FWIW, hiding your feedback isn't exactly new, I've been seeing it for as
long as I can remember now. I too don't get it, if you've got horrible
feedback and you want to cover that up, sure, but why bother otherwise?
Maybe they should just make the X stuff's item number (private) instead?
The comment is all you need, surely?
Natalie
> "JRS MoviePosterBid.com" wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> I'm sending this to the list to let everyone know what I've found out
> about this. What I was talking about was not a single "hidden" comment
> -- I was talking about this new option on eBay where a person can opt
> to have ALL of his feedback comments hidden. When you see his bid, you
> see his ID name like usual, but in the parens next to it where you
> would normally see a feedback number, instead you see (private). When
> you click on (private) you are taken to a normal feedback page, but
> all you can see are the raw score numbers, not any of the comments.
>
> I have discovered that this option is now being used by those who
> purchase a lot of XXX material on eBay. And, yeah, I guess I can see
> where it would be a bit embarrassing to have it visible for everyone
> to see what you have been buying. I was told that there was a recent
> divorce case where the wife had her lawyer document all the kinky
> purchases her husband had been making on eBay, by following back the
> feedback comments, and then used that information against him in
> court, accusing him of being a "sex addict". Apparently the guy was
> ordered to go through involuntary therapy as a result.
>
> The person who bid on my own auction turns out of have been a solid
> buyer on eBay for 5 years and has 100% perfect positives, so I decided
> "what the heck" and told him I would accept his bid after all -- but
> now he's so pissed at me for canceling his first bid that he probably
> won't take me up on it.
>
> What a world...
>
> -- JR
>
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