Several previous attempts have been made to horn in on the eBay business and they have all failed. I do not think Google will fair any better than the last guy who tried.
I do not see how identifying a bidder as Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc. will have any impact on the amount of shill bidding. Only a complete idiot would assume that their actions were now "hidden" by the Bidder X label. Rich On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:47:13 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >I agree completely. It's very stupid and useless. I find it helpful to see >exactly who is bidding, and this adds a certain amount of enjoyment to the >eBay "game." If eBay wanted to eliminate a lot of problems, they could >simply do away with the "2nd chance offer". Hiding the names of the bidders >will certainly increase the number of shill bidders. The change is very ill >advised and one that eBay will certainly regret. I have heard that Google >is considering getting into the auction business, and if they do then eBay >will be in real trouble. >Ray >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Daniel Melvin" <[email protected]> >To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:11 PM >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Protected Bidding on ebay! >> Well, for one; I try not to purposely bid against some of my other phono >> friends that live in my same town. It isn't that there is a problem >> bidding against someone you know, I just choose to not do it as a courtesy >> to my friends. This change eliminates that possibility. I also know who >> many of the real phono ebay users are. It makes me feel better when legit >> folks are bidding. And, I see no value to anyone in this change. It's >> stupid. >> >> Dan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rich" <[email protected]> >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:48 AM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Protected Bidding on ebay! >> >> >>> The bidder information is available to the seller. It is ONLY converted >>> to Bidder 1 etc. for the other >>> bidders. >>> >>> I might be missing something here, so please clarify, if you would. What >>> exactly does knowing the >>> bidders actual eBay user IDs provide to you as regards "protection" that >>> Bidder 1 etc. does not? >>> >>> Rich >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:25:07 -0500, Ken Danckaert wrote: >>> >>>>It seems to me that it will not do much good to discuss this only on >>>>Phono-L. You all need to state your displeasure to Ebay itself. That >>>>is not an easy task since Ebay makes it very difficult to send something >>>>directly to them. If anyone knows a good way to send them your comments >>>>please share it with the rest of us. I have commented on the new policy >>>>on one of the chat boards but there is no way to know if Ebay pays much >>>>attention to that. I make heavy use of the bidder info to protect >>>>myself as both a buyer and seller. Ebay has shown themselves to be >>>>incapable of protecting the buyers and sellers from the abuses that >>>>have been discussed here. I believe the policy is purely profit based >>>>and they could care less about the rest of us. Unless they can >>>>guarantee protection to buyers and sellers from the abuses that are >>>>rampent on Ebay, then they should not remove about the only way we have >>>>to protect ourselves. >>> >>>>Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
