Re: User ID Kept Private ??

"Ian" <Ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I never said that there wasn't the possibility of good reason. My exact
> words were
>
> "There may be legitimate reason in the mind of the seller for witholding
> bidder ebay `handles', but i've yet to come across one that holds any
> water other than protecting the interests of the seller."
>
> Your example typifies protecting the interests of the seller IMHO.

Sorry Ian. Mea culpa.
I was projecting others' arguments into your post, and responding as such.

>
> Perhaps if I had a long standing business relationship with a seller and
> he announced to me that he was going to operate `private auctions' only
> I would base my decision on his / her reasons for doing so, my concept
> of `trust', and past experience. Heck, lest we forget there was life
> before ebay! I used to get ALL my coins from mail lists and mail
> auctions. I could have been shilled to kingdom come, but at the end of
> the day I wouldn't have paid a penny more than I had been prepared to
> bid and had declared as my limit.

Aye. Indeed.
We are all a little precious, I think, about the precise format offered to
us by eBay.  This often makes comparisons to other forms of purchasing
silly.  Ref any discussion of "sniping".


>...So, it works both ways my friend. From
> a bidders perspective I place my bid, I state my maximum. Sure, I want
> to get it as cost effectively as I can but at the end of the day i'm
> more likely to be assured that my trust is well founded if the bidding
> on the auction is transparent and there for all to see. i still take my
> chances with mail lists and mail auctions. I just don't believe that it
> makes sense to take that level of risk via ebay.

....but only because eBay offers this facility.  I betcha if (for the sake of
argument) eBay had started off, years ago, not disclosing bidder IDs, then
no-one would miss it - or even care.
As I said - we're a bit precious about the format we're used to.


>
> it's a brass monkey day here at minus 10. The frost hasn't even melted
> off the windscreen at all today. :-(
>
> Ian

Lucky haggis-eater. Its 11:40pm here, I'm in my shorts, the aircon is on,
and its still muggy and hot outside.  Cool change forecast for late
tomorrow.  Should go down to about 28C or so.  Phew...


--
Jeff R.


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