Re: Ebay Sellers--an shill bidding

Jay wrote:

>Personally, I see the hiding of bidder's identities as deceiving
>
The biggest problem with hiding is in how it makes it impossible to 
determine shill bidding.  If I am going to bid on a an item of 
significant value (over a dime), I want to be able to look at the 
history of bidders in a seller's other auction.  If I see someone who is 
consistently bidding on a seller's auctions, but never winning, I can be 
pretty confident that there is shill bidding going on.  This is 
particularly true if I look at a bidder's history and find the same 
seller bidding on HIS items!  This, I suspect, has taken place more in 
art, antique, and higher value collectible auctions.  In any event, I 
tend to steer clear of any auctions that have hidden bidders.

Buster Evans