Our first amendment rights and freedom of petition Feedback for Sellers

[nightowlgallery]

eBay uses the right to the first amendment freedom of speech for buyers however sellers have no rights. A buyer can post positive negative or neutral feedback regardless of content which can include Negative feedback when the seller follows every rule delivers in a timely manner and the buyer receives a perfect item. He is entitled to an opinion regardless of what the seller does or how he performs. Sellers who do nothing wrong can often get unprotected scathing Feedback, literally for no reason. On the other side of the coin sellers are not permitted to their freedom of speech they are edited to the extent of only being permitted to leave positive feedback. Our first amendment makes it clear that all of us are permitted to free speech. In all fairness eBay is prejudiced against Sellers.

     eBay does not allow free speech to sellers they encourage a position of defensiveness when scathing unfair feedback is left. No one needs to see comments back and forth. This becomes an ignorant and childish and waste of time and is in no way helping the seller or others. 
   Sellers need the right to freedom of speech and the right to say exactly how the buyers  act towards them. 
There  is a rash of  buyer Bullying, eBay defends their buyers It has little to do with our right as sellers to free speech,  it has to do with money. eBay protects its buyer and gives them these rights to keep them buying. 
   There is no question that this is a prejudiced policy. As Congress and the Supreme Court try to sort out the first amendment (and this has become a huge issue) eBay chooses to side with one party the buyers and permit those buyers to abuse the sellers. 
I am working on a petition to ask Congress to make laws that keep freedom of speech in play. Sellers need to express what buyers have done in the same way buyers get to express what sellers have done. It is against eBay policy for any buyer to request the seller to change his listing. Buyers that ask for discounts, when they do not receive them, use the Feedback system as a retaliation. This marks the reputation of a seller who has no way of telling others what this buyer has done. This needs to be what I am calling a fair fight. 
eBay encourages buyer bullying and rather than allow sellers to point out that eBay messaging was used before a transaction took place. He is not permitted to mention this in feedback to the buyer. 
as a longtime seller I feel the need to level the playing field. I want my right if freedom of speech as it is clearly unfair to allow buyers to rant without reason. I want that same ability my freedom of speech is violated. 
feedback is a one way system that encourages buyers to say whatever they wish. Why don’t sellers have the same rights? 
I am working with a group to draft a petition to Congress to explore user prejudice on the internet. Either all of us have the same rights or sites that clearly block those rights should be deeply fined. Our Country seems to going down a rabbit hole allowing prejudice and  defamation as a fair game on the internet. However this is a on e sided game developed to hurt one specific group Internet sellers. Anyone who wants to help me with the petition respond I’ll get back periodically.

[carlmarxx]

Going  back to old  feedback system  isn't a  good idea  , Since  eBay  has  sellers that  will abuse  it  .A  long with getting  bottom feeder buyers  returning  abuse back. 

[chapeau-noir]

“I do not discount listings everyone gets the same price. Thank you for your interest.”

Response: "Merely informed buyer that I did not discount listings at this time, and thanked them for their interest. Again, thank you for your business."

And just let it go. That's such a strange neg. Unfortunately, you get all kinds in this business and letting some stuff run off your back is a good idea - at least we have the ability to respond. And this person will not be welcome back. I worked retail for a while back in the 80s and still remember some of the people I had to just grit my teeth and deal with.

Anyway, I have a strange neg like that, too - I teased them a bit in my response and wished them a good holiday season (it was near Christmas).

ETA: Not suggesting you tease this person - it's just that mine was so teasable it was hard not to. And you have such stellar feedback surrounding it, that it makes the neg look even dopier.