I still will never bid on a hidden buyer auction. It's like asking to be cheated.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Protected Bidding on ebay! > In this instance, it is not the seller who is making the decision to hide > the bidders' IDs, it is eBay. It > does seem like a very unpopular idea. > > > On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:36:43 -0800, Daniel Melvin wrote: > >>I have always avoided auctions that hide bidders. I agree with Jeff's >>suspicions. I just don't trust sellers that hide things. It just feels >>wrong. I suppose many people have had OK transactions this way. It's not >>for >>me though. > >>Dan > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:57 PM >>Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Protected Bidding on ebay! > > >>> >>> In a message dated 1/16/2007 4:13:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>> Has anyone bid, or won anything with these bidder identification >>> protected >>> auctions? The seller of the Zonophone-A is doing that with that >>> particular >>> auction. >>> >>> >>> >>> ==================== >>> eBay has always had an option for keeping bidders private, but this is >>> not >>> the case here. Recently eBay instituted a new policy whereby anything >>> that >>> tops >>> $200 becomes "protected." It's not the seller's choice. Instead of >>> showing >>> bidder IDs it shows "Bidder 1, " "Bidder 2" etc. This is an attempt to >>> combat >>> rampant fraud since so many scammers are sending fake "second chance" >>> notices >>> to underbidders. By hiding bidders on higher-priced items they hope to >>> cut >>> down on these scams. It will also prevent people from offering similar >>> items >>> to underbidders by private message. >>> >>> On the bid history page you can view some statistics on the bidders. >>> Perhaps >>> the most telling is the one that shows what percent of the bidder's >>> total >>> bid activity is with the particular seller. In the Zonophone auction, >>> for >>> example, the current high bidder has 42% of activity with the seller. >>> That's >>> certainly very high. It also shows the categories the bidder has been >>> active in, >>> so it's very easy to see if a person who spends most of his time buying >>> Christmas ornaments is suddenly a player on high-end collector >>> phonographs. >>> >>> The new system is far from ideal, and I confess I liked to see what >>> other >>> people were bidding on. But by the same token, I never liked airing my >>> own bid >>> history publicly so I guess I'm a hypocrite at heart! Overall I think >>> this >>> new system will have more pros than cons. (And it will hopefully stifle >>> some of >>> the con artists, pun intended....) >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Rene Rondeau >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >>_______________________________________________ >>Phono-L mailing list >>http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
