I've been testing the first class mail versus media mail thing for a few
months now and have found out something rather surprising. In well over
80 percent of my packages, media mail gets to my buyer 2-3 days sooner
than first class. I have tracking ...
The system is broken--no doubt about that. If you want to test it, start
selling on ebay. Within a few months you'll have at least one bad and
unwarranted experience with a buyer. When you see how that feels, you
may understand the feedback debate.
You can leave a supposed "positive" but add a comment, such as: "buyer
is dishonest, difficult," etc. And the comments will get read by
someone. And be sure to block all bad buyers.