Re: Private feedback

I could understand keeping bidders identities private. I just hadn't seen
the feedback be private without stains being covered...



"D Peter Maus" <DPeterMaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark S. Holden wrote:
> > Jim Hackett wrote:
> >
> >> Just curious why someone who has 100% positive feedback (on eBay)
> >> would make
> >> their feedback PRIVATE. Anyone know?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Some folks are serious about protecting their privacy.
> >
> > On the other hand, if it's a low number, I'd be careful - it could be
> > they don't want you to see half the people who have given them feedback
> > bid on every auction they run.
> >
>
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> And there are some vendors who have learned that by making the names
> of their clients public, as would open feedback, they're opening up
> their client list to raiding, and in worst cases, attack by those who
> would libel them.
>
> There have been a couple of members here, who have scoured the eBay
> listings, and contacted bidders and buyers of certain vendors to share
> horror stories, allegations or rumors against the vendors. Considering
> that there are many who make their living on eBay, protecting their
> customers' identities makes some sense.
>
>
> This, of course, measured against the activities of vendors who may
> have good feedback ratings (feedback is as much a political insurance
> racket as it is honest reportage, these days) but who misrepresent their
> goods for sale. Ironically, it's rarely the less scrupulous vendors who
> hide their feedback, or conduct their auctions privately.
>
> There may be many reasons for keeping the details of one's affairs
> to one's self. Just because you don't stand naked on a street corner
> means you have something untoward concealed.
>
>


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