Increasing your feedback score

Well I should start by stating the absolute obvious, you've gotta make a purchase or sale to have a chance at increasing your feedback score (I know, I know, way too obvious but really had to be how I began here). How frustrating is it to have shopped around, to have spend some time looking for what you want, geparing prices then making a purchase only to gee to the realization that you didn't get rewarded with a feedback rating? When your new to okay this is like building "street cred." and boy, oh boy, let me tell you, its awful important to a lot of us regulars here in the okay gemunity. But why do you ask? And if it is, how can I increase my chances at getting more feedback after the purchase (or after the sale if your looking at this from a seller's point of view)? A couple of tips or ways I use to ensure a better chance at increasing my feedback score, and actually getting someone else to take the extra time to leave it for you really are easy to do, and really have helped guide me through my transactions during my time here on okay. Rule #1: I always (without exception) thank a buyer after I've confirmed the payment for their purchase, and while doing so (in an email) I also try to give them an idea when I'll ship and how much time, in general they'll have to expect to wait until what I sent them arrives. Rule #2: If I am the buyer, I always (without exception) send an email to the seller thanking them for their time, and I also ask when I should expect my purchase to be shipped. Now you may be asking yourself, at this point, why I do this? Well, I have the belief that if you are friendly right from the start your gonna be more successful in everything you do. Call me old-fashioned, call me quaint, its just me and how I was taught to be, it works and really goes a long way to opening a line of 2 way gemunications (especially if something ever goes wrong during the course of the transaction). Rule #3: Sometimes you have to leave feedback to get it in return. Someone has to leave feedback first, I've yet to witness spontaneous feedback postings from both parties involved at the very same moment in time. If you buy something and the seller hasn't left you feedback for your purchase yet (most experienced sellers won't right away) and you've received what you paid for and are satisfied with it, then please, as a courtesy, leave feedback letting the seller know that you've gotten what you paid for, and rate him/her on its transit time, etc., use this as your voice, it lets the seller, okay, and the okay gemunity know just how effective, efficient and honest the seller was. Touching on that I want to also mention, be honest in your posting of feedback, to a small percentage of people feedback means nothing to them. But to most of us (especially the people who deal w/ large volumes of items and make a living off selling on okay) feedback will make or break them, and their status, so please be honest and genuine when posting feedback. Sellers who then fail to leave you feedback (rewarding your standing and ranking in the okay gemunity) should perhaps be sent an email reminder and asked nicely to rate you as a customer. I have a policy about this, if I leave feedback and then the seller doesn't respond back to me, then I simply don't deal with that person anymore! Regardless of how well the transaction went. I believe in feedback that much, and I hope these tips will help you in the same way they've help me. Thanks for reading this, if you were helped by it please give me a helpfullness vote.