I agree COMPLETELY! I have had probably 50 times where I have not
bid due to a friend being the current high bidder. OR for me, when
deciding how much to bid and when, to strategically see what other
bidder's history's were in the last 30 days or so could help me gage
in some way how high they would 'normally' go in their past
auctions. I have ZERO problem with anyone seeing my past history,
etc. and as information is power, we are clearly all becoming far
less powerful on Ebay where there is so little to be had in the first
place. Also, just as an aside, wouldn't being unable to see a
bidder's ID encourage some unscrupulous Sellers to shill bid their
items. Anywho, as a result, I will likely not bid as often on Ebay
due to all the current 'improvements' and end up buying from dealers
more. In fact, I already have been.
I actually spoke to a rep at Ebay and complained about the new Seller
fees and not being able to leave negative feedback while buyers still
could. He stated that there was retaliatory feedback happening
(yeah, I know, shocking), to which I replied, great, now any bidder
can hurt a Seller's rep with impunity, how is that fair? His
response, "Well, we are putting a huge amount of dedicated manpower
toward resolving any complaints etc. and any banned buyer's feedback
will be removed retroactively." To which I replied, doesn't the
fact that you feel you have to allocate all this new manpower mean
that you've actually created a new problem that requires such action
on your part.? He said they'd had a lot of complaints about this and
he'd 'note' my statements to his managers, etc.
I'm sure my complaint this will solve everything.
Patrick
On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
I noticed that, but I don't think it's necessarily a good idea. I
mostly buy and if I want something a friend of mine is bidding on,
I'll sometimes let it go (depends on the piece, of course). Of
course, the sellers will say this is bad for business and they're
right. I still liked the option of standing aside for a bud.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Kenwick Cook wrote:
Hey gang;
I just noticed that starting today, that "putting your name in
the room" means nothing... I guess it's now truly a 'silent
auction'... bidders' screen names are no longer legible,
regardless of the going-price... below is the new quote on all
Bidding History pages:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I guess as a bidder, I kinda like the limiting of fraud, however,
I'll miss putting my screen name out there because I truly felt
that it helped to link buyers to My Store with that silly little
Red Door...
What're y'all's thoughts?
FranKenwick
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