Dan: The new ebay policy is different than private auctions, in that we can get the bidders profile. The danger on Ebay is not the bidders but the seller. Do your due diligence! On high dollar items I always check out the seller. before I bid I make sure I know who I am dealing with. Then I place one bid which is the most I am going to pay. This is no secret strategy as I am sure most of you do the same thing, and Ill admit I do use a sniping program, but I win a few good ones. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Melvin" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Protected Bidding on ebay!
>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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
