Why would they obscure the ID of the bidder? I haven't looked at Ebay for a while, but the bidder, his ID, and his reputation are what closes a lot of 'sales.'
Why would they obscure the ID of the bidder? I haven't looked at Ebay for a while, but the bidder, his ID, and his reputation are what closes a lot of 'sales.'
Apparently its to prevent a scam where I, as the buyer, get contacted by the scammer to wrap up the sale “off ebay” to save time/money/ebay fees, then they make off with your money.
When I last used it the seller of the item can see all of the bidders reputation and the User name. It just obscures the bidders names to other bidders.
They started anonymizing ebay usernames a few years ago, for the protection of users.
Yeah, I just never noticed I guess. I was only really paying attention this time because the item I was interested in was being sold by someone with a relatively small number of sales transactions.
Odd ebay bid pattern - opinions needed
