18 Jan
2007
18 Jan
'07
1 a.m.
Cutting deals with other bidders is a no-no in auctions, this the flip
side to shill bidding. As for having other sellers fish for buyers,
it's hard to imagine someone offering a marketplace and being successful
by allowing vendors to walk into others stores and actively pitch their
prices to customers.
As for their reason being BS, what is your basis for this assumption? I
happen to know that the problem that they are mentioning is real as I've
had several of these bogus "second chance" offers myself. And yes, it
happens quite frequently with bigger ticket items. I would venture to
guess that the reason they state happens with significantly more
regularity than bidders collaborating.
I can see how in a tight knit community knowing that you're not bidding
against a compadre is useful, but we could easily setup a system to
assist with that if it was that big of a deal.
George
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
I just started noticing that as well. We all know
it has nothing
to do with the dribble Ebay is trying to push on everyone as their
excuse, they just don't want bidders directly talking with one another
and cutting deals or other sellers letting bidders know they may have
the same item for less. I personally don't like not knowing whom
I'm bidding against as I try to make a point of avoiding auctions is I
see another person I know already engaged in a bid on an item, though
I use sniping sw as well so many times I don't know the activity of
the auction until its over and I see I've bid against friends.
Curt
Al Kossow wrote:
> "As the internet evolves, eBay continues to strike a balance between
> preserving transparency and protecting our Community of members. eBay
> has decided to change how bid history information is displayed so bad
> guys cannot target bidders with fake offers using this information.
> In certain cases, some bidders will no longer be able to view Bidder
> User IDs on the Bid History page. Your User ID will be shown only to
> you and the seller of the item you're bidding on. Other members will
> see an anonymous name, such as Bidder 1, applied consistently to the
> Bid History page."
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> So now, you can't see who you're bidding against.
> Frickin' wonderful.
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