I don't think the thread is stupid. As a buyer (and now I am a new vendor with a digital art print), I don't really leave feedback for the things I buy. I prefer to leave my feedback by using the item and then creditting the merchant for it in the gallery. I think an item that is used in ways that I want to use it, goes much further than any feedback I'd read under the item in the marketplace.

I have 3 reasons for not leaving feedback:

1> I gave my support and thanks with my money. That may sound cold, but to me, anyone who spends their hard earned cash on something I sell would be doing me a great service and I wouldn't expect the buyer to thank me for it as well. I think too many times, a seller assumes that he is doing them a favor by selling his products, but it's really a two sided coin and a symbiotic relation that should be appreciated. No buyers, no sales. No item, no buyers. See?

2> I don't use the item usually at the time I purchase it, as I buy in advance of myself a lot of times, meaning that I have a picture planned, but not yet ready to do it. By the time I get to it, I often forget all about the feedback.

3> I could see leaving feedback on an item if it was a two sided street, but the fact that merchants only put up positive feedback and not negative, turns me off from that whole system. I have to admit I'm always a little suspicious about glowing recommendations about a product. I'm not saying that there is anything up there, just my own personal feelings on it. It's from being burned in other circles, not so much on Rosity. I'm much more inclined to buy it if I see it used in many places...

I do think it's polite no matter what someone gives you to say thank you. I try very hard to thank anyone who comments on my art (good or bad) and I worry sometimes I forgot someone, because I want people to know I appreciate it. And if someone buys my product, I will be sure to thank them as well. I appreciate other artists that do so as well and I'm much more quick to look at their works and buy their products if they make this friendly gesture. It's just good relations all around...

Of the 30 or so items I've bought, I really only remember 2 thank you messages...