Re: [MOPO] EBay private listings? Why?

2014-09-14 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
2 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] EBay private listings? Why? Why would a seller set up their auction to private (all bidders shown as 'private' including their eBay rating)? What is the benefit to this? As a potential bidder it makes me think the seller could be

Re: [MOPO] EBay private listings? Why?

2014-09-14 Thread Lori Martin
I had no idea people could even do that. Maybe they are selling hot porn on ebay? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Scott Thienes wrote: > > Why would a seller set up their auction to private (all bidders shown as > 'private' including their eBay rating)? > What is the benef

Re: [MOPO] EBay private listings? Why?

2014-09-14 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
At 06:31 PM 9/14/2014, Scott Thienes wrote: Why would a seller set up their auction to private (all bidders shown as 'private' including their eBay rating)? What is the benefit to this? As a potential bidder it makes me think the seller could be doing some shill bidding. Because of this I am ve

[MOPO] EBay private listings? Why?

2014-09-14 Thread Scott Thienes
Why would a seller set up their auction to private (all bidders shown as 'private' including their eBay rating)? What is the benefit to this? As a potential bidder it makes me think the seller could be doing some shill bidding. Because of this I am very skeptical in getting in a bidding war with