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 maybedee
 
posted on February 20, 2007 07:11:19 PM new
Okay, without siging in I clicked on my home page which brings up my auction listings. I see bidder 1. I click on the auction, and then bidder history and voila! There is the list of the bidders ID's. So what is this "private" stuff all about? What am I not seeing here? What is the sense of using bidder 1 etc?
 
 roadsmith
 
posted on February 20, 2007 08:57:45 PM new
I believe you, as the seller, are the only one to see the real information on those bidders. I could be wrong. . . .
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 ST0NEC0LD613
 
posted on February 20, 2007 09:42:50 PM new
I think it's for the people that only check their listings via "MY EBAY"

I too see the bidders ID and E-Mail addresses when logged in and searching by seller.


 
 maybedee
 
posted on February 21, 2007 05:15:38 AM new
I am not logged in when I see the bidders ID's on a specific auction page. I simply look at a specific auction page and the high bidders ID shows there. Then I look at the area marked "history", then click on the number of bids and there appears the ID's of those that are bidding on my item. No email address, just ID's. But, if the bidder 1 system is intended to conceal the identity of bidders it isn't doing the job. All is working okay, I just don't understand the purpose of this new system.

 
 pmelcher
 
posted on February 21, 2007 05:20:26 AM new
I think it only kicks in after the bidding reaches $200.00.

 
 photosensitive
 
posted on February 21, 2007 05:25:23 AM new
eBay does not ask me to sign in every time I start up. I have My eBay set as my home page and only from time to time does it ask for the password. My computer must be set to keep me signed on for a period of time. Perhaps your is as well and you are signed on when you see the IDs.

Edited to say: I forgot about the $200 limit.

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 maybedee
 
posted on February 21, 2007 08:29:54 AM new
pmelcher: The bidding is way, way below $200 so that can't be the reason

photosensitive: I am not signed in on my homepage, when there I must sign in to get in My Ebay.

I guess I just have to accept that this is one of the Ebay quirks, or a reason I just can't see.

Thank you all for trying...

 
 
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