posted 05-22-2013 01:35 PM                  

private listing - bidders' identities protected

posted 05-22-2013 02:32 PM                  

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Originally posted by RichO:
What does it mean when you receive an outbid notice and the bid listing gives this as the identity of the other bidder:

[B]private listing - bidders' identities protected

Could this mean the seller is bidding against himself (shill bidder)?[/B]

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A lot of buyers don't want to be contacted by email or have a buyers name tagged to a certain item. Ebay does sell "adult items", not to say that is the case here but to explain why someone would not want to be contacted. Even ESCROW websites are handling tranactions to protect the buyer from having their information all over the web.

posted 05-22-2013 02:56 PM                  

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Originally posted by ed monahan:
On eBay, if there is 7 bids, you can click on that "7 bid" and it will give you the bidders I D. If it is private, I don't know what it says.

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One of the best tricks on ebay is to contact the seller after his item did not sell saying he missed bidding because of his job, offering a little less it hopes that you can now sell cheaper because it isn't going by ebay rules/fees. Car dealers do this every day, they have their store listed in huge print with the telephone number.

posted 05-22-2013 03:48 PM                  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Chrysler-Plymouth-Prowler-Logo-Chrome-ABS-Tire-Wheel-Stem-Valve-CAPS-Covers/121111265131?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000 %26algo %3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D7845207333947564680%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D2%26sd%3D221229224867%26

Now tell me what's really going on.

ps, when I saw this, I just decided it wasn't worth my time, not a biggie. to the seller

sorry, I guess my url link didn't work. You can see these tire valve caps on Prowler ebay -- it's about to expire.