Is it rude for a Seller to request positive feedback?

As a seller and a buyer on Ebay, I would never ever send out an email worded like the one that was sent to me. Am I saying to not send out reminder emails? Nope. You have to think before you send emails and other correspondence out. First off, the wording is disrespectful. As I stated, usually I do go back and immediately fill out feedback, but between the holidays, being pregnant, my husbands surgery, ect I just never got around to leaving feedback for that purchase and 2 others made around the same time. Next time I logged into Ebay I would have left positive feedback for this seller, however how the request was worded has left a bad taste in my mouth. Even though the product is what I wanted and I received it fairly quick, I don't want to leave positive feedback now. The seller that sent this out is a seasoned seller, not a newbie. She has over a thousand sales and 100% positive feedback. If anything this seller should feel ashamed of her/hiself for sending out such an email to a potential repeat customer. I don't feel bad about not giving feedback right away. Regardless of when I leave the feedback on the account, the account will be noted.

Well I read what you said the seller sent you. I definitely could not see anything in that email that was rude. Seller simply stated the facts and asked for the earned feedback. Exactly what part of that simple straight forward email offended you? I still side with the seller on this one.

Had this person sent me an email following up on my purchase, I would have been a lot more receptive to going back and giving positive - or any - feedback immediately. As a seller I woudl want people to be honest with me and as a buyer I want to be honest with the person I purchased the item from.

Exactly, follow up would have been much better, and it is totally valid because at the end of the day, business is business and those online stores depend of the feedback, but you are also allowed to have your own opinion, but request a positive feedback is a total lack ethic

Maybe it is just how the seller worded their email, but how they worded their request makes me feel like they don't deserve any feedback.

It could be. Me I am not that good at asking people to think nice of me or bad of me either. I would have worded it to ask if there were any problems with the promise. Or perhaps ask if they would prefer to get an exchange, etc. Sort of like a quiz to find out what the buyer would want and not to just let them give the seller a pat in the back.

When I sell on ebay that is how I handled my transactions too. I always wait for the buyer to comment on their purchase. If I know they have received an item, I give them a few days to post a comment and if they do not, I sent an email following up: Did you receive the item, was it satisfactory, ect. I never request that they leave feedback of any kind.

As a frequent buyer on ebay I always wait until the seller has left feedback before I leave feedback. I figure the seller is leaving feeddack about my purchase (timely payment) which happens sooner than my actually receiving the item.

yes, you are correct, in this case, the buyer was just looking for feedback. I have purchased from buyers before though that sent an email immediately after I purchased an item letting me know it had shipped and that they had left me "positive feedback and would appreciate the same in return". I'd rather be honest than award brownie points

I feel like if this seller was concerned about receiving feedback of any kind they would have taken the time to write a better email. Ask if I received the product and if everything was okay because I had not left any feedback. I see anyone who buys from me as a potential repeat buyer, so I do everything in my power to make sure I don't offend them and I provide excellent customer service. I wish other sellers did the same.

Normally, I do that with my purchases. Had this been a new seller with very few sales who required the feedback to "survive" on Ebay, I probably would have given feedback before now. This seller has a few thousand sales and 100% positive feedback, even if I gave a negative review, the numbers would not be affected. Of course, after receiving an email following up about feedback, I don't feel compelled to leave any feedback on my purchase.

As I said, usually I'm pretty good about leaving feedback, but the time of the year this was done and the fact that I haven't touched my ebay account since I made a few purchases, I just never got around to leaving feedback. If this were a new seller I can see sending an email to follow up on no feedback, but this is a seasoned seller with over a thousand sales & 100% positive feedback. Plus they were rude about it. even though I like the item and normally I would have left positive feedback the next time I used Ebay, now I am compelled to not do that.

Yep. I feel like this seller has no excuse for being rude either. They have many sales under their belt and 100% positive feedback. bad customer service if you ask me.