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Posted By: boxingcardman

If we can't see the names of the bidders, we can't determine if a seller is shilling. If we can't find the shillers we can't complain about them. If we can't complain about them, Ebay's complaint rate will fall. If the rate falls, Ebay can claim it is combating shilling. All it is really doing is making it impossible to detect and report shilling but reality doesn't matter; it's all about perceptions so regulators and defrauded people don't come knocking, the press doesn't get interested (as they did with BRSZ), and the company's stock price rises.

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