Edited sentence: A further abuse of this is that some sellers deliberately withhold feedback so that if a customer is not satisfied with a purchase, no matter how legitimate their reason is, the seller may then use their feedback for malicious retaliation against the buyer, intentionally damaging their feedback score and reputation, and thus, their buying and selling ability, as buyers and sellers both often rely on the feedback score in deciding whether or not to do business with a particular individual.A growing trend among sellers is to hold feedback hostage.Even though the buyer paid promptly, the seller refuses to leave feedback.Feedback abuse: