[GreenKeys] Ebay Problem

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Actually, this is true (bidder ID's hidden) only when the high bid goes above 
a threshold.  Below that they are all still visible.  But it was done because 
of 2nd Chance Offer fraud.  I've had it pulled on me once so far.  
Fortunately the 2nd high bidder contacted me direct and I told him to forward the 
traffic to eBay.  All of which merely proves that a small percentage of the human 
race have always been worthless scum and the rest of us have to stay alert and 
shoot them whenever we get the chance.  In my experience scum are no more 
prevalent on eBay than they are at your local hamfest or in your legislature.  
You'll encounter them just about everywhere.

In a message dated 3/31/2007 9:29:01 PM Central Standard Time, 
hunybuny at eskimo.com writes: 
> A month or two ago one of the RTTY guys posted a note
> that eBay no longer shows the bidder's name unless you
> are the one selling the item. They were saddened to see
> that you couldn't see who was bidding on what.
> 
> Well, the reason that eBay did that is because of the
> 2nd chance frauds. I bid on a laptop. I lost.
> The next day I got a notice saying "the guy that bid on
> it defaulted. The unit is yours for the bid you offered".
> The seller was a blue-star computer dealer. The e-mail
> came from Romainia, from an unknown e-mail address. I
> contacted the REAL seller, including the e-mail, and
> asked him if it was so. Of course he knew nothing about
> it. I contacted eBay.
> 

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