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Has eBay Stopped Showing the High Bidder's ID?

country_bumpkin_al

15 years ago

I've been looking around on eBay today (fun thing to do when you're off from work!*S*) and noticed on the auctions I was looking at that instead of it showing the high bidders ID, it's things like e***e or v***e! What's up with that?

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gwanny2three
15 years ago
I was just noticing that too...some changes going on on there!
lydia1959
15 years ago
Yes, I think that stops people that have similar items to sell from contacting the people bidding. That is a good change, some of the other changes are not so good IMO. The sellers not being able to leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers is the worst.
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gadgets
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This is what Ebay says: "To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy, and protect our members from fraudulent emails, eBay has changed how User IDs display on the bid history page. Only you and the seller of the item can view your User ID, all other members will see anonymous user IDs, such as x***y."

What got me is that AFTER the auction is over, I -can- see the id of the person who won.

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country_bumpkin_al
Original Author
15 years ago
Well..that answers my question! I was wondering if everyone was changing their eBay ID's!! haha
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I have never done EBay, but I have nothing against it but I have seen they are doing some major changes. Maybe this is done to protect both buyer and seller. Also I understand the fees have been changed.
Lindsey_CA
15 years ago
"The sellers not being able to leave negative or neutral feedback for buyers is the worst."

I've never sold anything on eBay (but I certainly have bought an awful lot of stuff!), so I'm curious... why is it so awful for a seller not to be able to leave negative feedback? About the only legitimate reason that I can think of to leave neg feedback for a buyer would be if the buyer doesn't pay, and I think you can still leave a negative for that (or some sort of nonpaying bidder remark).

But if the eBay'er with the highest bid pays like they're supposed to, why would you need to leave negative feedback?

As a buyer, I'm currently wrestling with whether or not I want to leave negative, perhaps neutral, feedback for a seller, from whom I've won two auctions.

The first auction included a charge for shipping & handling; and the shipping was for USPS Priority Mail. Now, I know exactly how much it costs to ship Priority Mail for what I bought, and the seller charged about twice that amount. But, I knew in advance how much they were adding for S&H, and I factored that in when I placed my bid for the highest amount I was willing to pay.

I paid through PayPal within minutes of the auction ending. Nearly two weeks later I still hadn't received the item but I then received one of those e-mail notices that the seller had generated a shipping label via PayPal.

Well, waaaaaaay down at the bottom of the auction page the seller had put something to the effect of "we usually ship within 10 business days of receiving payment." And, yeah, that shipping label had been generated on the 10th business day.

I left positive feedback, praising the quality of the item. I didn't say anything at all about the shipping or timeline. I gave the seller the benefit of the doubt and figured that Life got in the way and they couldn't get to the post office any sooner than they did.

Then I bid on, and won, another of this seller's auctions. Again, I was charged about double for USPS Priority Mail. And, again, after 10 business days I got an e-mail that the seller had generated a shipping label. (And this auction page didn't have the disclaimer that they usually ship within 10 business days...)

USPS Priority Mail is only supposed to take 2-3 days. Well, the seller generated the label on the 10th business day, but they didn't actually ship the item for another three days!!

So, I'm happy enough with the item, but there is NO EXCUSE IN THE WORLD for charging double for Priority Shipping and then sending the item so the buyer receives it after it would have been received if it had been shipped Parcel Post!
lydia1959
15 years ago
But if the eBay'er with the highest bid pays like they're supposed to, why would you need to leave negative feedback?

I wouldn't, but a buyer may not pay at all which wastes my time, and yes, I can file a dispute ... wait the 10 days and then he may get a strike, but unless he gets 3 in a certain time period it doesn't mean squat. I cannot leave a remark that warns other sellers unless I leave it as a false positive (which I have heard will get buyers in trouble for doing). A buyer may take his sweet time paying ... what is reasonable? 2 weeks, a month? What if the buyer is unhappy. It would be nice to be contacted first to give the seller a chance to make it right... but a lot of buyers won't bother. They'll just leave a negative or neutral remark. There will also be the retaliatory negatives ... no longer for a seller leaving a negative ... but for even opening a dispute (just happened to me right before the new rules took effect).

Overcharging shipping is a problem. Now that buyers can rate the seller according to stars on several things, you can leave a one star (or higher) in the shipping and shipping time spaces. It won't hurt his feedback, but others will see that he overcharges and ships slowly.

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