Anonymous Bidders on Ebay

[Steve vRS]

Hi,

I've seen a lot of car auctions on Ebay having anonymous bidders called "Bidder 1" or "Bidder 2". This ad has a few http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-RENAULT-...oryZ9861QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Are these dodgy bids bumping up the price of the car?

Steve

 

[Steve vRS]

Whoops! Double Thread - mods can you delete one please.

Steve

 

[MarkCup]

At the top of the list of anonymous bidders, click on the question mark next to the heading "Bidder"...

Definitely not dodgy bids.

 

[Day]

Quote from eBay

As online shopping evolves, eBay continues to focus on preserving our marketplace's open and level playingfield whilst protecting our Community of members. We have decided to change how bid history information is displayed so unscrupulous people cannot target bidders with fake offers using this information. In certain cases, some bidders will no longer be able to see other bidder's User IDs on the listing page. Your User ID will be shown only to you and the seller of the item you're bidding on. Other members will see an anonymous name, such as Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc.

 

[Steve vRS]

Thanks.

Steve