty heavily between 1998 and 2001, I seem to remember that leaving a feedback (note, a single feedback) was a one way street. The buyer left feedback but the seller couldn't reply (and the buyer couldn't counter-reply?).

I've nearly eliminated my eBay usage since then and have backed off leaving feedback. I must have missed the change to feedback replies (and counter replies?) because it seems foreign and appears to dilute the system.

Sure, if someone leaves false feedback, it's great to reply. But, in almost 100% of the (very few) "reply and counterreply to negative feedback" scenarios that I saw, they seemed to be the "yes I did. no you didn't." banter that you'd just assume went on during the transaction. May be helpful, but it's more like a Jerry Springer episode to me. Haha, I totally scan feedback looking for the rare negative feedback reply war.
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