the form of u201c positive u201d or u201c negative u201d and may be made available to other users of the online auction system 100 to provide an indication of the buyer 39 s or the seller 39 s reputation for example if both the selling user and the buying user perform without issues arising then each user may leave a u201c positive u201d feedback for the other however if one or the other users fails to perform their obligation then the non breaching user may leave a u201c negative u201d feedback for the breaching user in some embodiments feedback is represented using a graduated scale such as a numeric indication from one to ten a graphical indication from u201c one star u201d to u201c five stars u201d or a stepped indication such as u201c good u201d u201c bad u201d and u201c neutral u201d positive and negative feedback in such embodiments may be scaled according to the graduated scale used in an embodiment feedback is recorded in the user database 116 to be aggregated and presented to other users in some examples feedback may use the u201c take u201d associated with one or more transactions in an online auction system online auction systems 100 facilitate the buying selling listing and payment transactions for goods and services to generate revenue one or more modes may be used.