|
|
Private bidder | Sun Jul 06, 2014 09:17 PM | | |
|
brokeddog |
Newbie |
|
Posts: 3 |
Member Since: Jul 06, 2014 |
Location: USA |
|
What is this Private Bidder listing I see when checking bid status? How come they seem to always win and what does one do to earn this privilege status. That has always bugged me and nobody gives me a straight answer regarding it.
|
|
|
| Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:17 AM | | |
|
Sashka |
Support |
|
Posts: 3792 |
Member Since: Feb 13, 2008 |
Location: www.myibidder.com |
|
|
|
|
Private | Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:50 AM | | |
|
brokeddog |
Newbie |
|
Posts: 3 |
Member Since: Jul 06, 2014 |
Location: USA |
|
Thanks for the speedy reply. I understand what you're saying and I am referring to the bidder's identity. It's funny because you can follow the bidding pattern by the time stamp. I still don't know how you make yourself anonymous though. Because even though ebay covers your identity to others, the fact remains that once you get to know a circle of people in certain interest areas, you can tell who it is because ebay only covers a few of the characters between the first and last character of userid names(i.e. ch******er,etc.)
|
|
|
| Mon Jul 07, 2014 01:09 AM | | |
|
Sashka |
Support |
|
Posts: 3792 |
Member Since: Feb 13, 2008 |
Location: www.myibidder.com |
|
eBay does not always use first and last characters. It also uses some characters in between as well, so you should not rely on being first and last only.
Anyway, when you see something like a***b, that's for all bidders. When others see you in the list, they see the same thing and not your actual eBay user id unless they try to guess it.
|
|
|
Thanks | Mon Jul 07, 2014 01:20 AM | | |
|
brokeddog |
Newbie |
|
Posts: 3 |
Member Since: Jul 06, 2014 |
Location: USA |
|
Thanks again for your response. It's a new experience getting such rapid response on a forum. Very refreshing and I thank you.
|
|
|