Are you sure? I checked a number of times with things I'd bid on from different, some public, computers, some I've never, ever signed in with.
-John =============== > The "Bidder Code" letters also changes, it is not fixed on a given users > id. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rex" <r...@sonic.net> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:40 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Finding out who bidders are > > >> Interesting ideas. If only I had the time and patience to work out the >> list, like some of you have already done. >> >> How about somebody stepping up and starting a webpage database of >> "Who's who" in Business & Industrial / Electrical & Test Equipment >> with listings like: >> Bidder Code Score Rating on Date may be eBay >> member >> a***e 345 99% Sep 01 2009 "someguy99" >> >> Perhaps some of it could be automated, altough the current eBay seems >> to >> be so loaded with Java or other scripts running in my browser that even >> just scanning the current listings myself is getting painfully slow. >> >> A Firefox extension that implemented this would be very sweet. >> >> -Rex >> >> Ed Palmer wrote: >> >>> When you combine the alias with the rating - e.g. k***u ( 862 ) - the >>> accuracy starts to resemble crosshairs in a sniper scope. >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> >>> J. Forster wrote: >>> >>>> Yup. It helps to know that the masked bidder ID, liks a***f, stays >>>> constant sale to sale. While there are only a few over 650 such >>>> combinations, it's still pretty accurate on items with limited appeal. >>>> >>>> -John >>>> >>>> ================== >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi all; >>>>> It was nice back when ebay let us know who we were bidding against, >>>>> if >>>>> you >>>>> were up a against some heavy hitter then why waste your time, etc. >>>>> Now >>>>> it >>>>> takes a little more work to ferret out who you're up against. What I >>>>> have >>>>> done is to save the feedback page for a seller of an item I may have >>>>> been >>>>> out bid on. Usually within a short time the bidders feedback response >>>>> shows up on the sellers feedback page, compare the feedback score >>>>> back >>>>> against the item page to check if you have the right person. Then >>>>> from >>>>> that you can do a bidder search in "advanced search" and look at >>>>> items >>>>> bid >>>>> on in the last 30 days to cross check. I then save the bidder's bid >>>>> page >>>>> in a folder, I have done that to most of us bidding time-nuts. >>>>> Creepy >>>>> huh!?! >>>>> >>>>> Rich 1PPS >>>>> >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.