NationStates Jolt Archive

Ebay has started a terrible new program where once an item hits $200 in bids, the identities of the bidders are automatically hidden.

In six years and more than two hundred ebay transactions, I've never once bid on an item with hidden bidders, since it is suspect and expeditious to shill-bidder fraud.

Why ebay has chosen to undermine the trust and transparency so central to its business is a mystery, but they have.

I invite all here to contact ebay and complain about this self-sabotage of their auction system.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index_selection.html

I invite all here also to refrain from selling items of more than 200 dollars' value on ebay on the grounds that no one can in good faith run an auction with private bidders.

Does this affect regional ebays apart from the US one?

I never trusted Ebay anyway. Amazon is and shall remain my online store of choice.

It appears to be the case on UK ebay, not on French ebay though.

As far as I know, it has only been in effect for a day or two though, so the cancer on their integrity may yet spread.

It appears to be the case on UK ebay, not on French ebay though.

As far as I know, it has only been in effect for a day or two though, so the cancer on their integrity may yet spread.

I shall await such a metastasis before raising objection.

I shall await such a metastasis before raising objection.

Is yours one of the 49 listings under "foto & optik" in ebay.se

:rolleyes:

I shall await such a metastasis before raising objection.
How very Swedish of you.

Is yours one of the 49 listings under "foto & optik" in ebay.se

:rolleyes:

I do not use Swedish ebay, as we have proper Swedish sites that are better and not as fraught with predominantly Chinese con men. The only Ebay I use is the German one, and until there are signs of that being affected I shall reserve my commiseration.

How very Swedish of you.

I am unaccustomed to such kindness from you and hope you are not ill.

I'm for anything that drives people away from eBay en masse.

Nothing they do surprises me.

Ebay and PayPal are blights upon the internet.