Thread: A QUESTION FOR ALL TO PONDER

IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE USERNAMES FOR BIDS ON EBAY ARE NOT THE FULL USERNAME AS IT USED TO BE. THEY ARE A SHORTENED VERSION OF ONES USERNAME. I BELIEVE THAT EBAY IS DOING THIS FOR SECURITY REASONS. IN OTHER WORDS YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS BIDDING PLUS YOU WILL NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE MEMBERS OF SRP OR NOT.

THE QUESTION IS DO WE NEED THE LIST OF EBAY USERS FROM SRP?

I knew about the above but just didn't relate the two.....
I probably know the answer but just wanted your opinion.

Well, is this the case on all ebays worldwide? Also, they don't hide the seller's id do they? Having the list may still be useful for that I guess.

James.

As far as I'm aware, that's at the discretion of the seller. They have a choice on whether to hide the buyers names to 'protect' them or what not.

~C

seems like a waste of time to me. you don't know who's bidding now till the end and then only the winner.

IIRC, weren't some SRP ebay sellers giving discounts on shipping for other SRP members? If so, the list would still be useful for that.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

....they don't hide the seller's id do they? Having the list may still be useful for that I guess....

As a new member and new to straight razors, I know that I would have more confidence bidding on a razor from an SRP member. The member list wouldn't be nessasary to do this, seller could just add a tag line about SPR or a link to the forum.

I would prefer to buy directly from the classifieds, but I'm kinda slow and miss out on the razors in my price range.


In short, the list may be helpful, but not nessasary.

Just my $.02

Originally Posted by ShotgunLuckey

As a new member and new to straight razors, I know that I would have more confidence bidding on a razor from an SRP member. The member list wouldn't be nessasary to do this, seller could just add a tag line about SPR or a link to the forum.

I would prefer to buy directly from the classifieds, but I'm kinda slow and miss out on the razors in my price range.


In short, the list may be helpful, but not nessasary.

Just my $.02

Thanks for your comment it was actually helpful. The original reason for the list was to inform other bidders if they were bidding against another SRP member. Since eBay started displaying the bidders names in a secure form one does not know whom he is bidding against. However, the sellers name is displayed and this is where you could check to see if he/she is an SRP member. Some have asked for the list to be displayed so that the sellers name can be checked to see if they are an SRP member. The list shows the SRP name and then the eBay name which on most occasions are not the same.
I have not updated the list in several months as it appeared that not having it was that important but since there are some that would like to buy from an SRP member thru eBay I will update it at some point and then post it somewhere which I will advise OR you could ask the seller if he is a member of SRP. Let me know what you think.

I think it is usefull, even more if we don't know against whom we are bidding... Let me explain:

1) it is good to know if the seller is a member of SRP (could be understood as some sort of label quality)

2) when the bidding stop, the seller can know if the buyer is a member of SRP or check on the forum if the buyer is saying so... (could be useful when the seller is giving discounts for other SRP members)

3) it is often better not to know that we are bidding against fellow SRP members, to avoid such discussions as "you knew it was me, why did you overbid me?", "why did you bid if you knew that I was already bidding for it"... etc. I think it could help remaining free to bid for whatever we want without feeling guilty or ashamed.

4) Those who want to advertise members in the Auction Talk... eBay, etc. thread can do it with their member's names and be recognised.

I think the easiest thing to do rather than have someone maintain an everchanging and growing list is to have SRP members who are sellers on Ebay make a note in the listing description on the first or last line such as: "SRP member Chrisl"

Chris L

Originally Posted by Chrisl

I think the easiest thing to do rather than have someone maintain an everchanging and growing list

Don't we already have that though? Used to be in the library section on the main page.