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Subject: [OM] Re: yabe hides ID's
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:33:11 -0500
I'm not sure how widespread abuse is, but know that eekbay keeps doing
things to make sure they get their cut.

In the early days, it was possible to post feedback even between
people who hadn't completed a deal together.  Used to have a kind of
community feel.  Long gone now . . .

ScottGee1

On 1/12/07, Jeff Keller <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just noticed on an auction which I had placed a low bid on, there
> were 12 other bidders all who were listed as Bidder 1, Bidder 2, ....
> , Bidder 12. It seems yabe has decided to prevent people from
> contacting other yabe members to arrange sales outside of yaBe
> auctions. Their explanation had to be translated from:
>
> "eBay has decided to change how bid history information is displayed
> so bad guys cannot target bidders with fake offers "
>
> Major bummer. I've tracked down a few hard to find items by looking at
> bid histories. I've also tracked down at least one buyer for a few
> rare items. I've had some interesting email exchanges with other yaBe
> members.
>
> -jeff

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