timlord
Joined : 17 Feb 2007
Posts : 249
|  Subject: am i losing my mind?  Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:54 pm | |
| | Ok so im checking out items on ebay and notice suspicious bids on many many auctions,whether who related or dc direct!many high bidders look likd this:7***5 or r***m all have 3 stars in middle and letter or number in front and back.look at toyrockets auctions!is it a coincdence that many bidders have 5 digits including 3 stars in middle?and all buying doctor who?not just that seller many products have high bids with 3 stars!ebay was caught before raisin bids to get more in fees!please check out! |
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timlord
Joined : 17 Feb 2007
Posts : 249
| | Subject: Re: am i losing my mind? Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:59 pm | |
| | I do believe theres a few dozen people shill bidding on sellers behalfs!either that or ebay is defrauding buyers by upping bids to get more in final evaluation fees!too widespread to be a fluke!i wanted 13inch robin and noticed 3 other items i wanted to bid on had similar high bidders!what is the chance of this 3*** in every high bidder id?conspiracy?am i nutz?please someone do casual searches and look at toyrocket auctions?please |
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Hoosier Whovian
Age : 39
Joined : 01 Feb 2007
Posts : 891
| | Subject: Re: am i losing my mind? Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:53 pm | |
| | it is a new policy of Ebays to hide identities of bidders. I forgot exactly where on the site I saw it maybe one of the emails they have sent out, but it is designed to protect bidders identities. |
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timlord
Joined : 17 Feb 2007
Posts : 249
| | Subject: Re: am i losing my mind? Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:18 am | |
| | Really?thats nutz!i like the upfront honest auctions!how you suppose to check bid history like ebay suggests?i dont like that i didnt read any messages from ebay they send out too many!ill hafta read up thanks much i was like what the heck goin on! |
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ozjenny
Joined : 12 Aug 2007
Posts : 158
| | Subject: Re: am i losing my mind? Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:15 am | |
| | I'm not sure how things appear on each ebay site, but on Australian ebay you can't see the bidder's name, you just see Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc. It's a fairly new thing, to protect bidder's identity. Only the seller can actually see the user name. |
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mumbojumbo21
Joined : 11 Feb 2008
Posts : 266
| | Subject: Re: am i losing my mind? Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:12 am | |
| The disclaimer was written in the bid history page:
| Quote: | To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy, and
protect our members from fraudulent emails, eBay has changed how User
IDs display on the bid history page. Only you and the seller of the
item can view your User ID, all other members will see anonymous user
IDs, such as x***y. |
It certainly goes both ways though as if I find people bidding on fraudelent auctions or they're paying too much for something, I can't send them a message about it.
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