| Ebay Bidding, a Possible reason to be more wary
I have just noticed that Ebay have revised the way that bidding information is shown and now no longer identify other bidders. I have some concern over this because in the past I have found that having information as to the identity of other bidders has shown up cases where there is possible furtive bidding aimed at raising the sale prices rather than actually aiming to buy the item, being able to follow these dubious bidders has often shown me apparent links with the sellers and give me a chance to drop out, Now it is no longer possible to do this .... because of this I have already decided in future to avoid dealing where possible with ebay sellers that I do not know and trust. It is interesting no notice just how often such items will just happen to be advertised again followinf alleged problems with "timewasters", clearly the method is being used to enforce a hidden "reserve" price and or possibly to cover up reasons for bad feedback.
Knowing that others use ebay and that some might not be wary of all the pitfalls I thought that I would mention this and also my reasons for having concern about the new system, and give others a chance to consider these issues when making bids.
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