Trader rating error

Not sure why this would happen, but I did a transaction with another member on Fauna, and left him a positive Trader Rating. When he received his item, he tried doing the same for me but got an error that he was "not approved to do so".

Do you have to have a paid status to give a trader rating? That's frustrating, since the transaction went very well and was initiated through Fauna's classified section.

Lauren,
Yes - Trader Ratings can only be given by "Paid" members.

Pewp. Ok. Thanks!

Here is a quote from the Webslave on the topic when he was asked if leaving trader feedback was now a pay option:

Originally Posted by WebSlave

Yep, been that way for over a year now. There is too much opportunity for abuse if just any unverified registered member could post on the GGC polls as well as the Trader Ratings. It would be a colossal headache having to field complaints from participants in the GGC program when someone registered a half dozen false accounts here in order to blast someone they didn't like with negative votes just to get them booted out of the GGC program.

Thanks but no thanks. So I figured an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in this situation.

While it is somewhat dissapointing in a situation like yours, you can see the vast potential for problems if that was left open to unpaid members.
I remember years ago when Ebay feedback was open like that, and they finally tied feedback to specific transactions to prevent the same abuse.

Yeah, I kind of figured it was limited because of abuse and false ratings. No big deal, just didn't know if it was an error for another reason. Thanks!