Have you seen this new bidding layout?

I have tried to be very careful of not bidding against other members of SRP on Ebay, but apparently there is a new thing over there that makes that impossible to determine -

I bid on an auction recently, and noticed that the other bidder was identified as "Bidder-1"; I mistakenly thought that was the bidder's ID, until a little notice came up that said that Ebay, allegedly in an effort to protect bidders from getting shill offers during or after an auction, they are anonymizing bidders names until after the auction?

Come to find out, I was bidding against another member! Not cool - do you think they are doing this to keep groups like us from bidding against each other?

K

Yeah, i've seen this new layout, It seems its only for the more high priced auctions. I was bidding on a lot and the names disappeared around the 250$ mark.

it was introduced in an attempt to prevent dodgy second chance offers on bit $$$ items.

Not knowing who you are bidding against seems to be, in this case, an unfortunate side effect :(

I wouldn't really worry about bidding against other memebers. In the end its the highest bidder who gets the item anyway. realize that this is probably the only forum where you can mention open auctions. Most every forum has pretty strict rules about that.

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I wouldn't really worry about bidding against other memebers. In the end its the highest bidder who gets the item anyway. realize that this is probably the only forum where you can mention open auctions. Most every forum has pretty strict rules about that.

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How so?
This is the only forum related to 'things' that I participate in, so I don't see the problem with talking about auctions.
Why is that considered bad in other forums?

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Originally Posted by Bruno

How so?
This is the only forum related to 'things' that I participate in, so I don't see the problem with talking about auctions.
Why is that considered bad in other forums?

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I'd guess that it's because not every forum is filled with chilled out gentlemenly types... Trust me, I know of some that are filled with angsty, belligerant, squabbling prats who would react poorly to having their "secret bargain auction" shared around :roflmao (not saying I've done that just to irritate one or two in the past ... )

Bruno,

Let's say that I get lucky and find an auction for a 2X Duck razor. Should be Dubl Duck, but the seller is being creative. I get down to the last day, no one has bid because no one else has discovered it. But you come along and notice it and put up a post. Suddenly, the great steal I may have found becomes open game and the price shoots up to $100, when my $10 bid might have won. That is why some forums don't allow publicizing auctions.

RT

like this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true

( I did check the ebay names list before posting that by the way ;) )

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Originally Posted by Lancer

like this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MakeTrack=true

( I did check the ebay names list before posting that by the way ;) )

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Checking the names doesn't matter. Since I don't snipe, I may be sitting by at the end of the auction ready to bid. But because it was "broadcast" to a large number of folks with the same specific interest, again the price may be driven up when it might have remained low.

RT

I think the chip in the blade may do something toward keeping the price down.

Ok I understand.

Still, I think that the existence of such rules casts doubt on the forum being a 'community' rather than a place where people only convene to get what they want.

Another reason there are few sites that allow open auction talk is because of childish sellers . You know them they are the ones running around trying to push their items prices up by bragging their usually low quality goods all over web. We here in our usual gentlemanly fashion have also found a polite way to keep that out so we can have informative discussions about auctions in progress with no interference. Why I love this place.