Any thoughts on Ebay's new $200 switch of bidder ID ?

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Posted By: MVSNYC

dave-

i have dealt many times with Don Loucios & Don Spence, i also know their eBay ID's...BUT i will not reveal that, it is up to them to disclose...they are both very private, and i am sure they would want it to remain that way...

Best-
MS

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Posted By: Cobby33

If you take (or have) the time to click on the bidder information provided by eBay, you can tell, with similar certainty as before, whether a bidder is a shill. Not foolproof, but neither was the system when the ID's were provided.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

I am not sure what you are saying......but, I'll say for higher priced cards ($500+ value),
most "shill" bidding will occur considerably above the "$200 threshold". And, at this point
with this new system, it is very difficult to detect. Prior to this new "$200 threshold" that
ebay is forcing on us, there were certain measures that one could employ to detect with
a high probability that shill bidding was evident.

Besides, I like to be able to recognize who is bidding on a lot that I might be interested in.
For no other reason than, I don't like contending against friends or Net54 members on a lot.

TED Z

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Posted By: Jim Dale

What I think the previous poster is saying is that the new information provided (which I think only comes up after an auction closes (not much help there)) provides information like how often the bidder deals with seller and more. It can help you to identify a shill; but I have not checked into it during an auction - only saw it after. Still no names - no user names - just some input on bidding history, feedback, number of bids, and connections to the seller on the same. To be honest unless someone wrote a nifty script to search through those daily for shills...few will be found.

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Posted By: RC McKenzie

The prices on ebay seem about the same. It was fun to see who the underbidders were when you won an item, and it was fun to see what other folks on the board were bidding on, but the bottom line is if you want an item, then put yer head down and churn and put in yer best price and see if you win. After seeing the results of the "Ruth Wrapper", there are apparently a lot of folks that I assumed read this board that don't read this board. Best