New eBay changes hide shill bidders

[* * Chas]

eBay recently made changes to their Bid History policy. You used to be
able to see the eBay User Name for all of the bidders on an auction. Now
you only see a random generated ID like a**a (237).

This is supposed to protect bidders from fraudulent activities but what it
really does is give shill bidders a free hand.

This plus the new POS search feature that the ****** geeks keep trying out
is enough to discourage me from using eBay.

Chas.

 

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On Apr 2, 7:43 am, "* * Chas" <[email protected]> wrote:
> eBay recently made changes to their Bid History policy. You used to be
> able to see the eBay User Name for all of the bidders on an auction. Now
> you only see a random generated ID like a**a (237).
>
> This is supposed to protect bidders from fraudulent activities but what it
> really does is give shill bidders a free hand.
>
> This plus the new POS search feature that the ****** geeks keep trying out
> is enough to discourage me from using eBay.
>
> Chas.

The hidden bidder is a real turn-off. I have complained to them about
it. Not just for shill bids, but for general assesment of bidder
seriousness.

The search blows (requires multiple clicks for common things) and last
I was subjected to it, it didn't work with Safari on Mac. When I
contacted tech-support, they didn't bother telling me I could switch
off and opt out of the test of the new search interface, they told me
to "upgrade" to Explorer.

Joseph

 

[still just me]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:43:41 -0800, "* * Chas"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>This is supposed to protect bidders from fraudulent activities but what it
>really does is give shill bidders a free hand.
>
>This plus the new POS search feature that the ****** geeks keep trying out
>is enough to discourage me from using eBay.

Sorry Chas, but ebay doesn't really care what you think. They don't
care what I think. They listen only to themselves, not buyers, not
sellers, not even their own sales metrics. That's been clear for a
long time, even before the regime change.

Ebay really doesn't care about the smaller sellers or their customers.
They want large, on-line stores. They view with great envy the success
and revenue that Amazon.com and Yahoo stores generate and they want
it. They've been trying to drive things in that direction for quite a
while. They really don't care much about the great volume of sellers
and buyers who built Ebay and made it what it is - they have other
interests now.



As you mentioned, it's time for an upstart to move in and take

 

[* * Chas]

"still just me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:43:41 -0800, "* * Chas"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >This is supposed to protect bidders from fraudulent activities but what
it
> >really does is give shill bidders a free hand.
> >
> >This plus the new POS search feature that the ****** geeks keep trying
out
> >is enough to discourage me from using eBay.
>
> Sorry Chas, but ebay doesn't really care what you think. They don't
> care what I think. They listen only to themselves, not buyers, not
> sellers, not even their own sales metrics. That's been clear for a
> long time, even before the regime change.
>
> Ebay really doesn't care about the smaller sellers or their customers.
> They want large, on-line stores. They view with great envy the success
> and revenue that Amazon.com and Yahoo stores generate and they want
> it. They've been trying to drive things in that direction for quite a
> while. They really don't care much about the great volume of sellers
> and buyers who built Ebay and made it what it is - they have other
> interests now.
>
> As you mentioned, it's time for an upstart to move in and take

"Intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our earth with
envious
eyes, slowly and surely drawing their plans against us."

H. G. Wells 1898

That passage always invokes in me the epitome of greed....

Chas.