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Anybody Here Have Much Experience With Bidding On eBay?

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Otto Grand Master

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I had sold some items on eBay about 5 years ago, but really haven't used it since then. Now I'm trying purchase an item and I noticed they now have the other bidder's ID's hidden. I'm just wondering whether sellers are getting friends to make false bids in order to raise the price?

What you're seeing is the result of fairly recent changes on Ebay (in the US). To protect the privacy of bidders, they now hide part of all bidder's ID so you only see A***E (for example). The result is many ID's look the same.

Not much you can do about it - it's still safe to bid on Ebay - just be wary of items like Ipods, some laptops..just because they tend to draw the 'younger' bidders.

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one...two...tree Grand Master

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Forget about all that stuff, it's really irrelevant in a way. It's like any auction set a limit on what you would pay based on what you think the item is worth to you. If the item goes for that price or less, you win, if it goes for more, you don't. Very simple system.

True, except it's also matter of how easy or difficult it is to find a used version of the item. I know I can buy it brand new for $210, but because of the unique nature of the item (they are study flash cards for dental board exam Part I), once someone passes the exam, they no longer need them....and they continually updated every year.

I'll keep looking...

Have you tried Craigslist?

Yep...no luck.

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AMazon maybe?

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I've found some fabulous deals on ebay. But lately it does seem that it's a ####### shoot.

What about trying used book stores at universities? I know UW buys and sells all kinds of books/textbooks/supplies like that and they're available to anyone. I order my books for my department through UW and I've found some good used books through there.

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PM Platy, Steven. He has successfully sold thousands of dollars worth of stuff on eBay and bought a fair bit too. He has oodles of experience and would be happy to help if need be.

PM him here or on exPats and he'll get back to you asap. :D

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one...two...tree Grand Master

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PM Platy, Steven. He has successfully sold thousands of dollars worth of stuff on eBay and bought a fair bit too. He has oodles of experience and would be happy to help if need be.

PM him here or on exPats and he'll get back to you asap. :D

Will do. Thanks, Mags. :thumbs::yes:

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PlatyPius Experienced

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What a bunch of paranoid people!

eBay changed their policy a few months ago, and now user IDs are not displayed to anyone but the bidder and the seller.

Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. ####### coated bastards with ####### filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bobble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
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