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Posted By: Cobby33

This does not stop offline transactions, since the seller still has access to all of the ID's of all of his/her bidders. Obviously, the bidders also have the seller's identity.

Supposedly, the only thing this prevents is third parties emailing bidders, trying to sell similar items offline. Definitely encourages shill'ing- however- enough information is made public to spot a clear shill (not always).